The famous coffee brand is finally opening in Vancouver proper.
% Arabica is opening at Oakridge Park, where we spotted its branded kiosks going up during the mall’s first week of opening.
Oddly, the brand has been trying to be sneaky about this location.
First, the kiosk was sitting there in all its glory.
Then the next few days, a piece of paper was seen covering the iconic % logo.
Now it is completely boarded up for renovations, and there is no opening date yet.
What makes this one worth watching is the design.
The Whistler outpost leans alpine and minimal, and the Richmond Centre shop is a cave of curved grey concrete with the glowing % logo set into the wall, a seating-free build that took over an old Starbucks near the dining terrace.
Oakridge gets neither.
This location will use the modular stand the coffee brand calls the Precht Kiosk, designed with Austrian studio Precht.
Versions of it already stand in Dubai, Beijing, and inside Toronto’s Square One mall.
Precht built the concept to be modular, which is why it can drop into a Dubai plaza or a Canadian food court and still read as the same object.
The Square One kiosk is likely the exact same build coming to Oakridge, right down to the shell.
Studio Precht’s own notes on that Toronto stand describe a five-opening layout meant to catch shoppers walking in from every direction, wooden structures wrapped in a white translucent shell, and a circular window that doubles as a brand cue.
“When operational, the kiosk’s shell emits a soft glow, becoming a visual focal point in the mall and drawing the attention of passersby,” the studio wrote.
The % symbol is placed high for visibility, which tracks with the logo’s whole backstory.
Founder Kenneth Shoji has said he landed on the % mark because it looked to him like coffee cherries hanging from a branch.
He started the brand in Kyoto in 2013, and it now runs shops in 24 countries under the line “See the World Through Coffee.”
The Whistler cafe was the brand’s third Canadian location and BC’s first when it opened in 2024.
Whistler was the debut, Richmond brought the cave, and Oakridge will be the one that glows.
For the mall itself, this fills a real gap.
Right now the only cafe-style stops are Delysees and the Beaucoup Bakery counter inside Time Out Market, so a % Arabica kiosk adds another proper drink option under one roof.
There is still no announced opening date, so the boarded-up kiosk is the only timeline for now.
% Arabica’s Oakridge kiosk joins a growing list of upcoming food spots in Vancouver like Straight Outta Brooklyn Kingsway, Chef Hyve Commercial Drive, and Sushi California Seymour.
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Address: Oakridge Park, 650 W 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC