BOSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.6 million sale of 338-342 Warren Street and 74-76 Rockland Street, two multifamily properties located in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The asset at 338-342 Warren St., which comprises six three-bedroom apartments and two commercial spaces, sold for $2.2 million. The asset at 74-76 Rockland St., which comprises six apartments in two- and three-bedroom floor plans, sold for $1.3 million. Evan Griffith and Tony Pepdjonovic of Marcus & Millichap brokered both sales. The deal closed at a capitalization rate of 6.11 percent.
PHILADELPHIA — Victory Brewing Co. will open a 14,000-square-foot brewery and taproom in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia’s Center City. The facility will feature a production brewing system, kitchen, three bars, street-level outdoor seating and a rooftop patio. Victory’s first location in Downingtown opened in 1996, and the company operates two other locations in Parkesburg and Kennett Square. The Philadelphia brewery will function as a new flagship taproom as well as an innovation hub for new beers. Local development firm Pearl Properties owns the building, and Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel is designing the facility in collaboration with Victory. The facility is slated to open in late 2020.
PHILADELPHIA AND EWING, NEW JERSEY — Dallas-based fast casual restaurant Wingstop has signed retail leases in Philadelphia and Ewing, New Jersey. Wingstop will open a 1,650-square-foot store in Philadelphia’s Morrell Plaza, a 103,251-square-foot retail center with tenants including ShopRite and T-Mobile. The company will also open a 2,200-square-foot store in Ewing, New Jersey’s Capitol Plaza, a 354,993-square-foot shopping center with tenants including Marshalls, Dollar Tree and Planet Fitness. David Dunkelman of Soloff Realty & Development Inc. represented Wingstop in the Philadelphia negotiations, and Sidney Singer of Levin Management Corp. (LMC) represented the landlord. Marta Villa of JLL represented Wingstop in the Ewing negotiations , and Andrea Kyriacou of LMC represented the landlord.
Across the Northeast, the high level of demand from retailers, food companies and transportation/logistics firms is outpacing the level of development and redevelopment in the industrial market, causing a severe shortage of product and skyrocketing rents across the region. At the center of this trend is New Jersey, situated in the heart of the Northeast’s Boston-Washington, D.C. corridor between Philadelphia and New York City. The demand for industrial space in New Jersey is driven by its strategic location and sophisticated infrastructure including air, freight, port and rail options linking it to the rest of the country. Despite the near-record level of development in the industrial sector, the state faces a product deficit that even the nearly 5.3 million square feet of space currently under construction cannot satisfy. In fact, 93 percent of the more than 21 million square feet that was developed in 2017 and 2018 has already been leased. Demand has pushed the average asking rent across the state to $8.41 per square foot, an all-time high. Moreover, asking rents are often not listed in new buildings or those under construction, many of which have rents as high as the low teens. Not listing the asking rents demonstrates how …
PHILADELPHIA — U-Haul will open a 251,643-square-foot retail and self-storage facility in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. The facility will offer truck and trailer rental, moving supplies and climate-controlled self-storage space. On Oct. 18, Philadelphia-based general contractor Domus Construction will begin construction of the facility, which is slated for completion in December 2020. JKRP Architects designed the project.
BOSTON — Klaviyo, a tech firm that develops marketing software for e-commerce users, has signed a 160,000-square-foot office lease in Boston, according to The Boston Business Journal. The company will move from its 25,000-square-foot facility at 225 Franklin St. to the new location at 125 Summer St, an expansion that will create about 700 new jobs in the company’s primary engineering, sales and support teams. Oxford Properties Group is the landlord of both buildings at 225 Franklin St. and 125 Summer St.
NEW YORK CITY — Adobe Inc. has signed a 109,296-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 1540 Broadway in Manhattan. The company will remain in its 27,323-square-foot office on the entire 17th floor and will expand into an additional 81,972 square feet on the 18th, 19th and 20th floors. The lease carries a 10-year term. The CBRE team of Mary Ann Tighe, Howard Fiddle, Eric Deutsch, Christie Harle, Jason Pollen and Benjamin Joseph represented the landlord, EDGE Fund Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Brian Given, Sheena Gohil, Carter Beim, Kellam Nelson, Jack Senske and Frank Wallach of Colliers International represented Adobe Inc.
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MASS, AND ROCKY HILL, CONN. — LCB Senior Living LLC has acquired Brookdale North Chelmsford in Massachusetts and Brookdale Rocky Hill in Connecticut. The community in North Chelmsford, located approximately 30 miles northwest of Boston, will be renamed The Residence at Freeman Lake. The 73-unit community was built in 1996 and offers assisted living and memory care services. The community in Rocky Hill, approximately 10 miles south of Hartford, will be renamed The Residence at Ferry Park. The 73-unit community was built in 1997 and offers assisted living and memory care services. Both communities will undergo renovations over the next 12 to 18 months. The sales price was undisclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — Cedar Realty Trust is underway on construction of Fishtown Crossing, a retail redevelopment project in the Olde Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. The project will convert a shopping center formerly known as Port Richmond Village into an 18,000-square-foot neighborhood center. The property currently houses more than 20 tenants, including grocer IGA, vitamin and supplement retailer GNC and footwear retailer Kicks USA, while tenants that have preleased space at the new center will include Starbucks and ‘50s-themed diner Nifty Fifty’s. Construction of Fishtown Crossing is slated for completion by early 2021.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has secured two Fannie Mae loans totaling $119 million to finance two apartment properties in Manhattan. On the Upper West Side, 33 West End Apartments offers 211 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans along with 7,191 square feet of ground-floor retail space. In Chelsea, Port 10 Apartments features 89 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The loan for 33 West End Apartments totaled $80 million and the loan for Port 10 Apartments totaled $39 million. C.W. Early of JLL arranged the fixed-rate, long-term loans for the borrower and original developer of the properties, Atlantic Development Group.