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Walgreens stores getting cool new look on Miami Beach


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Walgreens stores on Miami Beach are getting a new psychedelic twist.

The Walgreens stores at 2000 Normandy Drive and 1011 Alton Road on South Beach look nothing like any Walgreens store South Florida has seen before. The modern designs bring in the styles of different decades, each with their own unique feel.

The Normandy Isle Walgreens store, which first opened in Dec. 2011, is in a neighborhood that was largely defined in the 1950s and 1960s, according to a press release. The 12,990-square-foot building reflects the MiMo architectural style that was well known in that area of Miami.

Rooftop parking, marine imagery, cheese hole patterns and eyebrow canopies are present in the design.

The 10,000-square-foot South Beach Walgreens store located on the west side of Flamingo Park Historic District has a design that offers a kaleidoscope effect and signature fishnet windows. The store also has a retro, 1950s feel to it.

“We are thrilled to bring these two newly completed Walgreens stores to the City of Miami Beach,” says Keith Miller, senior real estate manager of Walgreens in a press release. “In additional to providing the area with much needed pharmacy services, each store will offer the same cost-effective consumer and health products for which our brand has become known."

In addition to these two unique stores, a third will be breaking ground on Miami Beach before July, the release said. There are no plans to bring a uniquely designed store to Broward or Palm Beach counties at this time.

Photo of the Normandy Isle Walgreens store, courtesy of Walgreens.

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Doreen Christensen has never paid full price for anything. If there is a way to save on something, she will find it and share how you can save, too. Doreen is a senior reporter covering consumer news, health, beauty and features for the online and print editions of the Sun Sentinel. A 32-year veteran of the newspaper, she previously was a senior copy editor on the universal copy desk. Doreen spends her time off hunting bargains, clipping coupons, gardening and traveling.

Justine Griffin covers retail and marine business for the Sun Sentinel. She is a Tampa Bay native who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2010. After spending a year covering crime in St. Augustine, Fla., she moved to Fort Lauderdale and made the switch to business journalism. When she’s not writing, she’s riding horses and spending time with her whippet puppy, Josie.

Marcia Heroux Pounds is the Sun Sentinel's workplace columnist when she's not shopping for shoes. She also writes about small business, which allows her to visit many of South Florida's unique shops and boutiques.

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