• Malvern Hospitality Company Acquires Sheraton Great Valley Hotel in Frazer for $14.5 Million

    Malvern Hospitality Company Acquires Sheraton Great Valley Hotel in Frazer for $14.5 Million

    ANZ Hospitality, a Malvern hospitality company, has acquired the Sheraton Great Valley Hotel in Frazer for $11.9 million in mid-November, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal.  According to Chirag Patel, founder and CEO of the hospitality group, the total cost of the acquisition was a little over $14.5 million for the hotel, the…

  • Philly Native, NBA Star Mikal Bridges Said He Has Eaten Chipotle Everyday for 10 Years

    Philly Native, NBA Star Mikal Bridges Said He Has Eaten Chipotle Everyday for 10 Years

    Mikal Bridges, who is from Philadelphia and grew up in Malvern, is an NBA star playing for the Brooklyn Nets. In a recent video by GQ Sports, he named 10 items he couldn’t live without, including Chipotle, writes Mike Chiari for Bleacher Report. Bridges revealed that he eats Chipotle daily and the addiction began in…

  • Here’s How a Horse Nonprofit in Malvern Helps People Struggling with Addiction

    Here’s How a Horse Nonprofit in Malvern Helps People Struggling with Addiction

    Gateway HorseWorks in Malvern helps people struggling with addiction by letting them get close to horses and groom and care for them, writes Scott Simon for NPR.  The program helps individuals who are trying to recover feel strength and understanding, and begins a kind of kinship between them and horses.  The experience for people struggling…

  • Former Malvern Chick-Fil-A Employee is First Black Woman to Open Her Own North Philadelphia Franchise

    Former Malvern Chick-Fil-A Employee is First Black Woman to Open Her Own North Philadelphia Franchise

    Sereena Quick, a former federal probation officer and employee at Malvern Chick-Fil-A, has opened her own franchise location in North Philadelphia, writes Brian A. Saunders for Philly Voice.  This makes Quick the first Black woman to own a Chick-fil-A in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.  Quick started her career as a juvenile probation officer in…

  • Malvern-Based Vanguard Preparing to Finalize Its Exit from Shanghai

    Malvern-Based Vanguard Preparing to Finalize Its Exit from Shanghai

    Vanguard, the Malvern-based investment behemoth, is taking its final steps to exit China and close its office in the $4 trillion (29 trillion yuan) mutual fund market, reports Bloomberg on Yahoo! Finance. The firm has already signed severance agreements with its remaining Shanghai staff, including country head Luo Dengpan. The majority of the team which…