ShopRite of Cheltenham Owner: Jeff Brown Opened: 1995 Previous Tenants: Gimbel's (department store) Cooperative: Wakefern Food Corp. Location: 2471 W Cheltenham Ave, Cheltenham, PA Photographed: July 22, 2021 We're outside of Philadelphia (or maybe we're not, depending on who you ask, but Greenleaf at Cheltenham is not legally within the city limits of Philadelphia), but this area still feels a lot like Philadelphia proper. The mall, which was previously called the Cheltenham Mall, was constructed in the 1960s with department store Gimbel's taking roughly 200,000 square feet over two floors. Gimbel's was closed by 1986 and the massive anchor space remained vacant for almost 10 years until ShopRite moved into the lower floor of the space in 1995. Burlington later moved into the upper floor. I'm not sure if the ShopRIte has been owned by Brown's since it opened, but it is currently owned by Jeff Brown. Although it's hard to tell for sure, it looks ...