In business news, women’s clothing seller Aerie has relocated and remodeled its store at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. The parent company of Fulton Bank in Pottstown has a new CFO. The architectural firm that designed a popular Ursinus College facility operates with a new name.
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Aerie Relocates and Remodels at Premium Outlets
POTTSTOWN PA – Aerie, a women’s clothing retailer at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets on Lightcap Road in Pottstown, has relocated its store to “between Guess and American Eagle” and newly remodeled its interior, the outlets’ management reports in an e-mail.
The store is open Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The best entrance to easily reach the new Aerie location, the e-mail adds, is between Guess and Brooks Brothers.
Fulton Financial Appoints New CFO and Executive VP
POTTSTOWN PA – Fulton Financial Corporation, which operates the Fulton Bank branch on State Street in Pottstown, has appointed Richard Kraemer as the corporation’s senior executive vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds interim CFO Betsy Chivinski, who is retiring at year’s end.
Kraemer will oversee accounting, treasury, corporate development, tax, financial planning and forecasting, investor relations, procurement, and real estate.
Architectural Firm Begins Operations Under New Name
COLLEGEVILLE PA – The architects that designed Schellhase Commons at Main Street and Fifth Avenue in Collegeville, which serves as a “welcoming center” to Ursinus College, are operating under a new name.
Mid-Atlantic design firm Bernardon LLC, said to be among the top 300 architecture firms in the U.S., has begun operating as Core States Group. Core States acquired Bernardon in 2021, and completed its integration of the firm during October (2024), a media release says. Core States calls itself an “industry-leading architecture, engineering, and construction firm.”
Schellhase Commons opened in 2020. The college considers it a “hub for social activity and student life,” its website notes. “The facility was designed to build upon Ursinus’ designation as a destination campus for students, faculty, staff, friends and neighbors,” it adds It also “aims to strengthen connections with the local Collegeville community and beyond.”
Photo of Schellhase Commons from Ursinus College
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