Chestnut Street is struggling to keep up with changing retail conditions, and Jefferson's neglect is one the things holdings back the corridor.
Chestnut Street is struggling to keep up with changing retail conditions, and Jefferson's neglect is one the things holdings back the corridor.
Like the rest of Center City, the east side of Chestnut Street has struggled to keep up with changes in shopping habits over the last few decades. Before the pandemic, the corridor seemed to beIn 2016, the opening of the Collins, a large residential building on the 1100 block, promised more improvements. A few doors away, theThen the pandemic hit. During a recent walk, I counted 30 vacant storefronts on Chestnut between Ninth and Broad Street.
Still, it’s unlikely that Honickman would have turned out as well as it did without the help of National Real Estate. Because the tower is on National’s property, the developer oversaw the project, selecting Ennead as the building’s architect and helping Jefferson to shape the design.
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