BELL TOWER WELCOMES HAPPY SCOOP ICE CREAM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2021MEDIA CONTACTS:Deborah Blackford / blkfrd@earthlink.net / 714-280-8765Karen Franse / karenfranse@gmail.com / 386-649-1887Carmen Herlihy / cherlihypr@gmail.com / 646-770-2623BELL TOWER WELCOMES HAPPY SCOOP ICE CREAMShopping Center Adds Ninth New Tenant This YearFORT MYERS, Fla. – September 2, 2021 – Bell Tower, a landmark shopping, dining and entertainment destination centrally located in Fort Myers, Florida (https://www.belltowerfl.com), today announced the addition of Happy Scoop Ice Cream, a purveyor of taste-tantalizing premium homemade ice cream and other frozen treats. The 826-square-foot Happy Scoop, expected to open this month, will be located next to Cheshire Cat Toy Shop and across from Burntwood Tavern. For a downloadable photo of the new Happy Scoop Ice Cream at Bell Tower, click here.“We want to extend a hearty welcome to our newest tenant, Happy Scoop Ice Cream,” says Samantha Lillard, Assistant Vice President for Madison Marquette, the real estate investor, developer and service provider that owns the shopping center. “The fact that Happy Scoop has chosen Bell Tower as the right place to begin the expansion of its business says volumes about the changes that have been made at the recently renovated Bell Tower shopping center and the way those changes have successfully transformed the property into an iconic day-to-night destination.”“We are thrilled to open our second Happy Scoop store at Bell Tower, an upscale, open-air shopping center with a freeway-close location that makes it the ideal spot for us and for our customers,” says Michael Mueckenhausen, owner of Happy Scoop Ice Cream. “We envision the new Bell Tower Happy Scoop Ice Cream as a community gathering place where friends and family stop in to indulge in a mouth-watering sweet treat and to enjoy a few moments of pure happiness.”Happy Scoop is part of a new and growing Florida-based ice cream chain that provides its patrons with a variety of rich, delicious, homemade ice creams. At Happy Scoop, customers will find a wide array of unusual ice cream treats, sundaes, sorbets and Italian ice options. Some of the store’s 35 popular premium ice cream flavors include traditional favorites from French Vanilla Bean and Mint Chocolate Chip to Black Cherry, Butter Pecan and Royal Turtle; more exotic choices include Birthday Cake, Heath Bar Crunch, Sticky Fingers, Superman, SpongeBob, Purple Haze, and Death by Peanut Butter.The new Happy Scoop Ice Cream is the ninth new tenant to call the renewed Bell Tower home this year. Other new tenants that have opened locations at Bell Tower since the beginning of 2021 include: Matinique Bakery Café, Subtle and Chic, Art the Wall, Three Dog Bakery, Burntwood Tavern, Stogie Pairing, Artsemble Underground, and CycleBar. In addition, Bell Tower also recently launched a “Pop Up & Grow” initiative to help local businesses expand with temporary brick-and-mortar shops.About Happy Scoop Ice CreamHappy Scoop Ice Cream exists to provide its patrons with a variety of rich, delicious, homemade ice creams. Offering 35 flavors to choose from every day, Happy Scoop is part of a new and growing Florida-based chain that gives customers access to a wide array of unusual ice cream treats, sundaes, sorbets and Italian ice options. Some of the store’s most popular premium ice cream flavors include traditional favorites from French Vanilla Bean and Mint Chocolate Chip to Black Cherry, and Butter Pecan; more exotic choices include Royal Turtle, Birthday Cake, Heath Bar Crunch, Sticky Fingers, Superman, SpongeBob, Purple Haze, and Death by Peanut Butter. To learn more, visit https://happyscoop-icecream.com or follow Happy Scoop Ice Cream on Facebook or Instagram.About Bell TowerBell Tower is a landmark shopping, dining and entertainment destination centrally located in Fort Myers, Florida. The open-air center offers a creative combination of brand-name retail favorites and exclusive boutiques that include popular grocer The Fresh Market, Williams-Sonoma, Bed Bath & Beyond, Talbots, Trader Rick’s for the Artful Woman, Ulta Beauty, Bath & Body Works, The Cheshire Cat Fine Toys, and Brodeur Carvell. The center’s exceptional shopping is complemented by distinctive restaurants such as DaRuMa Japanese Steak House and Sushi Lounge, Grimaldi's Pizzeria, Blue Pointe Oyster Bar & Seafood Grill, Cantina Laredo, T.G.I. Friday's and Ice Spot, and by entertainment venues including Dave & Buster’s and a 20-screen Regal Cinemas complex making Bell Tower a true day-to-night destination. A longtime community partner and pet-friendly shopping-dining-entertainment adventure, Bell Tower is owned and operated by Madison Marquette, a leading real estate investor, developer and service provider. To learn more, visit www.belltowerfl.com or follow Bell Tower on Facebook or Instagram.