GREENCASTLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of A-1 Greencastle Self Storage, a 378-unit facility located in Franklin County in the southern part of the state. The facility consists of 71,426 net rentable square feet across 365 non-climate-controlled units, 10 climate-controlled units and three commercial spaces. The property also features 17 parking spaces. Luke Dawley, Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
PHILADELPHIA — Luxury hotel operator Radisson has completed the multimillion-dollar renovation of the 212-room Radisson Hotel Philadelphia, located in the Center City District. The remodeled hotel now features an open-concept lobby area that houses individual check-in pods, coffee and tea facilities, a snack shop and the Whit Lounge, the hotel’s onsite bar and restaurant. The hotel also offers a fitness center, meeting space and airport parking and valet services.
HAZLETON, PA. — Metro Philadelphia-based brokerage firm Legend Properties Inc. has arranged the sale of Church Hill Mall, a 168,000-square-foot retail property in Hazleton, located roughly midway between Scranton and Allentown. The property sits on 14 acres and was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Family Dollar and Firestone. James Smith of Legend Properties brokered the deal. The new ownership, an entity doing business as 1065 Church Street Properties LLC, plans to invest about $2 million in capital improvements and rebrand the property as Church Hill Commons.
HARRISBURG, PA. — New Jersey-based investment firm First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has acquired Summerdale Plaza, a 141,451-square-foot shopping center in Harrisburg. At the time of sale, the property was 85 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Rite Aid, AutoZone, Dollar Tree and Tractor Supply. Brad Nathanson of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
LINDEN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $235 million loan for the refinancing of Buildings E and G at Linden Logistics Center in Northern New Jersey. The two buildings total approximately 1.3 million square feet. Northwestern Mutual provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan to the borrower, a partnership between two New Jersey-based firms, Advance Realty Investors and Greek Development. John Alascio, Chuck Kohaut, T.J. Sullivan, John Spreitzer, Sebastian Sanchez and Zachary Smolev of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing. Construction of the three-building, 1.6 million-square-foot second phase of Linden Logistics Center is currently underway and expected to be complete in the third quarter.
NEW YORK CITY — Touro College & University System, a nonprofit higher and professional learning institution, has signed a lease to open a 243,305-square-foot campus within 3 Times Square in Manhattan. Touro will occupy the third through ninth floors and part of the ground and second floors at the 30-story building, which originally opened in 2001 as the North American headquarters of Reuters. Today, The Rudin Family owns the building and is currently in the midst of renovating it. The lease term is 32 years. Designed by Michielli + Wyetzner Architects, the campus will include classrooms, labs, a library, event spaces, student lounges and cafés. Touro plans to move into the building in January 2023. Richard Bernstein, Steve Braun, Troy Elias and Jared Thal of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal representative Jeffrey Rosengarten, represented Touro College in the lease negotiations. John Cefaly, Lou D’Avanzo, Ron Lo Russo, Paige Engeldrum and Lauren Hale of Cushman & Wakefield, along with in-house agent Tom Keating, represented building ownership.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A partnership between global investment management firm Nuveen Real Estate and New York City-based Taconic Partners has acquired a 296,000-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Morristown for $55 million. The property was built on 17 acres in 1986 and was fully leased at the time of sale. Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.
BILLERICA, MASS. — CBRE has negotiated the $23.7 million sale of a 91,649-square-foot industrial building located in the northern Boston suburb of Billerica. The property features a clear height of 26 feet and 268 parking spaces. Scott Dragos, Chris Skeffington, Doug Jacoby, Anthony Hayes, Roy Sandeman, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines of CBRE represented the seller, The RAM Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was locally based investment firm The Davis Cos.
NATICK, MASS. — An affiliate of Boston-based Bulfinch Cos., in partnership with Chicago-based Harrison Street, has purchased a 94,000-square-foot retail property in the western Boston suburb of Natick. Neiman Marcus currently occupies the two-story building, which is contiguous to Brookfield Properties’ Natick Mall, but plans to vacate the space in September. The new ownership plans to redevelop the property but did not share specific plans.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based investment firm Faropoint has acquired a portfolio of 10 industrial buildings totaling 654,633 square feet in Northern New Jersey for $132.5 million. The portfolio was 98 percent leased at the time of sale. Four of the properties are located in Whippany, and four are located in Oakland. The other two are located in Fair Lawn. Marc Duval, Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, Jordan Avanzato and Nick Stefans of JLL represented the seller, Kushner Cos., in the transaction. Faropoint will implement a capital improvement program that will include fresh paint jobs, replaced roofs and new lighting and sustainable features.