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Old 12-04-2012, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Center City
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It's Personal: Are the stars aligning for a Center City retail boom?
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Old 12-04-2012, 11:27 AM
 
Location: NYC based - Used to Live in Philly - Transplant from Miami
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Great article, and welcome!
Thanks SirGreen!

I start loving the area after I moved from FL. And I want to see the city and the metro area thrive!
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Old 12-05-2012, 07:30 AM
 
Location: NYC/PHiLLY
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Well thats awesome, I moved to Philly from NYC some 7 yrs ago..and I recently had to move back to NYC for work..but its my favorite city outside of NYC. I too want to see the City and Metro area thrive and get the respect it deserves.
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Old 12-05-2012, 11:34 AM
 
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Except that Best Buy is dying. That'd be another empty big box to fill in two years.
Agreed. And JCPenney is also in poor shape currently.

The best bets would be Target, Kohl's and maybe Boscov's. The latter two might be reluctant however.

As for smaller chains, likely American Eagle Outfitters, PacSun, Hollister, etc. would make sense. Stores prominent in average malls targeted for the suburban teen-twenty yr. old crowd.

Abercrombie maybe too upscale for the Gallery and too young in demographic for Walnut Street.
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Old 12-06-2012, 12:18 AM
 
Location: West Cedar Park, Philadelphia
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Agreed. And JCPenney is also in poor shape currently.

The best bets would be Target, Kohl's and maybe Boscov's. The latter two might be reluctant however.

As for smaller chains, likely American Eagle Outfitters, PacSun, Hollister, etc. would make sense. Stores prominent in average malls targeted for the suburban teen-twenty yr. old crowd.

Abercrombie maybe too upscale for the Gallery and too young in demographic for Walnut Street.
Boscov's won't move into a city. They only do malls and big boxes.

Target has made some forays into opening urban locations. If the trend catches on I don't see why they wouldn't open a downtown location here. The problem is really how big retailers, who are generally attached to the suburban mall or stripmall big box format, are going to start looking at urban markets. Right now I think Target looks at Philadelphia, says "there's a store in South Philly and another in the NE... thats enough" without realizing how disconnected those locations are from everyone living in Center City. Until retailers move away from only doing suburban format stores, and recognizing there's a big market in urban cores they can't successfully tap with said suburban box stores, I don't think we'll see much more movement. Like I said, some chains are just starting to test out the urban market. Smaller retailers are already moving downtown in droves because they don't need the same square footage. It's probably a matter of time.
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Old 12-06-2012, 12:45 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Boscov's won't move into a city. They only do malls and big boxes.

Target has made some forays into opening urban locations. If the trend catches on I don't see why they wouldn't open a downtown location here. The problem is really how big retailers, who are generally attached to the suburban mall or stripmall big box format, are going to start looking at urban markets. Right now I think Target looks at Philadelphia, says "there's a store in South Philly and another in the NE... thats enough" without realizing how disconnected those locations are from everyone living in Center City. Until retailers move away from only doing suburban format stores, and recognizing there's a big market in urban cores they can't successfully tap with said suburban box stores, I don't think we'll see much more movement. Like I said, some chains are just starting to test out the urban market. Smaller retailers are already moving downtown in droves because they don't need the same square footage. It's probably a matter of time.
Rumors are Target has already signed a lease with PREIT for space in the Gallery
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Old 12-06-2012, 04:05 PM
 
Location: NYC based - Used to Live in Philly - Transplant from Miami
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Well thats awesome, I moved to Philly from NYC some 7 yrs ago..and I recently had to move back to NYC for work..but its my favorite city outside of NYC. I too want to see the City and Metro area thrive and get the respect it deserves.
Awesome Sir! So your heart is still in Philly? Well my heart is still in Miami. But like what you said I want to see the city and metro area boom!

Well it just reminds me of a joke in Elvis Duran show on the radio: (Yes alot of radio stations in MIami are Manhattan based due to the amount of New Yorkers migration down there).
Anyway he asks, why does Miami have the worst driver in the country; even worse than NYC?
Answer: because all the bad drivers from NYC moved to Miami -_______________-
It's only a joke, but for some odd reason it always cracks me up
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Old 12-06-2012, 04:08 PM
 
Location: NYC based - Used to Live in Philly - Transplant from Miami
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Agreed. And JCPenney is also in poor shape currently.

The best bets would be Target, Kohl's and maybe Boscov's. The latter two might be reluctant however.

As for smaller chains, likely American Eagle Outfitters, PacSun, Hollister, etc. would make sense. Stores prominent in average malls targeted for the suburban teen-twenty yr. old crowd.

Abercrombie maybe too upscale for the Gallery and too young in demographic for Walnut Street.
Yes I want Target! But please don't close my K-Mart

Well if Jack Wills can thrive on Walnut, I don't see why Abercrombie can't! I am almost in my 30s and I am still shopping there! -_______________-

On a lighter note, it is confirmed that Allen Edmonds is opening its first store in Philadelphia 2013. NOT November 2012.
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Old 12-06-2012, 05:57 PM
 
Location: NYC/PHiLLY
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Awesome Sir! So your heart is still in Philly? Well my heart is still in Miami. But like what you said I want to see the city and metro area boom!

Well it just reminds me of a joke in Elvis Duran show on the radio: (Yes alot of radio stations in MIami are Manhattan based due to the amount of New Yorkers migration down there).
Anyway he asks, why does Miami have the worst driver in the country; even worse than NYC?
Answer: because all the bad drivers from NYC moved to Miami -_______________-
It's only a joke, but for some odd reason it always cracks me up
lol good one. Yeah I have plenty of friends who've been or go every year. A couple actually moved down there for work. Ive actually never been to miami, but I hope to get down there soon.
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Old 12-06-2012, 11:52 PM
 
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Well it just reminds me of a joke in Elvis Duran show on the radio: (Yes alot of radio stations in MIami are Manhattan based due to the amount of New Yorkers migration down there).
I believe you, but in this particular case, he's on Q102 in the morning as well. I think he's syndicated pretty much all over the country.
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