CLAYMONT, DEL. — JLL has arranged a $56.3 million construction loan for Tri-State Industrial, a 525,000-square-foot project that will be located about 25 miles outside of Philadelphia in Claymont, Delaware. The property will feature 40-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, 130-foot truck court depths, four drive-in ramps with overhead doors and ample trailer and car parking. Chris Drew, Mike Pagniucci and Michael DiCosimo of JLL arranged the loan through Principal Asset Management on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between New York City-based KPR Centers and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC.
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MERRIMACK, N.H. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 448-unit self-storage facility located in the southern New Hampshire city of Merrimack. The facility, which is managed by Life Storage, opened in early 2022 and spans 57,840 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the deal. Thomas Shihadeh of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Skyline Developers has broken ground on a 97-unit multifamily project at 18 W. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the building will rise 26 stories and span 152,000 square feet. Goldman Sachs Bank USA provided construction financing for the project, which is slated for a 2025 delivery. Information on floor plans and specific amenities was not disclosed.
CANTON, MASS. — Massachusetts-based design-build firm Dacon has completed a 30,000-square-foot, build-to-suit headquarters project for healthy snack food provider 88 Acres in Canton, a southern suburb of Boston. The facility at 85 John Road, which allows the company to more than quintuple its production, features a quality control lab, R&D lab, production area, cooling room, warehouse, executive offices and conference rooms. Camber Development owns the building.
DEER PARK, N.Y. — Locally based brokerage firm Island Associates Real Estate has negotiated the $3.4 million sale of a 6,000-square-foot warehouse in the Long Island community of Deer Park. The site at 955 Long Island Ave. was previously used for auto wrecking , inside metal storage and truck repairs. Lawrence Densen and Chris Mayor of Island Associates represented the seller, a family estate, in the transaction. The buyer was a New York City-based construction and scaffolding company.
PHILADELPHIA — Atlanta-based developer Portman has acquired 169 acres in West Philadelphia for the construction of I-76 Trade Center, an industrial park that will ultimately total approximately 1.9 million square feet. To be developed in two phases, I-76 Trade Center will be a three-building campus, with vertical construction of Phase I scheduled to begin in the fall. Phase I will feature a 636,120-square-foot building that is slated for an August 2024 delivery. Phase II will include a 1.1 million square-foot-facility and a 154,440-square-foot building. Portman expects to have substantially completed the project by the first quarter of 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $36.5 million sale of a 15-story mixed-use building located at 159-161 W. 54th St. in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The building was originally constructed in 1923 and houses 42 apartments, five retail spaces and 11 office suites. Aaron Jungreis, Ben Khakshoor and Alex Fuchs of Rosewood represented the seller, a partnership between private investor Sol Kurtz and Rubin Schron of Cammeby’s International, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, a private family office.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Nauset Construction is underway on a 38-unit multifamily project in Cambridge. The project is a three-story vertical addition to the Crimson Galeria building in Harvard Square. The owner of the building, Crimson Galeria LP, originally planned to construct office space atop the existing structure but pivoted to residential during the pandemic, receiving a special permit from the city in the process. NELSON Worldwide is the architect for the project, which will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, with roughly 20 percent of the residences designated as affordable. Ownership recently added two new tenants to the roster of retailers, which includes Shake Shack, Maharaja, Veggie Grill, Menya Jiro and Core Power Yoga. Delivery is slated for late 2025.
KENILWORTH, N.J. — Sporting equipment retailer Pure Hockey has signed a retail lease to open an 11,340-square-foot store in the Central New Jersey community of Kenilworth. The tenant, which operates about 60 stores nationwide, has backfilled and converted a space formerly occupied by a laundromat/dry cleaner. Marc Palestina and Chuck Lanyard of The Goldstein Group represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Kenilworth 2480 Route 22 LLC, in the lease negotiations. Dean Tselepis of Newmark represented the tenant.
FRANKLIN, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 4,232-square-foot office building in the Central New Jersey community of Franklin. The building at 195 N. Church Road houses four suites, basement storage space and onsite parking. Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented both the seller, LSC Properties LLC, and the buyer, an entity doing business as 195 N Church LLC, in the transaction.