FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

October 8, 2025

Contacts:

Joe Bell                                                                     Logan Winn                                      

Director of Corporate Communications               Marketing Director              

Cafaro Company                                                      Kennedy Mall

jbell@cafarocompany.com                                    marketingdirector@kennedymall.com

330-743-7688                                                          563-556-1994 ext. 102                  

724-730-4532 (Mobile)

Diverse New Businesses Opening at Kennedy Mall

           The lineup of new businesses continues to grow at Kennedy Mall in Dubuque, Iowa. Thirsty Guys is now open and catering to the growing crowd of boba tea fans. The 875 square foot shop is located next to Shoe Carnival. Boba tea, also known as bubble tea or pearl milk tea, is a Taiwanese beverage invented in the 1980s. It typically consists of a tea base mixed with milk or fruit and chewy tapioca pearls, often called "boba”. Thirsty Guys features dozens of delicious varieties of boba tea, as well as smoothies and snacks, such as guacamole on toast, loaded nachos, avocado cheese sandwiches and hummus with pita.

           A very different type of business will soon be opening elsewhere in the mall. Fresenius Medical Care is scheduled to open in early 2026. This new health care facility will provide dialysis services to patients in a 10,240 square foot clinical space on the northern end of the mall. It will be located near Books-A-Million and Marshalls, which is set to open next summer. Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases. Through its network of 3,674 dialysis clinics, Fresenius Medical Care provides dialysis treatments for nearly 300,000 patients around the globe.  Prior to its opening at Kennedy Mall, Fresenius will be seeking new staff members. There will be a hiring event in Center Court on Friday, November 7, from noon to 4pm.

Kennedy Mall has been serving the people of northeast Iowa, as well as nearby communities in Wisconsin and Illinois, since 1970. Located at 555 J.F.K. Road in Dubuque, the complex encompasses nearly 700,000 square feet of space. Asbury Plaza is located at the intersection of Iowa Route 32 (Northwest Arterial) and Asbury Road in Dubuque, Iowa. The mall and plaza are owned and managed as part of the Cafaro family of companies, based in Niles, Ohio. For more information, visit www.cafarocompany.com and www.kennedymall.com.

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