Q: What is going into the new buildings just east of Aldi on Immokalee going toward the CVS? – Bob Halpern, Naples

Q: Would you happen to have any updates regarding when Tree Farm Plaza construction will be completed and tenants opening? – Alex Balan, Naples

A: Four restaurant chains and a cake shop will join seven other businesses coming this year to the new Tree Farm Plaza on the northwest corner of Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard in North Naples.

The certificate of occupancy for the more than 25,000-square-foot retail center is expected to be issued this week, with the first tenants expected to open there this summer.

Shortly after land clearing began for Tree Farm Plaza a year ago, the first five businesses to sign leases were reported here first. Another five businesses can be reported now.

Nothing Bundt Cakes, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Mattress Warehouse, Club Pilates and SweatHouz will join Chipotle Mexican Grill, Cava Mediterranean grill, Riko’s Pizza, Luxe Dry Bar and Encore Nail & Spa, said John Cheffy of Investment Properties Corp. of Naples, the center’s leasing agent.

Several of the interior buildouts have already begun for some of the units, said Dan Adams, executive vice president of Stevens Construction, the project manager for building the center.

Stevens also is handling the interior buildout of some of the units. The Fort Myers-based company already has Riko’s rustic-urban decor under construction and has some of the others, such as Mattress Warehouse and Club Pilates, under contract for buildout.

“It is a happening spot,” Adams said. “It’s a great location and it’s filling up fast.”

Tree Farm Plaza consists of two buildings. The largest inline strip at 8710 Addison Place Drive has 10 units; the second smaller building to its east has four units and an address of 15405 Collier Blvd.

Only two units — one in each building — haven’t been leased yet. That includes a 1,560-square-foot unit in the larger building and a highly visible 2,476-square-foot corner unit in the smaller building.

“The tenant mix is already incredible. We’re keeping a very high standard with what we’re doing,” Cheffy said, noting that IPC has had a great deal of interest in the space but the local real estate firm is being selective to create the best retail mix.

All four restaurants landing in the center will have their own patio spaces for outdoor dining, ranging from 430 square feet at Chipotle to 1,000 square feet at Cava, plans show. The fast-casual Chipotle plans its fourth location and first drive-thru in Collier for its popular burritos and burrito bowls. While not a traditional drive-thru, at which motorists place orders after arriving at the restaurant, the “Chipotlane” on the western end of the retail strip is intended for customers to pick up digital orders they placed on the company’s app or website.

Tree Farm Plaza will be the first Collier County location for Cava and Riko’s Pizza. Cava will be on the eastern end of the main retail strip, while Riko’s is taking the large center spot in that building.

Cava is a Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain owned by the publicly traded Cava Group, which purchased the former Zoës Kitchen, a similar restaurant chain, in 2018. Cava has two locations in south Fort Myers, but this would be its first in the Naples area. Its health-driven menu features custom- made or chef-curated bowls and pita wraps.

Promoted as “home of the hot oil pizza,” Riko’s is a small pizzeria chain founded as a family business in Stamford, Connecticut. The thincut pizzeria’s signature Hot Oil Pizza features a spicy homemade oil flavored with Serrano stinger peppers. Riko’s menu, which claims to have the best gluten-free pizza, also includes oven-baked wings, classic desserts and signature cocktails such as Riko’s Stinger Margarita, made with Riko’s stinger pepper-infused tequila, triple sec, simple syrup and fresh lime juice garnished with a lime slice and stinger pepper.

Tree Farm Plaza will be the second Collier location for Nothing Bundt Cakes, a bakery franchise known for its icing-adorned varieties of flavorful bundt cakes, personalsized Bundlets and miniature Bundtinis, sold by the dozen.

The center will host the sixth Collier location for Jersey Mike’s, a sandwich shop famous for its hot and cold subs. It will be on the northern end of the smaller building on the corner of Addison Place Drive and Collier Boulevard.

Next to Jersey Mike’s in that building will be two wellness-centric businesses: Club Pilates, which offers Pilates classes ranging from beginner fundamentals to advanced challenges; and SweatHouz, a contrast therapy studio that features cold plunges, infrared saunas and vitamin C showers.

Rounding out the retail lineup will be Mattress Warehouse and two businesses with neighboring units in the larger building. Luxe Dry Bar and Encore Nail & Spa will be striving for good first impressions.

The “Tim Aten Knows” weekly column answers local questions from readers. Email Tim at tim. aten@naplespress.com.