Long Branch's Pier Village Getting 4 New Businesses This Summer

LONG BRANCH, NJ — Four new businesses — a Starbucks, Koto Sushi, Sundae Donuts and Gavone's Italian restaurant — are all on track to open this summer at Long Branch's Pier Village.

Gavone's and Sundae Donuts will open first, hopefully on Memorial Day, said Pier Village's developer and owner, Kushner.

The sushi place and Starbucks will follow, scheduled to open in late summer 2022.

Gavone's will be owned by existing Pier Village tenant Sirena. This will be a small 1,700-square-foot space facing the ocean that will serve "elevated and convenient fast-casual pasta."

Sundae Donuts will open a 1,690-square-foot lease and their first New Jersey location; they have four locations on Long Island. The shop specializes in all things sweet with a rotating menu of freshly baked donuts, creative ice creams, donut-infused concoctions, cookie dough and more.

Koto Sushi is a Japanese sushi and steakhouse.

Pier Village is owned by Kushner developer, which says that 2.3 million people visit Pier Village each year. In addition to the restaurants and shops, Pier Village has 493 luxury rental apartments, 243 upscale condos and 91 hotel rooms.

"We are pleased to welcome these new businesses to The Shops at Pier Village as they will ... further cement its standing as New Jersey's 'City by the Sea,'" said Nicole Kushner Meyer of Kushner.

Kushner is the New Jersey real estate company owned by the Kushner family, of which former President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is a part.

Here are the tenants that already call Pier Village home:

• Winz Market
• The Art of Salad
• Branch Cantina
• Simply Greek
• Tony Boloney's
• McLoone's Pier House (fine dining, one of the first to open at Pier Village, has been there for more than 15 years.)
• Salt Steakhouse (award-winning fine dining)
• Avenue Le Club (award-winning fine dining)
• Kahuna Burger, an island-inspired burger restaurant created by Tim McLoone's Restaurants, opened in the fall of 2021 at Pier Village
• Retail shops:
• Charleston Shoe Co.
• Molly and Zoey
• Salt Nation Surf Shop
• Boardwalk Fun N Games

"These three new leases with Gavone's, Sundae Donuts and Doggie Sweets as well as the strong commitment from operators like McLoone's Restaurants speaks to the continued appeal of Pier Village," said Ryan Starkman, Director at Pierson Commercial who was recently hired as the exclusive retail leasing agent for The Shops at Pier Village.

Starkman said there are more places to lease at Pier Village and all of them have outside dining options. If interested, contact Starkman at Pierson Commercial Real Estate, 732-707-6900, ext. 5.

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