• Radnor Retail Center Home to Several Restaurants Sold for $14.2M

    Radnor Retail Center Home to Several Restaurants Sold for $14.2M

    A fully-leased Radnor retail center across from Radnor High School that is home to restaurants Estia, Pietro’s, Honeygrow, and Buena Onda was sold by Brandywine Realty Trust for $14.2 million, writes Paul Schwedelson for Philadelphia Business Journal. The center at 200 N. Radnor Chester Road was purchased by an undisclosed New York private investor.  The…

  • Jackie Neary Is Cabrini’s First and Last Women’s Lacrosse Coach, and She’s Great at It

    Jackie Neary Is Cabrini’s First and Last Women’s Lacrosse Coach, and She’s Great at It

    Jackie Neary has the unique distinction of finishing the spring season as Cabrini University’s first and only women’s lacrosse coach in its history after it was announced that Villanova University would acquire the small Division III school, writes Kenny DeJohn for USA Lacrosse Magazine. “Coaching at Cabrini is not what I do. It’s who I…

  • Radnor Firm EQT Exeter Brings Apartments to Former West Catholic Parking Lot

    Radnor Firm EQT Exeter Brings Apartments to Former West Catholic Parking Lot

    EQT Exeter in Radnor works with churches and nonprofits to help them develop property they own. Two years ago, West Catholic Preparatory School sold its parking lot at 46th and Chestnut Streets in West Philadelphia to EQT Exeter. Now, the real estate firm has opened The Clark, a six-story 327-unit apartment building, writes Paul Schwedelson…

  • Radnor Gains 1,300 Trees with Delaware River Waterway Grants

    Radnor Gains 1,300 Trees with Delaware River Waterway Grants

    Federal and private matching grants totaling nearly $35 million were announced in August for Delaware River Watershed conservation projects, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The grants include $1.4 million to Radnor Township to remove contaminated soil, manage stormwater, and plant more than 1,300 trees in the West Wayne Preserve Friends of Radnor Trail…

  • A Delaware County High School Listed Among Top 10 Best in Pennsylvania

    A Delaware County High School Listed Among Top 10 Best in Pennsylvania

    A Delaware County high school once again cracked the top 10 list in 2023 for best high schools in Pennsylvania. Radnor High School in Radnor placed 4th among 665 Pennsylvania high schools reviewed by U.S. News and World Report. Radnor High School placed fifth in the Philadelphia Metro Area and ranked nationally at 275th. Radnor…

  • Cabrini Graduate Joseph McCabe Sees Explosive Growth in His Real Estate Firm

    Cabrini Graduate Joseph McCabe Sees Explosive Growth in His Real Estate Firm

    You have to be doing something right if your real estate firm’s revenue increases 17,599 percent between 2019 and 2022, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. That’s what’s happened to Joseph McCabe’s one-man brokerage real estate firm, Surefire Group, founded in 2017. Joseph McCabe, a graduate of Cabrini University in Radnor, grew his Mt.…

  • Radnor Amada Now Offers Weekend Brunch Menu Option

    Radnor Amada Now Offers Weekend Brunch Menu Option

    There’s now a family-style brunch taking place at Chef Jose Garces’ Radnor Amada restaurant, writes Brian Saunders for Philly Voice. The restaurant opened this spring and debuted its new menu earlier this summer. Now it’s offering family-style options Saturdays and Sundays, 11 AM to 3 PM. “We’re bringing some of our favorites from Amada Old…

  • Amateur Golf Society Lets Golfers Compete at Their Own Pace

    Amateur Golf Society Lets Golfers Compete at Their Own Pace

    It began as a pandemic-proof way to promote beer. Now, the Amateur Golf Society, based in Radnor, is on a mission to grow the region’s golf community, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. COVID-19 shut down bars and restaurants, and Dan Hershberg needed to find another way to promote beer that was being made…

  • Radnor’s Lizzie Shacklett Is Miss Pennsylvania Teen 2023

    Radnor’s Lizzie Shacklett Is Miss Pennsylvania Teen 2023

    Lizzie Shacklett of Radnor can now add being crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen to her long list of accomplishments, writes Ben Silver for Main Line Today. At just 15, Shacklett has placed seventh in the world for Irish Dance, founded a nonprofit, and wrote a children’s book. In January 2024, Shacklett will compete at the national…

  • EQT Exeter in Radnor Closes Fund, Focuses on Acquiring Industrial Property

    EQT Exeter in Radnor Closes Fund, Focuses on Acquiring Industrial Property

    EQT Exeter in Radnor has closed a $4.9 billion fund so it can take advantage of current market conditions and invest in industrial properties across the nation, writes Ryan Sharrow for Philadelphia Business Journal. The fund had exceeded a target size of $4 billion. EQT Exeter said it “believes that current conditions for acquisitions are…

  • Wilson Sisters Eye West Point as They Keep Their Basketball Passion Alive

    Wilson Sisters Eye West Point as They Keep Their Basketball Passion Alive

    Brooke Wilson, a senior at Archbishop Carroll, is facing off-season basketball training for the first time this summer without her best friend, older sister Taylor Wilson, writes Isabella DiAmore for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Taylor, a 6-foot forward, is training at West Point, joining the military academy as a cadet while she continues her basketball career.…

  • Radnor’s Avantor Advances Sustainability Program for Suppliers

    Radnor’s Avantor Advances Sustainability Program for Suppliers

    Laboratory product and services provider Avantor, located in Radnor, has started a global “responsible supplier’ program to help reduce the environmental impact and accelerate sustainable practices along the supply chain, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Avantor piloted the program with a small group of supplier partners in 2022. It expanded the program…

  • Firefighter Shortages, Costs Could Move Fire Protection From Volunteer to Paid

    Firefighter Shortages, Costs Could Move Fire Protection From Volunteer to Paid

    The tradition of local volunteer firefighters will eventually have to be replaced with paid fire protection, according to state Sen. Frank Farry, a 33-year volunteer firefighter himself. Rising costs and firefighter shortages mean local companies are having trouble offering their volunteer services, writes Matthew Rink for Phillyburbs.com. “The cost of services and goods has changed…

  • Radnor Boys’ Lacrosse Was Determined to Win, and They Did

    Radnor Boys’ Lacrosse Was Determined to Win, and They Did

    The energy that had gone into the rivalry between Radnor boys lacrosse and Springfield reached its peak recently at the PIAA Class 3A state boys lacrosse championship game when Radnor High took an 8-1 victory, writes Jack McCaffery for PA PrepLive. It was evident in how passionately the Radnor Raptors played, from the first to…

  • Jose Garces’ Amada in Radnor Offers a Thoughtful Menu of its ‘Greatest Hits’

    Jose Garces’ Amada in Radnor Offers a Thoughtful Menu of its ‘Greatest Hits’

    Almost 20 years after he opened the original Amada on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Jose Garces has launched a new location in Radnor, Pennsylvania, writes Jason Sheehan for Philadelphia Magazine. The latest spot, which can sit 250 people, offers a menu that Sheehan calls “surprisingly thoughtful and shamelessly nostalgic”. It is a mix of all…

  • Idorsia, U.S. Headquartered in Radnor, Aims for Asia Pacific Market

    Idorsia, U.S. Headquartered in Radnor, Aims for Asia Pacific Market

    Swiss biopharmaceutical company Idorsia Ltd. has entered into negotiations to operate in the Asia Pacific region and gain licensing rights there for its products, writes John George for  Philadelphia Business Journal. The company has its U.S headquarters in Radnor. The deal could net Idorsia up to $440 million. “This prospective strategic transaction would allow Idorsia…

  • NRx in Radnor Pens $345M+ Deal to Market Bipolar Drug

    NRx in Radnor Pens $345M+ Deal to Market Bipolar Drug

    NRx Pharmaceuticals in Radnor has signed a licensing deal for its new drug candidate targeting bipolar depression, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The deal could give NRx $345 million upfront and milestone payments to follow. NRx is collaborating with Lotus Pharmaceuticals and Alvogen on developing an experimental treatment known as NRX-101.   An…

  • Villanova Student Helps in Suspect Arrest by Giving Police a Lift

    Villanova Student Helps in Suspect Arrest by Giving Police a Lift

    Villanova University student Phil Sandor recently gave a Radnor police officer a ride in the middle of a foot pursuit, reports Fox 29. Sandor was driving to class April 17 when he saw Radnor Police Officer Kyle Hand chasing someone who ran from a traffic stop on Lancaster Avenue. The suspect seemed to escape after…