Huntington Beach / Coastal Orange County

Grocery-Anchored Retail Space in Huntington Beach

A working brief on where grocery-anchored retail space actually fits in Huntington Beach — corridor patterns, centers worth touring, and what to diligence before signing.

Population

193,171

Median HHI

$120,919

Median age

45.2

Homeownership

55.4%

Primary retail corridors

Beach Boulevard · Pacific Coast Highway · Main Street · Edinger Avenue · Adams Avenue · Warner Avenue

Centers worth touring for grocery-anchored retail space in Huntington Beach

Specific shopping centers in Huntington Beach that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.

Bella Terra

7777 Edinger Avenue

Anchors / key tenants: Whole Foods, Costco, Kohl's, REI, Ulta Beauty, The Cheesecake Factory

Size: 853,000 SF

PGIM-owned regional center, ≈96.8% leased. Whole Foods anchors the grocery; Costco holds a ground lease. Recent reuse: Staples closed in early 2023 and was redeveloped into Ulta Beauty. Mixed-use Residences component adds steady weekday foot traffic.

What to diligence before LOI

  • Does the anchor generate the right customer for this concept?
  • Where is the shop space relative to the anchor path?
  • Are exclusives or use restrictions an issue?
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