Chase Bank plans to open a branch in the former Wawa flagship store located at the southeast corner of Broad and Walnut streets in Center City. The prominent site has remained vacant since Wawa decided not to reopen it in 2020 due to ongoing impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a Chase spokesman, the… Read more »
Another Wawa store in Philadelphia is shutting its doors. A spokesperson for the Delaware County convenience store and gas station chain confirmed to the Business Journal that Wawa did not receive a lease renewal offer for its location at 2000 Hamilton St., near Fairmount and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The company declined to provide… Read more »
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… Read more »
Wawa increased revenue 36% last year to reclaim a spot among the 25 largest private companies in the U.S., according to Forbes. The Delaware County-based convenience store chain lands at No. 24 on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Largest Private Companies, maintaining its standing as the top-ranked private company in Pennsylvania. It had slipped to No…. Read more »
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 »
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 »
Two area shopping centers, one anchored by a Wawa and the other shadow anchored by a Home Depot, have traded. Valley Forge Investment Corp. sold Warrington Plaza, an 87,581-square-foot retail center at Easton and Street roads in Warrington, for $22.5 million. Realty Resource Capital bought the center that counts Avalon Floor & Tile as a… Read more »
Wawa will open a new “stadium store” near South Philadelphia’s sports complex on Thursday as fans flood back into the area for live games after the city lifted local Covid-19 restrictions earlier this month. The 2600 Penrose Ave. location will be the only Wawa in Philadelphia to sell beer, joining five other brew-slinging stores in Pennsylvania,… Read more »
