wait a minute, T-Mobile, Starbucks and PNC were just waiting for the supermarket to be a go before building? Starbucks? seriously?

cue the whining about big corporate stores taking over and hurting independent stores, blah blah blah… will probably be from those that contribute very little to society

there are already so many coffee shops in NL: higher grounds, soy cafe, dunkin donuts, euphoria, one shot, coffee house, cafe la maude, that new place sweet spot probably sells coffee, plus brindle cafe and another dunkins further down girard… why do we need a starbucks?

WHEN???????

Any idea about other tenants?  Originally there was something said about a hardware store too.  As least they are moving forward on the new State Store.  THAT alone will be a huge improvement!

because apparently (from your list alone) people like drinking coffee… and some people like what they know.  of course you’re welcome to start your own business and lease space there.

that’s fine, let the rubes hang out at starbuck$ and drink burnt coffee, fewer people in front of me in line at the good places.

I wasn’t happy about Pathmark but at least they said it would be a “Local” and/or “Organic” focused store. Any word on Super Fresh and their intent on what type of store it will be? Please don’t be a normal SuperFresh….

Wegmans doesn’t invest in cities. They prefer cheap, big box suburban developments. You will continually be crestfallen if you put your hope in Wegmans.

As for Superfresh… glad it’s no longer going to be empty. But ShopRite, which is probably 15% cheaper than Superfresh would have been a lot better. Oh well!

I am very happy for the residents of Northern Liberties finally knowing  we will have a full-line supermarket by Labor Day.  However, I am not pleased that bankrupt A&P will operate it as a SuperFresh as opposed to a Pathmark. SuperFresh, generally is more expensive on identical product than its sister chain,Pathmark.  We will be victims of PREDITORY PRICING. Several employees of  the other SF locations in Center City have told us,honestly, they prefer ShopRite quality and PRICING. In talking with friends who are in Food Retailing, they believe that A&P may attempt in the not too distant future to bundle this footprint with the other 54 A&P Delaware Valley locations  at a bankruptcy auction, just like what happened last month in Maryland, in order to emerge from Chapter 11, and then sell its more than 270 New York Metro stores. I predict that the SuperFresh signage replacing the Pathmark logo at Second and Girard, may also be replaced with yet another brand in the not to distant future.

why is it always a zero sum game with you folks (i.e. idiots). this complex is going to generate a lot of foot (and other) traffic; i’m sure all of the tenants will do fine, and the starbucks is not going to be completing with 1 Shot et al. they’ll have a captive audience. i for one am happy about the superfresh. pathmark is ghetto anyways. pnc will be awesome. i was hoping for TD, but TD is about to lose my business anyway due to all of its new fees.

although, if starbucks could stay open passed 7 (ahem, 1 shot), I’ll be all over it. there is nowhere in this neighborhood to study/read after 7 o’clock. it’s really annoying.

Can someone tell me why there has been a Billion dollars of investment in No Liberties yet Market East hasnt seen any noticeable investment in the past 25 years?   

They will be building up Market East!

something for everyone!

No Libs is mainly private money that began a real-estate trend. Market East is mainly publicly led and stagnated… Market East will be changing soon though as Nakedphillyjen. There has been a ton of debate on livening the place up with larger format digital signage for more interest at night. Some of the money will come from incentives the city is putting in place for landowners to upgrade façades.
http://planphilly.com/news/notebook/bill-allowing-flashier-signs-east-market-exchange-investment-passes-city-council

First, Starbucks is having it’s own economic cleansing. After shuttering many a storefront (including the west sides of the streets of any large city – jk), they won’t OPEN a new one. Secondly, grocery stores look at neighborhood gross income, and spending trends to decide on a location. Sorry, kids, as much as I personally would want a Whole Paycheck or Wegmans, East Kesington kinda trumps NoLibs and the nice part of Fishtown. SF is working toward organic, more so than ShopRite or Pathmark. All you local/organic lovers just need to take a short El ride to the Reading Terminal.

My hope is that crazy rents, and the new 500K housing trend won’t upset the artistic and local thread thru NoLibs. And that Blatstein won’t out due himself such that the trend moves elsewhere. Cause I LOVE my ‘hood.

Because you can flatten a whole city block up there and build something new?

Lucky you northern liberties soon you’ll be living in a “life-style” mall.