Aventura Mall is located in a suburb of Miami Florida in Dade County. The city was named after one of the developers who built condominiums in the area. The name Aventura in English means adventure. Turnberry Associates is a real estate developing company who worked on Aventura Mall. They are known for their diverse projects and shopping malls throughout America. Turnberry as a company has been in business for more than 50 years.
Aventura Mall is located at 19501 Biscayne Boulevard. Surrounding the mall is a number of hotels and the airport is not a great driving distance away. Aventura Mall has Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, JC Penny, and Sears as their large department stores. Other stores at the mall include Abercrombie & Fitch, Hugo Boss, Diesel, Coach, Miss Sixty, Michael Negrin, and Puma. Aventura Mall is known for seeing to business, pleasure, and travelers needs with their high end fashion shops.
Services offered at or near the Aventura Mall include ATM's, a car wash, parking garage, Avis Rental, Concierge services, strollers, ticket center, and valet parking. Mall hotels include the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort, Residence Inn Marriott, Courtyard Marriott, and Hampton Inn.
There are over a hundred stores located at the Aventura Mall. Some of these stores have recently opened like Adidas Originals, Adolfo Dominguez, Ferrari Store, Flexa Kids Furniture, Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, Mia Jewels, Reiss, and Tommy Hilfiger.
There are six more stores which will be opened in 2009. Anthropologie, Banana Moon, Disney, Harmont and Blain, Jo Malone, and Sony Style are the newest stores that will be coming to the Aventura Mall.
To make the mall more pleasing for visitors and guests, Turnberry has offered a Contemporary Art Collection to be spaced throughout the mall. They feel art is an important part of making a mall more than a shopping experience. There are a range of sculptures, paintings, and more. South Florida where the mall is located is known for their arts.
Aventura Mall has a movie theater on the premises for entertainment. There are also numerous restaurants for shoppers to enjoy. In the food court there is Asian Chao, Charley's Grilled subs, Chicken Kitchen, Paradise Cafe, Pasha's, Sarku Japan, Tango Grill, Cajun and Grill, Che Pasta, Mama B's Pizza, Ruby Thai Kitchen, Salsa Grill, and the Shrimp Market. These are just a few of the offerings the mall provides for dining. Less casual surroundings include the Cheesecake Factory, Bella Luna, Grand Lux Cafe, and Ocean Prime.
Children often go shopping with their parents, so the mall has a child's playground for anyone who wishes to allow their children some fun during a long day of shopping. Aventura Mall also provides children's discounts and a children's club to make shopping for children a pleasure.
Aventura Mall puts on events during certain times of the year. Santa is probably the largest event of the season. However, they also have live music events, children's events, and more throughout the year. For example this month there was a Teen Celebrity appearance at the mall.
