PENNSAUKEN — The address of The Pub — an iconic restaurant that closed Monday for “renovations/repairs” — is being advertised as a leasing opportunity by a commercial realty firm.
The website for Philadelphia-based Binswanger identifies The Pub’s five-acre property as “proposed industrial outdoor storage property.”
A site plan with an online flyer shows how the property could be configured to hold 72 trailer stalls and 52 van/car spaces.
The operators of The Pub and Binswanger representatives could not be reached for immediate comment.
The leasing opportunity also is mentioned by other real estate websites, such as loopnet.com.
Binswanger.com lists the location near the former Airport Circle as a featured property, stating the lease rate is negotiable, the property type is industrial, and the building size is 11,900 square feet.
The Pub, founded 73 years ago, caused near-panic among its patrons with a June 23 announcement that it would close “for renovations/repairs” from July 1 to Sept. 19.
The frenzy subsided when attorney David Gelman, whose father Marc Gelman is a co-owner of The Pub, said changes would focus on infrastructure concerns like roofing, carpeting and the kitchen.
“The décor isn’t changing. Things will still look the same,” he said in an interview last month.
The Pub has an almost medieval vibe, with chefs cooking prime rib and other meats over open-flame charcoal hearths in a cavernous dining hall that seats 500.
It occupies a massive Tudor-style building along Kaighn Avenue and the Admiral Wilson Boulevard.
The Binswanger flyer emphasizes the property’s access to major highways, noting it’s “minutes away from the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman Bridges, {[and] offers ease of access to Center City Philadelphia and the entire Eastern Seaboard via Interstate 95.”
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Among other points, it notes the property has four curb cuts onto Kaighn Avenue and Admiral Wilson Boulevard.
It also says the property, which currently has a large, open parking lot, will be delivered “fenced and lit.”
