MIAMI-A Publix Supermarket has broken ground and is on track to open in November at the West Kendall’s Market Square Shopping Center. The 28,800-square-foot store is the new shopping center’s largest tenant.

Market Square is located just east of the Florida Turnpike at the southwest corner of SW 104th Street and 117th Avenue, approximately one mile from Miami-Dade College’s main campus. Walgreens opened a 14,572-square-foot store last year, and leases with national and local tenants are currently in negotiations. New deals are expected to be inked in the next 30 days.

“We are very pleased that Publix has commenced construction and that the residents and business community in the surrounding area will soon have the pleasure of shopping at the new store,” says Pablo Cejas, director of PLC Investments, Inc., the developer of Market Square. “At this time next year, there will be a fully realized retail development that will be a welcome asset to one of Miami-Dade County’s most solid neighborhoods.”

The new seven-acre shopping center will include an additional 27,000 square feet of retail space spread over three buildings. One building will offer 10 retail spaces totaling about 15,000 square feet. The second building offers five retail spaces totaling approximately 8,000 square feet. There is also an outparcel with approximately 4,000 square feet.