Weavers Way Co-op announced Friday that it will move its Chestnut Hill location to the former Iron Hill Brewery at 8400 Germantown Ave.

Weavers Way General Manager Jon Roesser told the Local that while they originally planned to renovate its current location, the Co-op’s leadership concluded that moving to the Iron Hill spot would cost about as much as the renovation while providing more space.

Iron Hill closed on Sept. 10, 2025, and its storefront has remained vacant since. The new location would allow a larger selection and bring the store into compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

“Instead of spending $6 million renovating our current store, we can move two doors down, spend about the same amount of money, and wind up with a much better space,” Roesser said. “This store will be like our Germantown store and our Ambler store. It’ll be ADA compliant.”

The Co-op newsletter listed benefits of its new space, including staff break and meeting rooms, more food options and a hot bar, sidewalk and indoor seating, and a consolidated checkout.

The Co-op will no longer be forced to close for eight to 10 weeks next summer for renovations.

The current store will remain open until the new location is ready, Roesser said.

Roesser said they don’t have a firm timeline for when the move will be complete, but he said, “Our best guess is that we’re going to need about a year. You can’t open up a new store during the holiday season. So at some point, we’re going to have to make a judgment call whether we think we can open up the new store sometime in the fall of next year, around October-ish, and if not, then we have to punt to January of 2028.”

Look for the full story in next week’s paper.