A big-box vacancy on Roosevelt Boulevard may finally be getting a second act, as a national flooring chain moves to take over the long-idle, once-planned Amazon Fresh space at Red Lion Plaza.
Permits filed with the city cover roughly 45,250 square feet in the Northeast Philadelphia shopping center, aiming to repurpose a large-format site left empty after Amazon pulled back on its Fresh concept earlier this year. If it goes through, it would mark another significant backfill along the Boulevard, a retail corridor that has been reshaped repeatedly as anchors come and go.
As reported by the Philadelphia Business Journal, the permit filings identify the tenant as Floor & Decor, the national specialty flooring and hard-surface retailer. The paperwork calls for a full build-out of the former Amazon Fresh footprint but does not include a firm opening date. For now, the filings serve as the first public signal that a national chain is planning to occupy the box…