Not long before the pandemic, Cedar Realty announced a major overhaul of Quartermaster Plaza on both the north and south sides of Oregon, and they demolished the old Aaron’s and the strip mall that used to house the dollar general and the post office, but the sites been pretty much unchanged since.

I saw that Cedar has been unwinding their holdings, which included the sale of the property about 6 months ago, and, around that time, plans were announced for a new Sprouts, but I haven’t heard much since. As someone that owns in the area, that all got me pretty excited, so I was just wondering if anyone else has heard of any updates

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GumshoeAndy t1_jd3cgmp wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:24 PM

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I don't have a lot of updates but, the Sprouts will be next to the Pet Smart and Planet Fitness. I think another club is supposed to take over the old LA Fitness spot. There's a new seafood spot with a liquor license opening just south of where LA Fitness was.

That's about all I know for now. No idea when the apartment construction is supposed to begin.

fuechschen12 t1_jd3crs8 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:26 PM

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The new Aldi just opened at 22nd and Oregon

hockeystuff77 OP t1_jd3d7j3 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:29 PM

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Replying to fuechschen12 (#2,291,707)

Saw that last week. We don’t really need more supermarkets, but I’m not opposed to having better supermarkets down here. The shoprite and the acme are both pretty mediocre, and don’t offer much outside of the basics.

hockeystuff77 OP t1_jd3dq7u wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:32 PM

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Replying to GumshoeAndy (#2,291,687)

Nice, when I was grabbing a bag of dog food a week or two ago, I saw that they were getting to work on something there, so that’s awesome news. Having a better option down here for food shopping is exciting.

I hope the rest can come to fruition, as it would be such a massive improvement, but not that hopeful given market conditions.

GumshoeAndy t1_jd3f2y1 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:41 PM

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Replying to hockeystuff77 (#2,291,776)

There was a lot of pushback a couple years ago regarding what would or wouldn't go in the new Plaza. Kenyatta Johnson's office went out of his way to slow any kind of new development which, delayed the project.

Personally I dislike the suburban style layout of the whole place but, that will largely remain the same.

Have you tried the new Aldi yet? I went the weekend it opened and it was great.

Bikesandbakeries t1_jd3f92u wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:42 PM

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Crexi.com is a commercial real estate site and Ive downloaded the flyer for the complex thats revitalizing the old buildings along oregon. Theyre actively seeking businesses, the flyer lacks a good floor plan but its always fun to peak at it. No big insights pop to mind.

hockeystuff77 OP t1_jd3fsf4 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:46 PM

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Replying to GumshoeAndy (#2,291,871)

The layout does suck, but I don’t know how much you can do about that without spending tons of money. I was hopeful for the target as well, as the one thing I wish we had here was a place for decent home goods that wasn’t Marshall’s.

Haven’t been to the Aldi yet as it was nuts when I went by opening weekend, but I will be heading there in the next week to check it out

GumshoeAndy t1_jd3h7x0 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:55 PM

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Replying to hockeystuff77 (#2,291,927)

Target was in the original proposal and I haven't heard of them backing out so, fingers crossed on that one. I think it's supposed to go just east of where the Shop Rite is.

waterboy1321 t1_jd3i5x2 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:01 PM

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Replying to hockeystuff77 (#2,291,776)

They’re currently renovating a lot of it for companies as well. My friends company it about to sign a lease and relocate there.

Looks like it is going to be pretty nice.

[deleted] t1_jd3keqs wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:15 PM

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Replying to hockeystuff77 (#2,291,738)

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hockeystuff77 OP t1_jd3m5yx wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:26 PM

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Replying to ColdJay64 (#2,292,269)

I saw that earlier today, and was part of what got me to make this post. Definitely an awesome development, but it got me wondering about the retail developments that were supposed to happen 2-3 years ago

Ams12345678 t1_jd3m72f wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:27 PM

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Didn’t Cedar go bankrupt?

hockeystuff77 OP t1_jd3mngt wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:29 PM

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Replying to Ams12345678 (#2,292,428)

They were on that track and wound up selling to a larger development firm I believe.

Ams12345678 t1_jd3mysg wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:31 PM

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Replying to ColdJay64 (#2,292,269)

Genuine question: Why would any biotech company go to this development when there are tax incentives at the Navy Yard?

Ams12345678 t1_jd3nida wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:35 PM

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Replying to hockeystuff77 (#2,292,461)

Thank you for your response.

allthingsparrot t1_jd3zrx5 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:52 PM

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Replying to GumshoeAndy (#2,291,687)

Wow, this area is grocery playground at this point, lol. We're getting a Sprouts too?? for real?

GumshoeAndy t1_jd42e34 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:09 PM

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Replying to allthingsparrot (#2,293,434)

Sprouts is coming. It'll be near the Planet Fitness.

NYJets18 t1_jd43ced wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:15 PM

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Replying to Ams12345678 (#2,292,495)

I'm an architect actually toured this space with SkyREM (the developer) when they were looking for proposals. It has a massive amount of square footage for space. There's not unlimited amount of space in the navy yards and there are a lot of biotech companies coming to Philly. Though most of them are going to the navy yards and west Philly.

The quartermaster had a cool history and there could be cost benefits for renovating and repressing historic buildings that are on the site. There's even still an orginal bowling alleys that the officers of the time used.

Ams12345678 t1_jd4pyp4 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 8:37 PM

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Replying to NYJets18 (#2,293,652)

Cool! Thanks for your response.

MaladjustedCarrot t1_jd6hc97 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:24 AM

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