McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, a national seafood restaurant operator, will open an 8,000-square-foot location at The Mercato in North Naples.

McCormick & Schmick’s was established by Bill McCormick and Doug Schmick in the 1970s. The two opened The Original McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant in Portland, Ore. in 1979. The company has since expanded to 83 restaurants, including 77 restaurants in the United States and six in Canada under The Boathouse brand, with more than 6,000 employees.

Located on 53 acres at the intersection of U.S. 41 North and Vanderbilt Beach Road, The Mercato is a premier lifestyle center that is . The project is a joint venture of The Lutgert Companies and the Barron Collier Companies of Naples.

Scheduled to open in early 2009, The Mercato will provide nearly 330,000 square feet of main street-style retail and restaurants, 140,000 square feet of Class A office space and 175 luxury residential units.