KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has signed a 150,000-square-foot life sciences lease at Discovery Labs’ 1 million-square-foot campus on Swedeland Road in King of Prussia, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The university will use the space for its gene therapy program, which centers on researching gene functionality and development of genetic medicines for rare diseases. The lease encompasses two buildings. Discovery Labs is an affiliate of MLP Ventures, which was represented internally by Joe Corcoran and Julian O’Neill in the lease negotiations. Joe Fetterman of Colliers International represented the university.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — A partnership between P3 Properties, Image Capital LLC and Lionstone Capital has sold a majority interest in MCC Blue, a 541,035-square-foot trophy office building in the Northern New Jersey city of Parsippany. The building serves as the U.S. headquarters of Teva Pharmaceuticals and was 93 percent leased at the time of sale. Jeff Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, Gene Pride, David Gavin, Travis Langer and Zach McHale of CBRE represented the partnership in the transaction.
WILLOW GROVE, PA. — Developer J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. and its subsidiary, Petrucci Residential, have completed the lease-up of The Station at Willow Grove, a 275-unit multifamily property located on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia. The community is now 100 percent occupied. Units feature stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and glass mosaic backsplashes. The property features 20,000 square feet of commercial space and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, resident clubroom, cinema lounge and a furnished courtyard.
HUBBARDSTON, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a self-storage development site in Hubbardston, about 45 miles west of Boston. The site is zoned for the development of 288 non-climate-controlled units totaling 47,800 net rentable square feet. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of 100 Prospect, a 94-unit apartment complex in Stamford. The property was originally built as an office building in the late 1970s and was converted to residential use in 2008. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore and Wes Klockner of IPA represented the seller, Herald Realty LLC, in the transaction, and procured the buyer, First Prospect Place LLC.
FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — Boston-based mortgage banking firm EagleBridge Capital has arranged a $4.7 million acquisition loan for a 64,319-square-foot office building in Foxborough, a southern suburb of Boston. The two-story building sits on 6.4 acres within Foxborough Business Center. Ted Sidel of EagleBridge Capital placed the debt through a New England-based financial institution on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — HSBC Holdings has announced plans to exit its U.S. mass-market retail banking business through the sale of 90 of its 148 domestic branches. HSBC will retain 20 to 25 of its existing physical locations in the U.S., which will be repurposed into international wealth centers. These branches will focus exclusively on the banking and wealth management needs of high-net-worth clients. These centers will be located in cities such as New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles and Miami, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal. Citizens Bank has agreed to purchase the company’s mass-market and retail-business-banking operations on the East Coast, which includes 80 branches and approximately 800,000 customers. The company will also purchase HSBC’s online banking portfolio. Together, both portions of the business had a combined total of $9.2 billion in deposits and $2.2 billion worth of outstanding loans at the end of March. Cathay Bank will acquire the company’s mass-market and retail-business-banking operations on the West Coast, which includes 10 branches and approximately 50,000 customers with $1 billion in deposits and $800 million worth of outstanding loans as of the end of March. Both transactions are expected to close by the …
ISELIN, N.J. — California-based investment firm KBS has sold Woodbridge Corporate Plaza, a 629,189-square-foot office complex in Iselin, located in the northern part of the Garden State, for $88 million. Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz, Jason Emrani, Maria Betancourt and Jamie Drummond of Newmark represented KBS, which originally purchased the asset in 2005 and implemented a multimillion-dollar renovation program, in the transaction. Amenities include a 6,000-square-foot fitness center, full-service café and shuttle service to the nearby Metropark transit hub. The buyer was New York-based Northeast Capital Group. The six-building property was 90 percent leased to a roster of 64 tenants at the time of sale.
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $30.8 million loan for the redevelopment of a 25-story apartment tower located at 440 Elizabeth Ave. in Newark. Formerly known as Carmel Towers, the property consists of 216 units within a structure that was originally built in 1969 but has been vacant since 2012. The redevelopment will upgrade the flooring, appliances, fixtures and utility systems of the units. The project will also add enhanced amenities like a gym, bike room and a laundry room. Jonathan Bodner and Emanuel Westfried of Two Bins Capital arranged the loan on behalf of the sponsor, The Chetrit Group.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox has arranged two loans totaling $29.5 million for the refinancing of a 449,000-square-foot warehouse in South Brunswick, located in Middlesex County. Gretchen Wilcox and Albert Raymond of G.S. Wilcox arranged the debt through Thrivent Financial on behalf of the borrower, a New Jersey-based family office. The loans were both structured with 15-year terms and fixed interest rates.