Whole Foods says it will relocate Callowhill Street store
The Whole Foods Market next to the Barnes Foundation near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has signed a lease to relocate to an undisclosed new location near its existing store at 20th and Callowhill Streets by 2017, the company announced Wednesday.
The Whole Foods Market next to the Barnes Foundation near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has signed a lease to relocate to an undisclosed new location near its existing store at 20th and Callowhill Streets by 2017, the company announced Wednesday.
The grocer did not disclose an address for what it described in a news release as an eventual 55,000-square-foot mixed-use development "a short distance away" on three acres.
"The exact address cannot be disclosed at this time per the developer," said Whole Foods spokeswoman Defausha Hampton in an e-mail exchange. "We did want to share the news that the store is coming and be in touch with further updates as more information is disclosed."
A call to Neil Rodin of Center City-based real estate enterprise International Financial Co. L.L.C. - with whom the grocer said it had signed the lease deal - was not returned Wednesday. - Maria Panaritis
UPDATE: The Best Western site nearby on the Parkway is being considered. Read story here.