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Aug 24
2012

Elixr’s Upcoming Move Indicates That Construction is Coming Soon to 15th and Walnut

Over a year ago, we initially told you about the likelihood that the buildings at the corner of 15th & Walnut would be torn down and replaced with a slightly taller new construction building with all new tenants. In the spring, we updated this story, having learned that Cheesecake Factory, Sovereign Bank, and Uniqlo would be the new tenants in a four story building, set to begin construction sometime this year.

The building

Earlier this summer, Miga closed up shop, and next week, Elixr will be moving to a new location, just a block away. We noticed a sign outside their shop yesterday, spreading the news.

Sign of the times

Elixr’s new location is 207 S. Sydenham St., in the rear of the building that previously held Susanna Foo, the acclaimed French-Chinese restaurant that closed in 2009. The front of the building has depressingly been a Chipotle for the past couple of years. Elixr has done a tremendous job in the few years they’ve been at their 15th St. location, serving outstanding coffee in a nice looking shop. Hopefully, their regulars will follow them to their new, larger location, despite it being a little off-the-beaten path. The closing date for the old location and the opening date for the new location is August 29th.

Looking down Sydenham St. from Walnut. The new cafe is on the left, just past the bike rack

Behind the truck and the van...

There it is!

With the tenants clearing out of the buildings at 15th & Walnut, demolition and construction should be getting underway in the very near future. Just think people, before we know it, a downtown Cheesecake Factory will be a reality in Philadelphia! We’ll meet you over there for some apps, especially if the wait’s too long at Applebee’s.

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  • route_82@yahoo.com

    Is it confirmed that CF is really coming to Philly?? If so, that would be super awesome! I was just discussing with someone recently about how well they’d do… Especially along the Walnut corridor in downtown. :)

  • Anonymous

    So a Chipotle is awful but a Cheesecake Factory is good?

  • http://profiles.google.com/darien.carter17 Darien Carter

    From what I’ve read, the old Lush is moving into the building Brooklyn Industries used to be in.

  • DB

    I was told by a former Brooklyn Industry Employee that Lush is locating there, which explains how a tenant was obtained so quickly. I was glad to hear the store is remaining in Philly and it’s funny because I rarely shop there.

    Also very glad that a Cheesecake factory is coming, I can’t tell people where to locate their businesses but I wish this, and the Chipotle that opened would have done so on Market St or surrounding area instead. That street needs some revamping to the point that I wouldn’t mind all of the commercial mall esque businesses and CF is just the type of restaurant that draws a crowed but is expensive enough that it doesn’t draw an undesirable one. Where as Walnut St has always had such great stores and restaurants but is now becoming very commercial IMO.

  • veggie

    i’m looking forward to uniqlo. don’t have to get my fix in NYC anymore!

  • veggie

    yea, that’s odd, considering chipotle usually sources some of their products from local farms.

  • aljaso

    It’s my understanding that they will demolish the existing buildings to make way for a much larger building that will house Uniqlo and Cheesecake.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001415182229 Lewis Fernrock

    UNIQLO!

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