Bart Blatstein’s Tower Investments has paid $34 million to repurchase Riverview Plaza, a 236,217-square-foot retail center along the Delaware River in Philadelphia that the company developed in the late 1980s and later sold to Cedar Realty Trust Inc. in 2003. The property is 50% occupied. “I bought it back for less than I sold it… Read more »
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Insomnia Cookies bringing HQ, ‘store of the future’ to prime Center City location
Insomnia Cookies is taking over a three-story, marquee space at Broad and Chestnut streets that previously housed a Walgreens “superstore” for several years. The roughly 26,000-square-foot space at One South Broad St. will serve as the new headquarters for Insomnia Cookies, which was based in Newtown Square for the last five years, The Center City… Read more »
Puttshack To Open First Philadelphia Location in Center City
Puttshack opened its first two U.S. locations in Atlanta and Chicago in 2021, joining its four locations in London. New locations in the United States will open this summer in Boston and Miami, followed by Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh, Scottsdale, St. Louis, Dallas, Nashville and its second Atlanta location in 2023. Its Center City location is set to include four tech-driven mini golf courses powered… Read more »
Why Citizens Bank has been so aggressive in relocating branches in Philadelphia and beyond
Since the start of 2020, Citizens has relocated 26 branches across its footprint, including five in the Philadelphia region. It has applied for a total of 42, including seven more in this region. *Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal For more information about Philadelphia retail space for sale or lease in Philadelphia or about any… Read more »
Topgolf readies to open Northeast Philadelphia location, turns sights to King of Prussia
The first Topgolf venue in the city is set to open Friday on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. Topgolf locations feature an interactive driving range with climate-controlled bays, a full food and bar menu, live music and event space. In Philadelphia, the three-level venue has 102 hitting bays that can be reserved up to seven… Read more »
Indoor mini golf venue takes 26,000 square feet at the Shops at Liberty Place
Puttshack, an indoor miniature golf experiential retailer, has leased 26,000 square feet at the Shops at Liberty Place, filling a block-long stretch of vacant space in Center City. The space at 1625 Chestnut St. will include four mini golf courses, two full-service bars and a full dining menu. Expected to open in 2023, it will… Read more »
Developer buys historic property with plans for mixed-use complex
A developer has purchased an historic building at 6th Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia for $1.5 million and plans to develop what was originally known as Farmers’ Market House & Hall into a mixed-use complex. The sale of the prominent property at 527-37 Girard Ave. took more than two years to get done —… Read more »
Amazon Fresh supermarket to open in Delaware County amid ongoing expansion
An Amazon Fresh grocery store, the burgeoning supermarket concept from the e-commerce giant, is expected to open in the near future at a shopping center in Delaware County. Signage for the grocery store went up this week at the Broomall Commons Shopping Center, 2940 Springfield Rd., next to the Planet Fitness and PetSmart stores. *Article… Read more »
Bucks County’s Shops at Valley Square sells for $60M
Lamar Cos., a New Jersey real estate company, has paid a bargain price of $60 million to buy the Shops at Valley Square, a 293,550-square-foot mixed-use lifestyle center in Warrington that is 70% occupied. The last time the property traded was in 2016 when a partnership involving Poag Shopping Centers of Memphis, Tennessee, and a real estate… Read more »
Wawa considering adding stores with gas pumps closer to Center City
Wawa is “still active in the city,” CEO Chris Gheysens said, despite some high-profile Philadelphia store closures during the pandemic that included the landmark location at Broad and Walnut streets and the outpost at 9th and South streets. “We have closed some stores and I think it’s a reflection of, in some cases, bad site location. Others [it’s] just the business,… Read more »