Wawa is closing two Center City stores, citing “continued safety and security challenges and business factors.” The Delaware County-based company will shutter its stores at 12th and Market streets and 19th and Market streets over the next few weeks. The announcement comes a day after the Business Journal reported that Wawa is “seriously considering” taking Philadelphia out… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Center City
City Fitness is Opening a Seventh Philly Location
City Fitness plans to open its seventh Philadelphia gym, marking the latest expansion for the homegrown chain. The company is taking over a space previously occupied by Sweat Fitness at 45 N. 3rd St. in Old City. The three-floor, 15,000-square-foot gym is undergoing renovations and scheduled to open in November. y City Fitness opened its… Read more »
Barcade opening second Philadelphia outpost in historic Center City building
Barcade is taking to Center City to open its second Philadelphia outpost, which the New York-based company aims to debut by early 2023. The hybrid bar-and-arcade concept is headed to the historic three-story Hale Building at 1326 Chestnut St., which dates back to the late 19th century and was built by esteemed architect W.G. Hale,… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Barstool Sports bar opens in Philadelphia
Barstool Sports officially opened its new bar in Center City on Friday morning, launching in the midst of March Madness. The 1213 Sansom St. concept was brought to life alongside Wyomissing casino operator Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ: PENN), which holds a 36% stake in the digital media company. The Philadelphia sports bar takes up the… Read more »
2021 in Review: Center City retail struggles while grocery-anchored centers continue to thrive
Philadelphia, wistful for pre-pandemic life, began to embrace its current state of affairs last December by adapting with streeteries for outdoor dining and repairing and reopening shops that had been vandalized during civil unrest sparked by the murder of George Floyd. In the year since the residential population and the return of college students helped… Read more »
Giant opens Heirloom Market in Center City’s Fashion District
As supermarket chain Giant continues its expansion in Philadelphia, one of its most anticipated new stores celebrated its grand opening in Center City on Thursday. The Carlisle-based company opened its fourth Giant Heirloom Market at 801 Market St. inside the former home of the Strawbridge & Clothier department store, which had a long run beginning… Read more »