In Market East

In January, we wondered about vacant commercial space in the White Building at 12th and Sansom Sts., and speculated about businesses that would replace the shuttered T-Bar and Dada Rug and Art Gallery. Last month, two new businesses filled that void.

JAR BAR has replaced the rug and art gallery, and

According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, two Center City buildings will be repurposed into a 150 room Hotel Indigo. The Bailey building at 1218 Chestnut St. and the Biddle building at 1217 Sansom St. combine for about 140K interior sqft that will soon be used for a higher purpose than middling

PhillyCarShare, Philly's local non-profit car sharing service, recently moved their offices to 1226 Chestnut St.

After being acquired by Enterprise Holdings last summer, they wanted their new office space to be at street-level, giving more exposure to the brand, as well as offering customers a place to drop by with gas receipts and any

According to a zoning application, 917-21 Arch St. could be looking a bit larger in the near future. Owners Landmark Property Group LLC have proposed building a four story addition on top of the currently five-story building. This would involved adding 36 new apartments to a building that already contains

T-Bar Teas, located at the corner of 12th and Sansom Sts. for just about five years, closed last November.

While we don’t have a whole lot of info as to why they closed, we’re guessing that the little retail business simply petered out. Widely known for delicious specialty teas and drinks,

Yesterday, a press release came across our desk that will send waves of excitement through the fashion-conscious-yet-won't-complain-about-a-good-deal set. The Staples at 1046 Market St. will close on February 4th, and will be replaced by a Marshall's.

While this isn't exactly as exciting as, say, a Bloomingdale's setting up shop on Market St., it's

As Philly.com has self-referentially reported, the offices of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News are moving to 8th and Market Sts., to the former Strawbridge and Clothier building.

They will be downsizing dramatically, from 525K sqft at their longtime home in the Elverson Building at Broad and Callowhill Sts. to a

As has been reported by everyone in town to this point, Bindi, the not-even-four-year-old BYOB whose Indian fare had been a favorite of ours, closed a couple of months back. The space, still controlled by Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney, co-emperors of 13th St., is currently being transformed into Jamonera,

Way back in March, we wrote about a planned 530-car parking garage at 1324-42 Arch St., right across the street from the newly expanded convention center. The developers, Realen Properties, were facing some understandable opposition from next-door neighbor Arch Street United Methodist Church, but Realen was apparently able to address

In July, we celebrated the five-year anniversary of the announcement of a plan to construct a W hotel, plus condos, at the southwest corner of 12th and Arch Sts., across from the Convention Center and the Reading Terminal Market. If you've walked by that corner at any point in the