PHILADELPHIA—A new ShopRite supermarket has opened in South Philadelphia. The new, 58,980 square-foot ShopRite store, at 330 Oregon Ave., occupies the former Pathmark store, and is operated by Colligas Family Markets, members of the Keasbey, NJ-based Wakefern Food Corp., a co-operative of more than 250 independently owned stores.
After an $8 million renovation, and with the opening of ShopRite, Whitman Plaza in South Philadelphia “once again stands out as the pre-eminent shopping center in South Philadelphia”, says Wilbur F. Breslin, CEO of Breslin Realty Development, and principal of South-Whit Shopping Center Associates.
Breslin arranged and negotiated the transaction that allowed the supermarket to relocate from a nearby site. South-Whit contributed to the cost of the new store's buildout.
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