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A boutique hotel for Chestnut Street?

That's what I'm hearing about 1525 Chestnut St.

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A boutique hotel for Chestnut Street?

POSTED: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 3:36 PM

Michael Klein, Philly.com

Filed Under: TableTalk

The Pomerantz building at 1525 Chestnut St. (Michael Klein)

This one is way, way under the radar:

The Pomerantz building, which juts to the sky on the otherwise low-slung 1500 block of Chestnut Street, is being positioned as a boutique hotel with a bi-level restaurant on the top floors.

Corporate records connected to a liquor license recently posted on the long-closed building at 1525 Chestnut St. identify the principals as Diaa Sawan and his family. The building's owner is a corporation at the Sawan home.

They own Vango, a club on 18th Street.

I'll update when someone returns my call.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:46 PM, 03/22/2012

Do boutique hotel clientele dine at Five Guys with any regularity?

— He Visto Todo

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:42 PM, 03/22/2012

They also own Byblos, the former Sawan's, for you old heads.

— chuck.goodwin

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