For Uptown Park shoppers and nearby residents, Giant Leap's arrival provides a local alternative to the Starbucks that closed earlier this year. The kiosk location, a ground up build by Rootlab - a design and construction firm that shares ownership with Giant Leap - packs a lot into a tidy 650 square feet.
"We wanted a little jewel box of a structure," co-owner Logan Beck tells CultureMap. "Bright and full of light with space for people to come in and grab a coffee and be on their way or stay and drink it. It's not really set up for long hangs, but that was more dictated by space constraints."
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