Commerce
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A Two-Story Netflix House with Themed Experiences Could Be Coming to King of Prussia Mall
The empty Lord & Taylor space in the King of Prussia Mall may soon have a new occupant: Netflix House, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. The concept is to offer customers an immersive experience of their favorite Netflix shows which will include merchandise, food, and activities. Netflix has created some pop-up experiences such…
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Rittenhouse Square Brownstone Sells After 15 Years On the Market
A five-story, 7,155-square-foot Rittenhouse Square brownstone that was originally placed on the market 15 years ago has finally been sold, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The property sold for $2.625 million — about half of its original list price — to a New York buyer, according to Nancy Alperin, a broker with…
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Hunting Park’s Share Food Program is Among the Largest DoorDash Operations in the World
Every Friday and Saturday, workers at the Share Food Program warehouse in Hunting Park stack boxes of food marked for low-income area seniors. It’s one of the two largest food bank operations in the region, along with Philabundance, and is the largest DoorDash operation in the world, writes Alfred Lubrano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The…
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5 Reasons Why 1701 Market Street is Ideal For A Residential Property
1701 Market Street in Center City is now the former headquarters of Morgan Lewis & Bockius law firm, and since the move, Alterra Property Group has been unrelenting in its pursuit to convert the office building into a residential property. According to Alterra Property Group’s vice president of acquisitions Connor Burke, the 18-story, 305,170-square-foot building…
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World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Celebrates 75 Years of Connecting Philly to the World
This year, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia is celebrating its 75th anniversary of opening doors between Philadelphia and the rest of the world. It stands as the largest and longest-running international experience provider in the region, and provides speaker programs, youth education, travel, and professional exchanges. To celebrate its latest milestone anniversary, the organization…
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Chinatown Stitch Project Gains $158 Million in Funding
The Chinatown Stitch project, which will aim to reconnect the north and south sides of the neighborhood through the Vine Street Expressway, recently received a $158 million federal grant, writes Michael Tananbaum for PhillyVoice. The grant came from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and is expected to cover the…
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House of the Week: Historic Carriage Home in Spring Garden
A beautiful historic stand-alone carriage home with four bedrooms and four bathrooms is available for sale in Spring Garden. This exquisite property boasts meticulous design and craftsmanship and comes complete with a custom wood one-car garage, a two-tier roof deck, and high-end finishes throughout. . . The home impresses from the start with its open…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Awarded Accreditation Candidacy for MS in Speech-Language Pathology Program
Gwynedd Mercy University’s (GMercyU) Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program has achieved candidacy status from the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. This pre-accreditation, granted for up to five years, reflects the program’s commitment to excellence. The program is set to admit its inaugural class in Fall 2024. Responding to the…
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Pennsylvania Makes USA Today’s Best of US Beer Scene List Twice
Pennsylvania once more reaffirmed its place as one of the most beer aficionado-friendly states by having two of its experiences find their place on the best of the US beer scene list, write 10Best Editors for USA Today 10Best. USA Today compiled the list by asking beer experts to nominate their picks for each of…
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J. Crew Set to Open First Bucks County Location in Warrington’s Shops at Valley Square
Popular clothing chain J. Crew is making its debut in Warrington at the Shops at Valley Square, according to TAPinto Doylestown. This outpost will be the first in Bucks County and is scheduled to open this summer. It’s joining 80 stores that will open this year alone. In addition to J. Crew, Duck…
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Jason Kelce’s Mummer’s Hat Is Retiring, and So Is the Ridley Man Who Made It
The Ridley man who made Jason Kelce’s Mummers hat is retiring, and the hat is going with him, writes Beatrice Forman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Fans can still buy a replica of the iconic hat until April 30. The last batch of hats sold will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, Mummers Against Cancer, or…
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West Philadelphia Skills Initiative Gets $4 Million Grant From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recently surprised the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative with a $4 million gift, writes Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza for WHYY. This is the largest grant the Philadelphia workforce development organization has received. The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative prepares unemployed residents to apply for an entry-level job in a local high-wage industry. Graduates of the…
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Five Philadelphia Companies Place Among Fastest-growing Northeast Firms
Five Philadelphia companies have made Inc.’s 2024 list of the 198 fastest-growing firms in the Northeast, with two of them cracking the top 25, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The ranking is based on the companies’ revenue growth from 2020 to 2022. Overall, 32 companies from the Philadelphia region are on the…
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A Drexel Student’s Fight To Get Students a Day Off For Election Day For the First Time
Drexel University students will get the day off for voting and engagement on Election Day for the first time this year, all thanks to the efforts led by Vivek Babu, Drexel’s undergraduate student president, writes Roxanne Patel Shepelavy for The Philadelphia Citizen. Babu was elected president of the school’s Undergraduate Student Government Association after spending…
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7-Year-Old North Philadelphia Native is a Mensa Member and Also Teaches Science on TikTok
Cree Carroll may only be 7 years old, but he’s already a member of Mensa, and he even teaches science to his nearly 16,000 TikTok followers, reports Wakisha Bailey and Rory Hardenstine for CBS News Philadelphia. His mother, Shay Carroll, said she always knew her son was gifted. “When he was 3, he started off…
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Investments in Local Energy Grid Result in Customers Experiencing Lowest Power Outage Rate in PECO History
PECO’s significant infrastructure investments, use of innovative technologies such as automated devices, and its dedicated employees all helped the company keep the lights on for customers at a record level in 2023. Despite the impacts of several severe storms, PECO customers experienced the lowest power outage rate in company history, with 86 percent of PECO…
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Fred Hubler of Creative Capital Wealth Management Group Shares How To Build Wealth by Investing in the Promise of Infrastructure
Look around the United States and you will see aging infrastructure and risks of potential failure. The positive for investors is there are investment opportunities to fix infrastructure while also making money for yourself. Many find investing in infrastructure to be a beneficial alternative investment. Many parts of our world fit into the infrastructure space including…
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‘This Place Changed My Life’: Penn State Abington Alumna Quintara Tucker Excels as Therapist, Author, Entrepreneur
The skills Quintara Tucker developed as a psychological and social science major at Penn State Abington fuel her success as an applied behavioral analyst (ABA) working with children on the autism spectrum and as an author, trainer, and entrepreneur. “I held four jobs and commuted 45 minutes each way from New Jersey to get to Abington, so I had to…
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