While Amazon has remained tight-lipped, records submitted to the county describe the project at Uptown Boca as a large-scale supermarket, including notes such as details about providing “cart storage.” The building will encompass 35,000 square feet, according to county records. As customers leave, the store has kept tabs and knows what to charge customers to their Amazon Prime accounts, eliminating the need for checkout lines, Bloomberg says.Ĭustomers also ask for assistance via specialized-Alexa kiosks throughout the stores. Tech-oriented shoppingĪmazon Fresh stores use a tech-first approach in serving customers: The stores rely on a variety of cameras and sensors to track the items that customers take from shelves. During a recent visit to Uptown Boca, workers in yellow vests and white hard hats were busy with construction work on the supermarket building. We think we’ve provided a little bit of everything.” And within the community, “it’s been received extremely well.”Īmazon representatives didn’t respond to questions from the Sun Sentinel, and Schmier declined to say whether an Amazon Fresh store was coming, citing a confidentiality agreement. “We needed to build something that had enough critical mass and people wanted to go there. “Go there on Friday night, people are buzzing,” said Brian Schmier, CEO of Schmier Property Group and the lead developer on the Uptown Boca project.
On any given weekend night, the parking lot is full, with customers frequenting the many businesses there. Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, Bonefish Grill, Just Salad, BurgerFi, Chick-fil-A and Sloan’s Ice Cream are among the stores that have opened, one by one, at the $200 million complex, situated across 13 acres.
Though there has been no official word yet for the grocery store’s completion and opening date, it would serve as the latest addition to a growing number of businesses at the shopping destination. It’s all part of Amazon’s vision for its nationwide grocery chain, which is coming to South Florida.Īmazon Fresh, the company’s new supermarket chain, appears to have plans to open its first Florida location in West Boca - with construction nearing completion of a grocery store building at the massive Uptown Boca shopping complex by Glades Road, a short distance east of State Road 7.
Customers being guided by Alexa assistants.
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