5 Retailers Opening At Bradenton’s City Centre Parking Garage: City

Updated: 11:02 a.m., Sunday

BRADENTON, FL — Five small businesses are moving into the retail spaces on the bottom floor of the City Centre parking garage in downtown Bradenton.

In its newsletter, the city said the five spots at the parking facility, which is located on 3rd Avenue West between 10th and 12th streets, have been leased to:

• Orange Blossom Coffee, which will serve coffee and grab-and-go treats
• The Stoked Flamingo, which will sell men’s fashions
• Pink & Navy, which will sell give-back brands
• The Beach Shop, which will sell beachy and touristy goods
• Millie’s Sweets and Treats, a hand-dipped ice cream shop

The ice cream and coffee shops require plumbing and electricity upgrades to their spaces — “plans drawn, permits pulled, that sort of thing — and will take longer to open than the other three, which are close to being ready, but not quite,” Jeannie Roberts, the city’s communications coordinator, said in an email.

All five owners “are in various states of readiness,” she added.

She expects the city will host a grand opening for the shops just before Labor Day weekend.