After 30 years sitting idle, the Sears property at 6400 Market Street in Millbourne is seeing new life, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is building a 175,000 square-foot supply facility there.

 “It’s a service and logistics center for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,” said developer Michael Willner, president of Pomegranate Real Estate. “I’m excited to move forward with it.”

The building will store medical equipment and supplies for distribution to CHOP operations throughout the area.

About 250 people will be employed at the building.

“The new Center will be state of the art, and we expect it will serve as a model for other medical institutions from around the country who will tour it to observe best practices in logistics design, construction and operations, said ”Peter Grollman, senior vice president for External Affairs at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The Sears Roebuck store was built there in 1925 and operated until 1988. It sat empty for 12 years before it was demolished in 2000.

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The 18-acre site sits along Cobbs Creek and is the Millbourne stop on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford line.  

Read more about the Sears property development in Millbourne at the Daily Times.