CANTON, MASS. — Service Properties Trust (SPT), a Massachusetts-based REIT, has sold a 674,143-square-foot industrial property in Canton, a southern suburb of Boston. The sales price was $51 million. The property is located at 555 Turnpike St. and was constructed in 1962. SPT purchased the property as part of a net-lease portfolio acquisition in September 2019. The buyer was undisclosed.
WORCESTER, MASS. — Chinese biomanufacturing company WuXi Biologics will develop a $60 million office project in Worcester, approximately 45 miles west of Boston. The 107,000-square-foot building will anchor a 46-acre master-planned biomanufacturing campus called The Reactory, a 470,000-square-foot redevelopment of a site formerly occupied by Worcester State Hospital. Worcester Business Development Corp. (WBDC) sold the 7-acre parcel of land to WuXi for $1.5 million. Brian Cohen, Chris McCauley and Colin Coughlin of CBRE represented WuXi Biologics in the transaction. Jim Umphrey and Drew Higgins represented WBDC. WuXi expects the facility to be operable in 2020.
NEW YORK CITY — Naftali Group LLC has acquired a 94,500-square-foot waterfront development site at 470 Kent Ave. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Certified Lumber formerly leased an existing building on the site, which will be demolished for the redevelopment of a residential or mixed-use project. The property, which overlooks the East River, is located near the Brooklyn Navy Yard mixed-use district and offers convenient access to the East River Ferry terminal and Marcy Avenue train station. Brendan Maddigan and Stephen Palmese of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, along with Robert Burton of Cushman & Wakefield. The sales price was undisclosed.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — MillPress Imports, a supplier of extra virgin olive oil, has signed a 10,000-square-foot industrial lease in Bethlehem, an eastern suburb of Allentown. The space is located within 2198 Industrial Drive, a 101,508-square-foot Class B industrial property constructed in 1982. The tenant is headquartered at a nearby building also owned by the same landlord and will use the new space for overflow storage. Other tenants include Cooper Electric, PolyOne Corp. and IDI Distributors.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 7,263-square-foot office lease for portfolio management firm Axium Infrastructure Inc. in the Plaza District of Manhattan. Axium leased the entire 21st floor of 527 Madison Avenue, an approximately 240,000-square-foot office building. The 26-story building was constructed in 1986. Jim Frederick and Gordon Hough of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America Inc., in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented Axium.
HARRISBURG, PA. — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has lifted pandemic restrictions, including a strict stay-at-home order, from 26 counties and given, retailers and businesses in those counties the green light to reopen with social distancing measures in place. The governor made the announcement this morning. Under the terms of the plan, businesses must enforce public health protocols including wearing masks, restricting restaurants to outdoor dine-in seating only and limiting all gatherings to 25 people. Business allowed to reopen with restrictions include overnight camps and organized youth sports, restaurants, bars, salons and barber shops, gyms, theaters, malls and casinos. The reopened counties are primarily concentrated in the northwestern region of the state, while the metro Philadelphia region remains shut down until at least June 5. As of May 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 70,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania and nearly 5,400 deaths.
CRANFORD, N.J. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 35,000-square-foot office lease for the new headquarters of law firm Lerner David in Cranford, a western suburb of New York City. Located at 20 Commerce Drive, the building features a cafeteria, conference centers and direct access to the Garden State Parkway. Lerner David moved its operations from Westfield, New Jersey, where it had operated for nearly all of its 50-year history. Architecture firm Kimmerle Group designed the office build-out for Lerner David. David Simpson of Newmark Knight Frank represented the firm in the lease negotiations. Signature Acquisitions is the owner of 20 Commerce Drive.
NEW YORK CITY — PhotoShelter, a photography and videography support service, has signed a 23,300-square-foot office lease for its new headquarters in Manhattan’s Financial District. The space is located on the 19th floor of 111 Broadway, a 22-story, Class A office building constructed in 1905. Amenities include a fitness center, indoor swimming pool and outdoor lounge. The 484,901-square-foot building and its neighboring tower at 115 Broadway are collectively known as Trinity Centre. Montroy DeMarco Architecture LLP designed PhotoShelter’s office build-out. Capital Properties own the building. CBRE is the building’s leasing agent.
BOSTON — Beacon Communities Development is planning a 55-unit expansion of The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony, a 51,000-square-foot affordable housing community in South Boston. Located at 25 James O’Neil St., the 245-unit community is part of a larger 400-unit property called The Homes at Old Colony. The new units will be reserved for low-income seniors. The Architectural Team designed the project. Beacon Communities expects to begin construction this summer and to complete the project in 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — Ideal Property Group, a New York City-based investment firm, has acquired three-property portfolio of Stop & Store self-storage properties in Pennsylvania for $5.2 million. Located in in Dillsburg, York and Dover, the properties total 94,976 net rentable square feet and were 75.6 percent leased at the time of sale. The total number of units was not disclosed. Mike Mele, Robert Bloch and Noah Obuchowski of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an individual private owner, in the transaction.