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New City Sports to Open Saturday in Suburban Square

A grand opening party is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

City Sports will open its new, larger “concept” store within Suburban Square in Ardmore on Saturday, company officials said. Taking over the space previously occupied by Talbots, the 8,000 square-foot store will feature a “refreshed and fully integrated shopping experience, including the brand’s new women’s concept,” according to a recent corporate statement. The focus on women includes “apparel and fit consultants,” and what the company claims is the most comprehensive assortment of sports bras in the Western world (check out the “Bra Finder” here), along with a large selection of training pants, yoga and pilates gear. Other features of the new space include a freestanding footwear wall, an iPad station and lockers for participants in …

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City Sports Concept Store Opening January in Suburban Square

A prominent Montgomery Avenue location will give the store high visibility.

In the past few weeks, construction has finally started to clear in front of the new City Sports location at Suburban Square in Ardmore. Customers are again able to walk through parts of the shopping center’s courtyard, and recently, City Sports covered the windows of the former Talbots with large promotional posters. “We will have a much more interactive experience for our customers,” said Keiko Kimball, manager of the Suburban Square City Sports. “There will be a lot more for the customer to do instead of just shop.” Kimball explained that the new City Sports concept will involve a unique shopping experience, featuring “iPad stations,” or kiosks, for online ordering and technical information on the store’s products—or simply to listen to…

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New High-End Restaurant, Anthropologie 'Concept' for Suburban Square

The shopping center's GM is not worried about recent big-name vacancies.

Fourth in a series about changes at Suburban Square in Ardmore. * The news over the past couple of months has not been great for Suburban Square, with several high-end shops closing, part of a national downsizing or liquidation trend that’s affecting everything from bookstores to wedding dresses. The Coach store closed in the Spring. Pierre Deux’s French parent company no longer exists and is liquidating. The elite string of Priscilla of Boston bridal shops are closing, including the one on St. James Place, just as you enter the Square’s courtyard, which is undergoing a major re-do. At the other end of the courtyard, Talbots closed its doors last week. But Mark Bachus, the shopping center’s general manager—though frustrated at times—is not…

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Apple Store Closed for the Week; Pierre Deux to Close For Good

Apple will re-open Monday, Sept. 19. Pierre Deux is liquidating.

First in a series about changes at Suburban Square in Ardmore. * The Apple Store on St. James Place in Suburban Square is closed for the week, scheduled to re-open Monday (Sept. 19). “They are doing renovations—some work to the entryway,” said Mark Bachus, the shopping center’s general manager. “They are making some changes to the interior, and they had to move a couple of sprinkler heads, so that forces the tenant to actually close down for a period of time until they get the sprinkler back up.” The Apple Store website refers customers to the store in King of Prussia during the week it is shuttered.             Bachus affectionately calls the Apple Store “the Beast,” a stalwart, A-list retailer even in a shopping center that is more than …

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