On the eve of the opening of Uniqlo's King of Prussia Mall location, the first of three stores from the Japanese retailer to open in the Philly metro area in 2014, we just took a trip down memory lane with a look back at our Uniqlo coverage, which progressed from will-they-or-won't-they rumors to a face-to-face interview with Uniqlo U.S. CEO Larry Meyer—and it only took 18 months to get here!

Excited about Walnut Street's new Madewell store? So are we. The sister brand to J.Crew will debut its brand-spankin'-new 1716 Walnut Street location on Tuesday, October 15, with a grand opening celebration that promises surprises and an up-close and personal look at the label's autumn essentials.

Rejoice, huddled Convention Center masses! South Street revitalizer/entrepreneur Keven Parker offers out-of-towners a peaceful alternative to cookie-cutter hotels with his new luxury suites. Keven Parker, the restaurateur behind soul food destination Miss Tootsie's, has ventured into real estate with luxury suites now included under The Keven Parker Company umbrella.

Brokerage websites Redfin and Windermere commissioned a study by the WAV Group, a national consultancy specializing in real estate technology, to determine whether local brokerage websites do a better job than national real estate portals at providing accurate listings. The study, which analyzed 6,401 home listings in 11 major U.S. cities, showed that the local sites have 20 percent more real estate listings, seven to nine days faster than Zillow and Trulia, and attributed tangible figures to an oft-heard homebuyer complaint: incorrect listings on national real estate portals.

Sure to become ground zero for many a hipster love story, NoLibs' first full-service, privately owned veterinary clinic is scheduled to open in early 2013. Northern Liberties Veterinary Center is currently under construction at 1015 North American Street, retooling an existing rigid metal-frame building. Flourtown's Morrissey Design is the design firm behind the renovation, which will complement the neighborhood as appropriately as mustaches and too-tight Levis.

A professional by day, a grad student and artist by night, Britt Miller describes herself as a "lifelong artist" who draws inspiration mainly from her travels abroad. While she majored in Advertising at Penn State, Britt's interest was captivated mainly by her minors in International Art and International Studies. And while studying in Florence, Italy, Britt's slumbering artistic persona was awakened by the ancient city's rich history.

Barbara Rosin, an impressionist painter, is a self-described "lifelong artist"; she's been drawing as "long as [she] could hold a pencil." While she works primarily with oil paint, Rosin is equally talented as an illustrator, providing artwork for the covers of cookbooks, poetry journals, and sociological texts. Her professional career, however, is in art therapy.

This week's artIST is JoKa, a North Jersey transplant whose approach to art is self-described as "tongue-in-cheek." JoKa's artwork is admittedly satirical with his humor, albeit dark and twisted, being a common thread.

Chris Clark's talent as an artist can be traced back to his childhood, when he was introduced to graphic arts by his grandfather, a sign painter. A graduate of Kutztown University with a B.F.A. in printmaking, Chris's work reflects these early lessons in design and as well as his lifelong interest in commercial and residential construction. Featuring organic forms juxtaposed against the engineered and the synthetic, Chris's work explores the relationship between the natural world and technology.