Avenir's Town Center opened its first door on May 21, when Publix went live. Walgreens followed. The next tenant did not arrive until Monday, August 17, when H&H Bagels held a soft opening at 12465 Northlake Boulevard, about twelve weeks after the grocery store. Carmela Coffee had scheduled its own soft opening for Friday, August 21, four days after that.
Read in that order, the openings follow the clock. The center began with errands, added the morning, and is now working toward midday. The sit-down restaurants that would complete the evening are announced but have not been confirmed open. The most useful way to read the center today is by time of day.
The order the Town Center is filling in
The developer described the plan as a phased opening that starts with Publix, and the sequence has held to that. Here is where each announced piece stands, based on the most recent tenant announcement, dated August 21, 2026.
| Time of day | Tenant | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Errands | Publix | Open since May 21 |
| Errands | Walgreens | Open, following Publix |
| Morning | H&H Bagels | Soft opening August 17, grand opening August 20 |
| Morning | Carmela Coffee | Soft opening was scheduled for August 21 |
| Midday and dessert | Field of Greens, Sloan's Ice Cream | Announced |
| Dinner | Seppe Pizza Bar, Smoke & Maple Gastropub, Tenka Sushi, C.R. Chicks | Announced |
The store that opened first was itself late. Publix was originally scheduled to open in fall 2024 in a roughly 49,000 square foot modern-format building, and by December 2025 it was still being rebuilt with a May 2026 target. It opened on May 21. Walgreens, which a company spokesperson described as the only pharmacy in the Town Center, came next.
That leaves a stretch between late May and mid-August in which the center handled groceries and prescriptions and little else. The announced opening dates for the two morning tenants were four days apart, following a gap of nearly three months after Publix opened.
What the morning now looks like
H&H Bagels has a specific history. It was founded on Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1972 and still uses the water-bagel method it started with. Avenir is its third Palm Beach County location, after Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. The menu covers plain and flavored cream cheeses, bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches, Nova salmon with traditional toppings, specialty lunch sandwiches and catering boxes. The lunch sandwiches and catering boxes mean the shop is open past breakfast.
Carmela Coffee is listed at 12515 Northlake Boulevard, Suite 110. The company grows its beans on a family-owned farm in Costa Rica and roasts them in Florida. It is known for all-day breakfast and gourmet toasts, and the Avenir shop is one of 17 Carmela locations open or in development across Florida and New York. Carmela had announced a soft opening for August 21. Since the available information does not confirm that it took place, anyone considering a visit should check Carmela's own channels to confirm whether it has opened and to check its hours.
H&H Bagels turns Northlake Boulevard and Avenir Drive into a place a person can start the day. A single-stop Saturday, which through the summer meant Publix and Walgreens, now has a bagel line attached to it.
The dinner list and how it has changed
Four dinner-oriented tenants appear on the developer's current roster.
- Seppe Pizza Bar has two other locations, both in New York. Avenir would be its first in Florida.
- Smoke & Maple Gastropub would be its owner's first location anywhere, serving food, craft cocktails and local beers.
- Tenka Sushi is listed as modern Asian.
- C.R. Chicks was announced on June 30. The Palm Beach County company was founded in 1992, has seven locations, and is known for Brazilian oak-fired rotisserie chicken, sandwiches, wraps, salads and homemade sides.
None of the four appears in an opening announcement I could find. Smoke & Maple deserves a note. Earlier project materials pointed to a late-spring 2026 opening. The August 21 release still listed it among announced tenants, so that early target did not hold.
The roster itself has also changed. Tenant lists published from October 2025 through May 2026 named Kitchen Restaurant and Taki Kappo Omakase. The developer's newer lists, from June and August 2026, name Tenka Sushi and C.R. Chicks and leave out those two. I found nothing that says whether Kitchen and Taki Kappo were dropped, delayed or renamed. Anyone holding an older list should treat the newer one as current and check with each restaurant before counting on it.
Meanwhile, one dinner option elsewhere in the city has published hours. Phatboy Sushi Kitchen & Bar, at 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Avenue near Downtown at the Gardens, targeted a mid-to-late July opening and now shows hours and recent reviews. It runs Sunday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to midnight. It is the brand's seventh location and its first built from the ground up, with sushi, noodles, hibachi skillets and late-night cocktails on the menu. It sits outside Avenir.
What the golf cart path reaches
Avenir's dedicated cart paths run to the Town Center from the community's neighborhoods, so Publix and the bagel line can be reached without starting a car; the coffee counter is another announced stop, though its opening has not been confirmed. The cart paths end at the community edge, though. Golf carts are not street-legal on Northlake Boulevard, so a trip to anything outside the gates still means a car.
The Town Center is also one piece of a larger build. It is nearly 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, and the site is approved for 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space. Health Park at Avenir broke ground in June and is planned to include a neighborhood hospital, emergency services, inpatient beds and medical office space. Both sit further out on the timeline than any restaurant on the dinner list, and neither has an announced date.
For now, the dependable Avenir day runs from Publix and Walgreens through H&H Bagels. Carmela Coffee had announced a soft opening for August 21, but its opening has not been confirmed. The remaining open items are Field of Greens, Sloan's Ice Cream, Seppe Pizza Bar, Smoke & Maple, Tenka Sushi and C.R. Chicks, and each one will announce its own date.
If you would like help tracking what opens along Northlake Boulevard this fall, Ashley Washburn is glad to compare notes. Let's Connect.
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