The retail and restaurant mix in Dulles International Airport is getting a shake-up.
At a board of directors meeting today (Wednesday), the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority unveiled more than a dozen new concessions planned at Dulles and Reagan National Airport.
“Having a mix of local and national brands at our airports represents added value for passengers,” said Jaimini Erskine, Airports Authority vice president for marketing and concessions. “We continue to seek out new brands that showcase the Washington region experience.”
Though it’s not mentioned in MWAA’s announcement, the incoming eateries include the smoothie bowl and juice shop South Block, which is expected to open in Dulles Airport’s Concourse D, founder and CEO Amir Mostafavi confirmed to FFXnow.
South Block’s plan for an airport location was first reported by The Burn.
Mostafavi says the shop is on track to open in the late summer or early fall, becoming the company’s 18th location in the D.C. area. The business has other locations slated for Chantilly and West Springfield.
Dulles also has several new retail shops on the horizon, MWAA announced:
- Plum Market — Market with all natural, organic, local, and specialty items.
- Brighton –– Handcrafted accessories, jewelry, and leather goods designed by talented artists and artisans.
- The Goods @ IAD — Store combines an array of travel essentials and check-out with convenience of technology.
- IAD Express — Last-minute travel essentials.
- Capital Supply Co. — One-stop-shop travel essential needs.
- Starbucks — New location of the national coffeehouse chain.
- Washington Essentials (Pre-Security) — An array of necessities for travelers on the go.
- Relay — Travel essentials featuring gourmet snacks, health and beauty, gifts, books and apparel.
According to MWAA, these concessions will join recently opened newcomers to Dulles, including the bookstore Ink by Hudson, the health food restaurant Freshii, Potbelly, a Hudson news and gifts shop, Brookstone, and Market 1962, a grab-and-go market named after the year that the airport opened.
Some previously announced retailers, including Union Kitchen and Rappahannock Oyster Company, are also still in the works.
Over in Arlington, Reagan National Airport is set to get a new Lego store. The store will “showcase Lego activity sets, bricks and licensed gifts,” the Washington Business Journal reported earlier this week.
The smaller airport is also adding a Starbucks, the restaurants Mi Vida and Nalley Fresh, a location of the D.C.-based bookstore Solid State Books and others.
Work on all of the newly announced concessions will begin this year.
“These food, beverage and retail brands represent the latest awards of a multi-year program to redevelop more than 80 concessions at both airports,” MWAA said in a news release.
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