San Marcos is getting its first Trader Joe\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The grocery store is heading to North City, a new development that mixes residential, retail, restaurants and wellness offerings, the developer, Sea Breeze Properties, announced Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery great neighborhood needs a great grocery store, and Trader Joe\u2019s is a natural fit for North City,\u201d Darren Levitt, a principal of Sea Breeze, said in a news release. \u201cWe\u2019ve been very intentional about creating public spaces that bring together the things that make everyday life better, good food, wellness, art, culture, parks and community.\u201d<\/p>\n
North City<\/a>, a $1 billion master-planned, mixed-use development of almost 200-acres that opened to residents in December, offers \u201ca different way of living,\u201d according to its website. Among the special touches: 40-year-old olive trees, public art and a planned 2-acre park. A marketing brochure says it is meant to serve as both an extension of the California State University San Marcos campus and as the city\u2019s \u201cnew downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n Trader Joe\u2019s joins Buona Forchetta, Christophe Rull Patisserie, J. Brix Wines, Draft Republic, Mesa Rim and a weekly farmer\u2019s market. Along with Trader Joe\u2019s, some of the community\u2019s other new tenants include Haggo\u2019s Organic Taco<\/a>, a pilates studio and Padel N9NE, a sports club.<\/p>\n The community\u2019s 222 North City apartment complex \u2014 and the county\u2019s largest as of last December, at 458 units \u2014 is now half-leased, the company said. Safdie Rabines Architects designed the masterplan.<\/p>\n