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Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64
Strongly agreed. It would be great if the Avenue of the Arts got some more development like that. What would also be good is if the Walnut-Locust Broad Street Line station got improved with it. I must ask, though; what are the restaurants around the Kimmel Center like. I think that's the perfect place for some good ones.
I believe that would be this.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=214349
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Yes the Restaurant scene on Broad St./Avenue of the Arts is lacking.
Sbraga use to be located at Pine and Broad. The space is still vacant but would certainly be a prime location for another restaurant. Apparently though Starbucks at Broad and Pine is looking to relocate within the immediate area, and that is a spot they have been looking at.
You have Volver at the Kimmel and then The Atlantic last I heard was still supposed to incorporate retail on the first floor. (Remember this is where Ruth Chris had been located).
And then you have the hotel project on Broad/Locust, with the smaller format Del Friscos concept and another restaurant concept is supposed to go within that space as well.
The biggest miss in my opinion, is the restaurant space at The Bellevue Garage. It was Bliss. Then some Korean concept. And now it is a 'new american' concept.
Once The Atlantic, SLS and Hyde come online you are going to have about 500 or so new residences/rooms/apartments within an immediate one block area, with about 700 or so new residents. Will definitely add some great vibrancy to that immediate area.
In my mind the success of these projects will propel some great projects at Broad and Lombard (which are next in the pipeline).