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The Shops at Sunvet just landed another big tenant.
The popular Warby Parker has just inked a lease at the Holbrook plaza, which is currently under construction.
Warby Parker, which sells eyeglasses, contacts and sunglasses, offers eye care services and more, has leased space between the future J.Crew Factory and Teacher’s Federal Credit Union, Sunvet representatives have confirmed.
The anticipated opening is spring 2026.
The store is popular for its stylish designs and prices that start around $100 for frames, or up to $300 for progressives.
According to reports, the company was founded as an online store in 2010 by four Pennsylvania business school students: Neil Blumenthal, David Gilboa, Andrew Hunt, and Jeffrey Raider.
The friends started to open their first brick-and-mortar locations in 2013.
“Every idea starts with a problem,” reads the Warby Parker website. “Ours was simple: Glasses are too expensive.”
“Our founders were students when one of them lost his glasses on a backpacking trip,” the story continues “The cost of replacing them was so high that he spent the first semester of grad school without them, squinting and complaining …
“It turns out there’s a simple explanation. The eyewear industry is dominated by a single company that has been able to keep prices artificially high while reaping huge profits from consumers who have no other options.
“Warby Parker was started to create an alternative.”
On Long Island, there are locations at Roosevelt Field, Smith Haven Mall, Walt Whitman Shops and Manhasset.
Meanwhile, also at The Shops at Sunvet, Starbucks has just launched a brand-new concept that opened Monday as work on the main buildings continues.
Last month, GLI also reported that Shake Shack, Crumbl Cookies, and the J.Crew Factor store have joined the tenant roster.
The highly anticipated open-air shopping center is slated to open in late 2025, marking a major transformation for the site that once housed Pathmark, Toys ‘R Us, Blockbuster and Aegean Pizzeria, among a bevy of other storefronts, before declining into near vacancy.
Those new additions become part of an already impressive lineup of tenants, including Whole Foods, Starbucks, Nordstrom Rack, Sephora and Tony’s Tacos.
— courtesy rendering from The Shops at Sunvet
