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Bennetts Mills

JKRP renovated 760 linear feet of retail space at the Bennetts Mills shopping center in Jackson, NJ. The challenge was how to maintain a sense of verticality and approachable scale in such a long expanse of site. We decided to break up the facade with vertical towers and black screens using a limited material palette […]

Fishtown Crossing

JKRP was tasked with renovating the former Port Richmond Village. Now known as Fishtown Crossing, the existing shopping center has a contemporary new look with updated façade treatments, 2 new construction buildings along Aramingo Ave, improved landscaping with a central picnic area, and EV charging stations. With a roughly 130,00 sf of existing retail and […]

Plymouth Square

Plymouth Square is a 287,000 sf shopping center in Conshohocken PA, an increasingly popular suburb of Philadelphia. The property is anchored by Weis Markets, REI and Planet Fitness and features several national brands including Five Guys Burger and Fries, Qdoba and Rite Aid. JKRP was tasked with renovating the existing façade and reinvigorating the underutilized […]

The Court at Cottman

When Sears shut it’s doors at the Great Northeast Plaza it left almost 300,000 square feet of vacant retail space spread over three floors. The property was purchased by Abrams Realty & Development and redeveloped into a multi tenant shopping center rebranded as The Court at Cottman. The building was gutted and re-demised in preparation […]

Suburban Square

JKRP teamed with Kimco Realty to rebrand and repurpose the existing Macy’s department store building at the Suburban Square Shopping Center in Ardmore, PA. The building is subdivided into two tenants, with the majority of the space going to LifeTime Fitness, and a smaller portion on the first floor going to a new West Elm […]

Chestnut Street Row

JKRP teamed with the owners of this prime piece of real estate at a very important intersection of the city. The low slung one story retail sits adjacent to a pocket park and alongside major office towers in the city. The tired facade had not been updated since the early eighties and just looked run […]

Green Leaf at Cheltenham

Cheltenham Mall opened in 1959 to much acclaim and has changed its look many times since then to adapt to changing shopping habits. The mall was enclosed in 1981 and since then has never regained the prestige it once had. The addition of a Home Depot and Target store further complicated the flow around the […]

Malvern Shopping Center

A new 16,700 square foot shopping center is located on the corner of S. Morehall Rd. & Lincoln Highway. The design features local Wissahickon schist stone and an exposed steel structure to bring a contemporary style to the otherwise conservative Malvern style. The new design, and material choices respect the local historical character. To take […]

Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek Shopping Center is a grocery anchored strip retail center built in the 1950’s. The center had undergone numerous renovations and additions, before JKRP Architects produced a design that brought the center into the 21st century, creating a vibrant new hub within the community. A completely new façade, from canopies to storefront to signs, […]

Cottman and Castor

After years sitting vacant, the corner of Cottman and Castor Avenues has finally landed 3 box retail stores in the former Lit Brothers Department Store.  JKRP’s scheme divided the 150,000sf space into three retail spaces and created exciting new signage and entrances to both the front and back of the store, reviving the original intent […]