Youngsters Empire leisure middle coming to Bayshore

ByLouise McGinnis

Oct 12, 2022
The climbing space at a Youngsters Empire location. Credit score: Youngsters Empire

Lower than every week after Bayshore introduced plans to have a brand new movie show and bowling alley operator reopen the house previously occupied by iPic Leisure, the Glendale buying middle says it’ll additionally add a kids’s leisure venue to its tenant roster.

West Hollywood-based Youngsters Empire will open its first Wisconsin location subsequent summer season on the northern finish of the property, throughout the road from The Cheesecake Manufacturing unit. The 11,125-square-foot house was previously leased by a LensCrafters retailer.

Youngsters Empire is a safe indoor kids’s leisure middle that options mazes, slides, rides, inventive constructing video games, climbing, bouncing and ball pits. Along with a big, multi-level playground, the venue will embrace a smaller playground for infants and toddlers, based on a information launch.

The corporate has 39 areas at present open and 4 opening quickly throughout 10 states. The venues are “screen-less environments” with actions for youngsters of all ages. All kids have to be accompanied by a mother or father or guardian.

“We’re thrilled to convey Youngsters Empire to Bayshore and supply enjoyable interactive actions for households whereas they make new recollections,” mentioned Mary Mokwa, senior common supervisor at Bayshore.

Youngsters Empire provides reservations for birthday events, with choices for pre-packaged meals, bottled drinks and different giveaways. The venue will companion with native pizzerias, caterers and bakers, permitting teams to customise the celebration’s meals and beverage choice.

Youngsters Empire was represented by Mid-America Actual Property within the lease deal. Irving, Texas-based ID Studio 4 will head up the structure and design work for the house.

The brand new leisure middle might be positioned down the road from ACX Cinemas‘ lately introduced 42,951 square-foot movie show, bowling alley and restaurant, additionally slated to open subsequent summer season. Former tenant iPic closed its Bayshore movie show and bowling alley 4 years in the past, and the house has sat empty ever since.

Each leisure ideas are the most recent additions to the newly redeveloped Bayshore. Over the previous few years, proprietor Cypress Equities has invested hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in downsizing the mall’s retail house and demolishing or changing current buildings for different makes use of. Bayshore has drawn a wave of latest tenants, reminiscent of Nike, Whole Wine & Extra, Goal and Crumbl Cookies. A Culver’s restaurant was constructed on the north aspect of the property, alongside the under-construction 311-unit Bayshore Residences residence growth.