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House of the Week: Former Gladwyne Mansion of Utley, Iverson
After a year of wearing Dodger blue, Chase Utley is finally selling his Gladwyne home, writes Kelly O’Shea of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The 8,000-square-foot Colonial of the former Phillies second baseman is on the market for $3.495 million. According to Montgomery County property records, Utley bought the home in September 2013 for $2.325 million. Property…
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Bryn Mawr’s Focus Fitness Expands, Adds Childcare
Bryn Mawr’s Focus Fitness Main Line recently completed a 2,000-square-foot expansion, nearly doubling its size to a 5,500 square feet, writes Adjua Fisher of Philadelphia Magazine. The expansion made room for the fitness studio’s new Studio K childcare space – a proverbial clubhouse for kids – where parents can drop off children from the ages of…
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Popular Indoor Skydiving Company Opens Facility in KOP
The official grand opening of iFly, an indoor skydiving facility that will no doubt add a new element to the entertainment scene in King of Prussia, is slated for May 20, writes Natalie Kostelni of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Based in Austin, Texas, iFly was formed as SkyVenture in 1998. King of Prussia is its…
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Republic First Bank Selects New Commercial Lender for Regional Market
Republic First Bank, which has offices located in Abington, Bala Cynwyd, Plymouth Meeting, Wynnewood and elsewhere throughout Greater Philadelphia, has named Jerry Bresser the Vice President and Commercial Lender for the Pennsylvania market. Bresser has nearly 20 years of local banking experience. Prior to joining Republic, Bresser worked for Commerce Bank, where he was hired…
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Security Sales to Help Unisys Rebound from First-Quarter Decline
Unisys, the Blue Bell-based information technology company, believes that its security-oriented consulting, infrastructure, and managed services will help the company rebound from recent losses, writes Michael Novinson of CRN (Computer Reseller News) Magazine. “What you’ll find, which you didn’t see in previous quarters, is a geographic breadth and depth,” Unisys President and CEO Peter Altabef…
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Manor College, Abington Art Center Enter Alliance
Jenkintown’s Manor College, founded in 1947 by the Byzantine Ukrainian Sisters of Saint Basil the Great, has officially become a partner with the Abington Art Center, and thus introduced The Artist Scholars Program at the school, according to the Ukrainian Weekly. Through the partnership, students who successfully complete designated courses and workshops at the Abington…
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Nineteen Clients of Blue Bell’s Gen3 Marketing Crack Internet Retailer’s Top 500
Nineteen clients of Blue Bell’s Gen3 Marketing are featured in Internet Retailer’s 2016 Top 500, a prestigious list of the most highly regarded companies operating in North America. The 19 businesses choose Gen3 Marketing for services that include affiliate management, SEO (search engine optimization), PPC (pay-per-click) and display advertising, social media, and digital public relations.…
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IKEA to Provide Makeover for Charities
IKEA U.S., the chain selling ready-to-assemble furniture that has corporate headquarters in Conshohocken, announced that 43 charities across the country will be receiving a makeover and product donations as a result of winning this year’s IKEA Life Improvement Challenge. Additionally, 77 other charities that were first and second runners-up will win an IKEA product donation.…
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Erdenheim Resident D’Amico Driving Force Behind CHOP Fundraiser
Erdenheim resident Paul D’Amico, a math teacher at Philadelphia Academy Charter School, is used to giving important lessons, writes Len Lear of The Chestnut Hill Local. However, the one he gave Saturday night, when he stepped in as a guest bartender at Halligan’s Pub on Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown, may have been his most important…
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Derr Receives Upper Dublin Outstanding Citizen Medal
Chet Derr dedicated the prime years of his adult life to Upper Dublin Township. The longtime township commissioner, youth sports coach, and force behind the Upper Dublin Sports Park is this year’s recipient of the Upper Dublin Outstanding Citizen Medal, writes Linda Finarelli of the Ambler Gazette. Derr, a 1983 graduate of Upper Dublin High…
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March a Great Revenue Month for Valley Forge Casino
A recent report from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has reinforced the notion that, when it comes to casinos, the house always wins. Gross revenue from gambling at table games across the commonwealth during March 2016 eclipsed the previous high revenue month and was 11.7 percent higher than March of last year. Montco’s local gambling…
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Construction Finally Underway for Wynnewood Apartment Complex
The Wynnewood Civic Association recently held a meeting to hear developer Charles Houder talk about plans for the 250-unit luxury apartment complex called the Reserve at Maybrook, writes Cheryl Allison of the Main Line Media News. According to Allison, Houder’s Haverford Properties, in partnership with Virginia-based Jefferson Apartment Group, has purchased about two-thirds of the…
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Officials Aim to Keep KOP Suburban, Yet More Dynamic and Stimulating
Eric Goldstein, executive director of the King of Prussia District, envisions a future King of Prussia that maintains its suburban roots while giving itself injections of urbanity in order to attract a new generation of businesses and workers, writes Sandy Smith of Philadelphia Magazine. “The business improvement district was founded in 2010, and it’s always…
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House of the Week: 1920s Farmhouse-Turned-Residence in Hatfield
Do you believe in powers of feng shui and the precept that house is a machine for living? Originally built in the 1920s as a bungalow that served as a farmhouse for a large Hatfield farm, this contemporary house at 2419 E. Vine Street was bought and re-designed by a local modern architect in 1972.…
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Lankenau Unveils Wellness Farm
There couldn’t have been a more-appropriate day than Earth Day for Wynnewood’s Lankenau Medical Center to officially unveil its Delema G. Deaver Wellness Farm, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. It’s the only hospital-based wellness farm in Greater Philadelphia. “Creating and maintaining the Delema G. Deaver Wellness Farm, in collaboration with Greener Partners,…
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Unisys Reports Almost $40 Million in First-Quarter Losses
Unisys, the Blue Bell-based information technology service provider, recently reported a loss of $39.9 million in its first quarter, writes Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company lost 80 cents per share. In the first quarter last year, it lost 87 cents per share for a total of $43 million. “Our first quarter…
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With Montco Footprint, GSK Allies with Discovery Institute in Name of Neuroscience
GlaxoSmithKline, the London-based pharmaceutical company with an operation in Montgomery County, will ally with the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, Calif., all in the name of neuroscience, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The tandem will study brain function and ways to potentially reverse or slow down neurodegeneration. According…
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Einstein Healthcare Taking Over King of Prussia Building Vacated by CHOP
The Einstein Healthcare Network is slated to open a $5 million outpatient care center this summer in a King of Prussia building vacated by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. CHOP left the site on Mall Boulevard after opening a $65 million, 135,000-square-foot specialty care center on Goddard…
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