Watersound Town Center: First restaurant opens, Publix and more businesses coming in fall
WATERSOUND — The St. Joe Company has welcomed new tenants and announced more businesses being added to the Watersound Town Center.
Watersound Town Center is at 170 N. Watersound Parkway in Inlet Beach — two miles from the Highway 30A corridor — and has welcomed several new businesses since its opening in 2020.
The open-air center offers retail, dining, office and medical space and boasts clean, modern architecture, inviting gathering spaces and a walkable design.
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“It has been exciting to see the first Watersound Town Center tenants open their doors and start welcoming customers,” said Samantha Walton, Watersound Town Center’s owner and director of Sales and Leasing for the St. Joe Company.
What’s new at Watersound Town Center
Ambrosia Prime Seafood & Steaks opened in August, becoming the center’s first restaurant. The upscale eatery serves dinner nightly and features a chic design in its dining room, large bar area and expansive outdoor patio.
In addition, two medical service providers recently opened their doors and began seeing patients, joining the existing Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast primary care clinic that opened at the Watersound Town Center in 2020 as its first tenant.
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast’s Women’s Diagnostic Center recently opened, providing breast screenings and mammography services. Dermatology Specialists of Florida and Aqua Medical Spa opened a new office offering general and cosmetic dermatology, plastic surgery and hair transplant and restoration, among other services.
More to come
Additional tenant openings are scheduled for this fall, including a Publix Super Market and Publix Liquors.
Also, a new Capital City Bank is under construction and scheduled to open in the fall.
In 2023, the planned openings include the Electric Cart Watersound golf cart dealership and the Grand Nail Lounge salon.
New dining concepts are also in store for Watersound Town Center.
Seagrove Village Market Café will soon open its second location in the town center in a stand-alone building that is under construction. The iconic local eatery has been serving fresh seafood and Southern classics since 1949 and is scheduled to open next year.
In addition to the new cafe, Marco’s Pizza and Bahama Buck’s, the tropical dessert chain serving shaved ice, smoothies and other dessert items, will open next year.
About Watersound Town Center
With the first retail tenants opening in 2022 and years of growth planned, Watersound Town Center is positioned to be home to a diverse mix of unique shops and restaurants, entertainment concepts and professional services in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country.
“We intend for this center to become a convenient destination for people whether they are running their weekly errands, visiting a professional office or spending a leisurely day strolling the town center and discovering new and unique restaurants and shops,” Walton said.
The hub is being built with walking and biking at the heart of its design, with wide sidewalks fronting tree-lined streets on the east side of the center, where open spaces for gathering will complement the mix of businesses.
The Pavilion at Watersound Town Center, a covered event space, has already become a popular destination for events, including a weekly farmers’ market, live music, outdoor movies and other family-friendly programming.
This article originally appeared on The News Herald: Watersound Town Center: Ambrosia restaurant open, Publix coming soon
