Five Beyond conversions for 2023

Five Below offers new details on store expansion, Five Beyond conversions for 2023

Five Below Inc. said it plans to open more than 200 new stores in 2023 and convert 400 stores to its “Five Beyond” format, which features items priced above its traditional $5 threshold.

The Philadelphia-based discount retailer revealed its 2023 expansion plans on Monday as it reported that net sales for the holiday season from Oct. 30 through Jan. 7 increased by 11% to $1 billion from $902 million in 2021. 

The planned openings are part of Five Below’s (NASDAQ: FIVE) “triple-double” expansion plan that includes tripling its national footprint to more than 3,500 stores by the end of 2030 and eventually doubling sales to $5.6 billion. Five Below currently has nearly 1,200 stores in 40 states.

The company opened 40 new stores in the third quarter and announced plans to open 48 stores in the fourth quarter. It has also converted 250 stores to the Five Beyond concept. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal 

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Wawa CEO Reveals Plans for Center City Stores

Wawa CEO reveals plans for shuttered Center City stores, including launch of a tech hub

Wawa plans to open a technology hub at the site of one of its recently shuttered Center City locations, CEO Chris Gheysens said Friday.

Gheysens made the announcement during a panel discussion at the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia’s 2023 Economic Outlook event. He told the Business Journal that the Delaware County convenience store chain’s space at 19th and Market streets, which shuttered last fall, will potentially serve as a venue to bring startups together in a “Wawa real-life environment” to provide tech solutions for the company. 

He said the details of the technology hub are still in the works.

The hub could also provide training for young workers to help meet the growing demand for tech talent in the region, Gheysens added. It could be Wawa-specific, or could serve as a more regional, multi-partner venue.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Luxury Mattress Company to Open Brick and Mortar Store in Center City

Luxury online mattress store to open location in Center City Philly

A national luxury mattress retailer is coming to Center City. 

Saatva, based in New York, will debut its ninth retail viewing room at 1712 Walnut St. in Rittenhouse Square on Feb. 13. The location was previously home to a Wells Fargo Bank branch.

The e-commerce brand, founded in 2010, sells mattresses, bedding and other bedroom products online. It is in the process of expanding into bedroom furniture and will offer bedroom rugs later this year. Saatva makes $400 million in total revenue annually, according to co-founder and chief strategy officer Ricky Joshi. Its nine mattress products range in price from $355 for a crib mattress to $4,550 for a split California king. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Jim’s Steaks Eyes Labor Day Reopening

Jim's Steaks Philly

The rebuild of Jim’s Steaks on South Street has finally begun after the building was damaged by a fire in July, and the almost 47-year-old Philadelphia cheesesteak shop is targeting a Labor Day weekend reopening. 

After teasing the new blueprints for the building via Twitter last week, President Ken Silver told the Business Journal Jim’s is currently in the interior demolition phase of the rebuild. Once everything in the building is cleared out, Silver and his team will be able to identify and fix any unknown structural damages before beginning construction on the interior. 

Philadelphia firm Worldwide Restoration LLC is doing the demolition for the project, and Silver has tasked Ambit Architecture, a local architectural firm in Headhouse Square, with the design of the space. Ambit completed the design of Bridget Foy’s, a restaurant and bar in the area that was also devastated by a fire in October 2017.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Primo Hoagies Plans for Expansion to Colorado

Primo Hoagies, Philly Staple Expanding to Colorado

If Texans aren’t sure what a hoagie is, they’ll soon find out.

PrimoHoagies announced plans to expand its franchise locations in 2023 not only to the north and south, but to the west, as well.

The company, which started in South Philly but is now based in Gloucester County, said stores would open in five new states in 2023, bringing its operations to 12 states in all.

“We’re thrilled to kick off the new year by introducing the Primo Difference to Texas, Colorado, Michigan, and Louisiana and, later this year, to Albany, N.Y.,” Nicholas Papanier Jr., owner, president, and CEO of PrimoHoagies, said in the announcement.

*Article courtesy of The Inquirer

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Post Covid – Center City Retail is on Comeback

Center City Comeback

Despite a continued drop in office workers compared to pre-pandemic levels, retail in Philadelphia made strides in 2022.

As of September, 80.5% of retail storefronts were occupied within the Center City District. That put 2022 on pace to become the second consecutive year of net positive openings, according to the district. It also means occupancy rates are closing in on September 2019’s occupancy rate of 89%.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Marshalls to Close Center City Location

Marshalls Clothing Store Center City Closing

The Marshalls at 1044 Market St. is closing, leaving another empty storefront along an increasingly vacant stretch in the heart of Market East. 

The department store will shutter on January 14, according to a spokesperson for TJX, the chain’s parent company. The nearby T.J. Maxx at 1130 Market St., also a part of TJX brands, will stay open. 

“We are always assessing and reviewing our real estate strategies, and our decision to close this store reflects that thinking,” said Andrew Mastrangelo, vice president for communications at TJX, in an email to the Business Journal. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Urbanspace Food Hall Opening in 2023

Urbanspace Philadelphia

Urbanspace, a New York-based developer of public markets, plans to open a food hall at the Schuylkill Yards development in University City next year.

The venue is expected to open in fall 2023 and will feature 16 food and beverage vendors, including concepts both local to Philadelphia and from Urbanspace’s national portfolio. No vendors have been announced yet.

Urbanspace Philadelphia will occupy more than 14,000 square feet of space in the southeast corner of the Bulletin Building at 3025 Market St. It will feature a 13,000-square-foot indoor dining venue and a 1,400-square-foot patio next to the 1.3-acre Drexel Square park. The food hall’s location also offers visitors a view of 30th Street Station directly across the street.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Chase Bank Opens Community Center Branch in Philly

Chase Bank Philadelphia Branch

Chase Bank has now opened 52 branches in the Philadelphia region since entering the retail banking market in 2018, but the latest one is unique.

Opened earlier this month and situated at 15 S. 52nd St. in West Philadelphia, it is more than three times the size of a normal Chase branch and occupies the former home of an original Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS) Bank location.

The new community-inspired model offers free financial health resources like skills training, local pop-up shops, and fintech innovation for local residents and small businesses. It is one of just 15 such locations across Chase’s 4,700-branch footprint in the U.S. It will be half community center and half traditional bank branch. Among the services it will provide are:

  • Growth support for local entrepreneurs starting or expanding their small business.
  • Mentoring for entrepreneurs and access to a pop-up space to display and sell their merchandise.
  • A new community “living room” area and events space.
  • Workshops to build financial health — including sessions on saving, budgeting and building credit.
  • A free use tech bar space and Wi-Fi for community groups and residents to utilize for remote learning and work.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Santander Bank to Close More Branches

Santander Bank Closing More Branches

Santander Bank has filed to close 13 branches in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including five in the immediate Philadelphia region and five more on the outskirts.

According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Boston-based subsidiary of Spain’s Santander Group (NYSE: SAN) has filed to close the following locations:

  • 5022-24 City Ave. in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia;
  • 1501 E. Erie Ave. in North Philadelphia;
  • 6500-06 Woodland Ave. in Southwest Philadelphia;
  • 144 Lancaster Ave. in Devon;
  • 100 Berlin Road in Clementon, New Jersey.

Santander is also closing sites in Princeton, Robbinsville and Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, plus branches in Quarryville and Lititz in Lancaster County, and individual locations in Cumberland, York and Schuylkill counties.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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