The gym, proposed for the former Borders space, would like the option to be a 24-hour facility.
An upscale, pricier LA Fitness—complete with amenities like towel service and a whirlpool—might be coming to Wynnewood Shopping Center if granted zoning relief. The 'Signature' LA Fitness would be the first of its kind in eastern Pennsylvania, according to Chad Abramo, LA Fitness vice president. Federal Realty, the owner of the Wynnewood Shopping Center, went before the Lower Merion Zoning Hearing Board on Thursday night to seek a special exception that would allow a fitness center use in the former Borders space. Currently, the C-1 space is occupied by Affordable Home Furnishings, which Lower Merion retail coordinator Heidi Tirjan told Patch last month was on a month-to-month lease. "We want a long-term, solid tenant, and we’re excited …
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The new occupant of the former Borders still has customers coming in seeking bestsellers.
Inside the old Borders Books & Music in the Wynnewood Shopping Center, there are still lots and lots of bookshelves. Many of the old, blond, floor-to-ceiling shelves remain from the Borders days—along with other remnants of the store's retail infrastructure the liquidators could not unload. But there are also new bookshelves for sale, and antiques (though no books) standing upright on the floor, next to beds, ottomans, recliners, dining room sets, kitchen tables, lamps, and pretty much any other kind of furniture you might need. Affordable Home Furnishings is settling in, its managers say, after having to hastily move into the 27,000 square-foot space in late November. (A gallery of most of the store’s current stock can be seen here.) “It’…
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Pamela
8:38 pm on Monday, July 30, 2012
Sage is right. "Bottom feeder fitness center." The only gym at a lower level is Planet Fitness which is, oh yeah, right in MY backyard (let's put all the auto dealerships and crap in Ardmore). more ›