Thursday, March 21, 2013
LA Fitness was granted zoning approval to occupy the Borders building in Wynnewood Shopping Center earlier this year.
There's still no word on when, or if, LA Fitness will take over the former Borders space in Wynnewood Shopping Center, currently occupied by Bargain Book Warehouse. A representative of Federal Realty Investment Trust, the owners of Wynnewood Shopping Center, said this week that they have nothing firm to announce yet regarding a lease with LA Fitness, which had expressed interest in opening a 24/7 "upscale, signature" fitness center in the old Borders building. Federal Realty and LA Fitness spent more than six months in discussion with neighboring civic associations and Lower Merion's Zoning Hearing Board, culminating in the Zoning Hearing Board's decision in January that LA Fitness would be permitted to occupy the Borders building, but …
Friday, February 1, 2013
The space is being heavily marketed, and would ideally be open until 2 a.m., according to Federal Realty's development manager.
A restaurant tenant has yet to be identified for the vacant postal service spot in the Wynnewood Shopping Center, but nearby residents are eager for details as the center’s owners move forward with a basic plan for the space. Federal Realty Investment Trust met with Shortridge Civic Association Tuesday night to present rudimentary plans for the demolition of the existing postal service building and the construction of a 6,500-square foot restaurant in the old postal space next to Giant. While no lease for the space has been signed, Federal Realty is moving through the Lower Merion Township land development process in hopes that securing necessary approvals ahead of time will make the space more attractive to potential tenants. Federal …
Friday, January 11, 2013
The Lower Merion Zoning Hearing Board approved the gym's conditional use request on Thursday.
A plan to build an upscale, "signature" LA Fitness in the Wynnewood Shopping Center is, after six months and much discussion, taking a step forward. Thursday night, the Lower Merion Zoning Hearing Board approved a conditional use application to permit a gym use in the old Borders building, currently occupied by Bargain Book Warehouse. In their presentation in July, LA Fitness and Federal Realty Investment Trust, owners of the Wynnewood Shopping Center, had requested that the gym be permitted to operate 24/7, a request neighboring civic associations took issue with. In the intervening months, Wynnewood and Shortridge Civic Associations and attorney Ken Aaron had fought for the gym to limit its hours of operation—a condition to which LA …
Friday, November 9, 2012
A manager expected Bargain Book Warehouse to open by early next week.
As Federal Realty and LA Fitness continue to present their case before the Lower Merion Zoning Hearing Board, another business has moved into the space the gym hopes to eventually occupy. Bargain Book Warehouse plans to open as soon as early next week in the Wynnewood Shopping Center's old Borders building, said co-manager Arturo Garcia. The bargain bookstore, which will offer both new releases and older books, will eventually occupy both floors of the old Borders building. But for the moment, as Spirit Halloween finishes moving out, Bargain Books will open just the second floor, Garcia said. The building has attracted several short-term tenants since the Borders chain closed last year: first a Halloween store, then a discount furniture …
Katie Pfeiffer
12:50 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Thank you Beth for backing up my comment and I agree with you 100%. If BBW can't stay at that location isn't there somewhere else close by to move into? I am a tactile person and I like to feel, hold and look at books before I buy them. Books are to be treasured and worshipped- just like the local organic produce ( sorry to stray off the topic). more ›