FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — Colliers and KBC Advisors have negotiated a 517,641-square-foot industrial lease in Fairless Hills, located just outside of Trenton in Eastern Pennsylvania. The space is located within Keystone Trade Center, a 15 million-square-foot campus that is a redevelopment of a former steel mill. Michael Golarz and Tom Golarz of Colliers, in conjunction with Mark Chubb, Mike Zerbe and Summer Coulter of KBC Advisors, represented the landlord, Missouri-based NorthPoint Development, in the lease negotiations. Michael Lee and Drew Maffey with Lee & Associates represented the tenant, global third-party logistics provider Cirro.
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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 439,059-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Morristown. The building at 340 Mount Kemble Ave., which recently underwent a $50 million capital improvement program, was 94.5 percent leased at the time of sale. David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Andy Merin, Frank DiTommaso and Bill Baunach of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership between Onyx Equities and Los Angeles-based PCCP, in the transaction. Brad Domenico, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Societe Generale on behalf of the buyer, First Mile Capital, an affiliate of Crown Acquisitions.
BEAR, DEL. — Outrigger Industrial, which is a joint venture between four private real estate investors and firms Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Monarch Alternative Capital, has acquired a 125,000-square-foot property in Bear, located south of Wilmington. The property comprises two buildings totaling 40,000 and 85,000 square feet on an 8-acre site that were fully leased to a single tenant at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — S Rothschild has signed a 47,000-square-foot office lease renewal in Midtown Manhattan. The apparel manufacturer will remain at 1407 Broadway, a 1.1 million-square-foot, 43-story building that was originally constructed in 1950, for another 10 years. Peter Sabesan and Matthew Feigen of Cresa represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Bob Forman represented the landlord, Shorenstein Properties, on an internal basis.
TRENTON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $3.3 million sale of Parkview Commons, a 33-unit apartment building in Trenton. The three-story building houses a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units and recently underwent a capital improvement program. Barry Waisbrod of Kislak brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Council has approved two life sciences projects representing hundreds of millions of dollars in capital investment and thousands of new jobs, according to a press release issued by New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Economic Development Corp. The first project is known as Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay and will be located on the current site of Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus on the east side of Manhattan. SPARC Kips Bay will encompass an entire city block and will feature more than 2 million square feet of academic, public health and life sciences space. SPARC Kips Bay is expected to generate more than $42 billion in economic impact over the next 30 years and to account for the creation of more than 15,000 total jobs (12,000 unionized construction jobs and 3,100 permanent jobs). Construction is expected to begin before the end of year in the form of decommissioning and demolishing of existing structures on the future site of the campus. International developer Skanska has been named construction manager of SPARC Kips Bay. The development team will also make public infrastructure improvements, including the creation of …
PHILADELPHIA — DH Property Holdings has completed construction of two industrial buildings totaling 760,000 square feet in northeast Philadelphia. The site at 5000 Richmond St. spans 67 acres. The first building is a 348,000-square-foot, single side-load facility with a clear height of 40 feet, 60-foot speed bays and 22 loading dock doors. The second building totals 411,000 square feet and features a cross-dock configuration, 125 trailer parking stalls and 50 loading dock doors. Mancini Duffy served as the project architect, and Blue Rock Construction served as the general contractor. DH Property Holdings developed the project in partnership with Corebridge Financial.
HAINESPORT AND LUMBERTON, N.J. — A partnership between New Jersey-based Camber Real Estate Partners and Atlanta-based global investment manager Invesco has acquired a portfolio of five industrial buildings totaling 384,335 square feet in Southern New Jersey. The buildings, which were originally developed by Whitesell Real Estate Group, are located off Exit 5 of the New Jersey Turnpike in Hainesport and Lumberton and feature clear heights of 30 feet. Michael Hines, Joe Hill and Brad Ruppel of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Spectrum Reach has signed an 11-year, 55,848-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The advertising sales business of Charter Communications will relocate from 1633 Broadway to the 26th and 27th floors of 3 Times Square, a 30-story building that was originally constructed in 2001 as the headquarters for Reuters, this fall. Robert Stillman, Cara Chayet and Liz Lash of CBRE represented Spectrum Reach in the lease negotiations. Ron Lo Russo, John Cefaly, Paige Engeldrum, Lou D’Avanzo, Mike Burgio and Dan Organ of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agent Thomas Keating, represented the landlord, Rudin.
MEDFORD, N.Y. — New Jersey-based intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $3 million in financing for a 69,350-square-foot shopping center in the Long Island community of Medford. The name of the property was not disclosed. Pool supplies retailer Island Recreational anchors the center, which was originally built in 1968 and has a roster of 15 tenants, including Dollar Tree and Dunkin’. Allison Villamagna and Andrew Stewart of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the debt. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.