The city issued a permit Oct. 31 for Garage, a women’s fashion retailer, to build-out at St. Johns Town Center.
Elder-Jones Inc., of Bloomington, Minnesota, is the contractor for the $539,000 project to improve a 2,990-square-foot store at 4790 River City Drive, No. 137, in the former Squishable space between Pink and MAC Cosmetics.
Garage says its mission is “to create accessible fashion that inspires style-conscious individuals to feel good in their skin.”
The company said that it was founded in Montreal in 1975.
Its LinkedIn page says it has more than 185 boutiques across North America. It says Garage Clothing planned 2023 openings in Aventura in Florida as well as in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
It posted a job opening two weeks ago for a store manager at St. Johns Town Center.
It is part of GDI, “a fashion house that operates retail stores and digital experiences under two young-spirited banners: Garage and Dynamite.”
Garage markets tops, pants, sweats, skirts, leggings, dresses, jumpsuits, denim and more.
Dynamite also offers a line of similar clothing.
“Garage dresses the modern sexy, on-trend individual for their casual lifestyle and provides seasonless apparel and accessories including denim, knit tops, dresses, outerwear, swim and intimates,” the company says.
Its “back to campus” features included sweatpants, joggers, sweaters, sweatshirts, tees, hoodies, skirts and more.
It also carries jewelry and accessories.
Simon Property Group operates St. Johns Town Center. Simon says Garage is in 28 of its malls, including three in Florida in Boca Raton, Orlando and Sunrise.
Masslive.com reported in February that Garage was opening in Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts, and described it as a Canada-based young woman’s clothing brand that sells affordable trendy streetwear.
Garage first opened in the United States in 2007 with eight stores in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Florida.
Like other retailers, Montreal-based Groupe Dynamite Inc. was affected by the pandemic and restructured under Canadian bankruptcy laws in 2020-21.