Barstool Sports, the digital media company founded by David Portnoy and backed by Wyomissing-based Penn National Gaming, announced on Instagram Thursday that “ground has been broken” on a Philadelphia sports bar that would open soon. This Barstool Sports Bar — much like Bankroll Club, a sports bar now under construction on the site of the… Read more »
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Giant scheduled to open three stores — two in Philadelphia — in December
A new 32,000-square-foot Heirloom Market at 801 Market St. in Philadelphia is one of three stores Giant Co. is scheduled to open in the region in December. It will join a new store at 1403 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. in Philadelphia, and a new location in Doylestown, and combined, the three will employ nearly 500… Read more »
Red Lion Plaza in Northeast Philadelphia sells for $56M to New York investor
Red Lion Plaza, a roughly 240,000-square-foot shopping center at Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia, has been sold for $56.45 million. Finmarc Management Inc. and KPR sold the center. The buyer was affiliated with the Propp family from New York. The center at 9950 Roosevelt Blvd. was 97% occupied at the time… Read more »
Barstool Sports-branded bar to open in Philadelphia
A Barstool Sports-branded sports bar is coming to Philadelphia. Penn National Gaming, which bought a 36% stakein the digital media company last year for $163 million, is building the bar out as a standalone location, CEO Jay Snowden said in the company’s second quarter earnings report this week. The bar is slated to open later this year. When… Read more »
Brooklyn-based Other Half Brewing to take over former Goose Island location in Fishtown
It looks like another out-of-town brewing company is making plans to set up shop in Philadelphia in the near future at a once-popular location to grab a beer and bite to eat. Other Half Brewing Company, a Brooklyn-based craft beer brewer and distributor, is slated to move into the space where Goose Island Brewery formerly… Read more »