7 Brew Coffee Permitted at Paddock Mall, Second Ocala Stand Planned on Maricamp; Simply Southern Lists a Paddock Mall Store

The City of Ocala has issued permits for a 7 Brew Coffee drive-thru stand at Paddock Mall, 3100 SW College Rd. The city's eTRAKiT permit portal lists site permit SITE26-0148, "7Brew Coffee shop," as issued on Oct. 12, 2026, and building permit BLD26-0541, "7Brew new comm coffee shop," at 3104 SW College Rd., as issued the same day. A second Ocala stand is planned on SE Maricamp Road, where the city has approved a site plan.

At the same mall, the apparel brand Simply Southern lists an Ocala store at Paddock Mall, Suite 148, on its store locations page.

As of Oct. 22, 2026, 7 Brew's Florida store locator lists one stand in Marion County, in Belleview, and none in Ocala. Neither the city's records nor 7 Brew's or Simply Southern's pages give an opening date.

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At a Glance

• 7 Brew, Paddock Mall: 3100 SW College Rd. (building permit address 3104 SW College Rd.), Ocala; site and building permits issued Oct. 12, 2026; site inspections approved Oct. 12 and Oct. 19; contractor Fulcrum Construction Group LLC


• 7 Brew, Maricamp Road: 3233 SE Maricamp Rd., Unit 700, Ocala; site plan approved Feb. 23, 2026; site permit application pending since March 9, 2026


• Simply Southern: listed at Paddock Mall, 3100 SW College Rd., Suite 148, Ocala


• Closest 7 Brew open now: 5530 SE Abshier Blvd., Belleview


• Opening dates: none given in city records or on either company's site

What has the City of Ocala permitted for 7 Brew at Paddock Mall?

The permits all sit on the Paddock Mall parcel, 23735-001-00, and fall under a city site plan, SPL24-0014, "7Brew Coffee shop." That plan was filed on Dec. 6, 2024, and approved on May 27, 2026. A traffic impact analysis linked to the plan is titled "7Brew Coffee Shop SW College Rd and 26th Rd"; the city accepted it in March 2025.

As of Oct. 22, 2026, the portal lists:

• SITE26-0148, site permit for the coffee shop: applied for Sept. 8, approved Oct. 6, issued Oct. 12, 2026


• BLD26-0541, new commercial building for the coffee shop: applied for March 4, issued Oct. 12, 2026


• BLD26-0543, a trash enclosure, and BLD26-0544, an exterior cooler: both issued Oct. 12, 2026


• UBLD26-0030, underground utilities: issued

The three building permits carry the status "Issued Pending NOC," meaning the city is waiting on a notice of commencement, the form a Florida property owner records before construction starts. The contractor on the permits is Fulcrum Construction Group LLC.

Site work is under way. The site permit's inspection log shows a pre-construction inspection completed on Sept. 16, erosion control and tree protection approved on Oct. 6, and intermediate site inspections approved on Oct. 12 and Oct. 19, 2026, with the next one scheduled for Oct. 26.

Our Paddock Mall guide has the mall's stores and hours, and the Highway 200 corridor guide covers the rest of SW College Road.

Where is the second Ocala 7 Brew planned?

The second stand is planned at 3233 SE Maricamp Rd., Unit 700. The city approved a minor site plan, SPLM25-0027, "7Brew Ocala Maricamp Rd," on Feb. 23, 2026, after it was filed on Nov. 26, 2025; the city classifies it as a fast-food restaurant project. The site permit for it, SITE26-0049, was applied for on March 9, 2026, and was listed with the status "Pending Site" as of Oct. 22, 2026, meaning it had not been issued.

Where is the nearest 7 Brew open now?

7 Brew's Belleview page lists a drive-thru stand at 5530 SE Abshier Blvd., Belleview, at SE 56th Avenue. Its store page lists hours of 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. More on the town is in our Belleview guide.

For coffee in Ocala itself, see our best coffee shops in Ocala and Ocala coffee shops guides. Dutch Bros, another drive-thru chain, has one Ocala store and a second proposed; see our Dutch Bros report.

What is Simply Southern, and where is its Paddock Mall store?

Simply Southern is an apparel brand founded in Greensboro, N.C., in 2005, according to its website, which describes it as celebrating "the preppy American lifestyle." Its locations page lists Ocala – Paddock Mall, 3100 SW College Rd., Suite 148, among its stores. The page does not give hours or an opening date for the Ocala store.

Other openings around the city are tracked on our new businesses in Ocala page.

Sources: City of Ocala eTRAKiT permit and project records (SITE26-0148 and its inspection log, BLD26-0541, BLD26-0543, BLD26-0544, site plan SPL24-0014, traffic study TIA24-45510, SITE26-0049 and site plan SPLM25-0027); 7 Brew store locator for Florida and its Belleview store page; Simply Southern store locations page. Checked Oct. 22, 2026.