PHILADELPHIA — JLL has arranged a $46 million loan for the refinancing of a 287,218-square-foot industrial facility in northeast Philadelphia. The facility sits on a 21.3-acre site at 2121 Wheatsheaf Lane and features a clear height of 40 feet, 36 dock doors, two drive-in doors and parking for 65 trailers and 258 cars. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the three-year, fixed-rate loan to the owner, Greek Real Estate Partners, which broke ground on the facility in late 2023.
PHILADELPHIA — North Palisades Partners, a California-based investment firm, has purchased a portfolio of two self-storage facilities in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia. The properties are located at 40 Spring Garden St. and 510 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd. and total 199,288 net rentable square feet of space. The portfolio also includes 6,907 square feet of retail space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. One property was roughly 90 percent occupied at the time of sale, and the other is in lease-up. Extra Space Storage will manage the facilities. Luke Elliott and Anthony Licari of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — The hotel affiliate of New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $17.6 million loan for the refinancing of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Center City Philadelphia hotel in the city’s downtown area. The number of rooms was not disclosed. The loan carried a floating interest rate and a five-year term with no prepayment penalty. An unnamed regional bank provided the loan to the sponsor, which also requested anonymity.
PITTSBURGH — CBRE has negotiated a 37,816-square-foot healthcare lease expansion in Pittsburgh. The tenant, Blink Health, a New York City-based provider of digital pharmaceutical services, is expanding from 53,076 to 90,892 square feet at the 148,000-square-foot Building 5 within Penn Center West, where Blink has been a tenant since 2009. Carmine DiLucente, Michael Stuart and Danielle Lafe of CBRE represented Blink Health in the lease negotiations. Adam Viccaro, Dominika Demantova and Charlie Must, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, The Soffer Organization.
WARRINGTON, PA. — CenterSquare Investment Management has purchased a 32,242-square-foot, unanchored shopping center in Warrington, located north of Philadelphia. Built in 2015, Valley Gate Shopping Center is home to tenants such as Sport Clips, T‑Mobile, Visionworks, Crumbl Cookies and Buffalo Wild Wings. Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Ryan Sciullo, Casey Benson Smith and R.J. Mirabile of CBRE represented CenterSquare in the deal. Gregory Bianchi of US Realty Associates represented the seller, Metro Development Co.
ARDMORE, PA. — An affiliate of Piazza Auto Group has broken ground on a 270-unit multifamily project in Ardmore, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The Plaza at Ardmore will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, a fitness center and dedicated coworking and private study spaces. The development will also feature 30,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 19,000 square feet of outdoor courtyard space. Piazza is partnering with Radnor Property Group on the project, which is being financed by Bank OZK (senior lender) and Affinius Capital (mezzanine lender). Completion is slated for early 2028.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between LMXD, which is an affiliate of New York City-based developer L+M Development Partners, MSquared and the Philadelphia Housing Authority has broken ground on the first phase of the redevelopment of Westpark Apartments. The 12-acre affordable housing complex is located on the city’s west side. Phase I will include the construction of a new midrise building with 145 units, 58 of which will be reserved for existing residents and 73 of which will be reserved for incoming households earning between 20 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). The new building will also have 1,300 square feet of retail space. Phase I will also involve the rehabilitation of an existing, 141-unit building, 39 of which will be earmarked for existing residences and 76 of which will be earmarked for new households earning between 20 and 80 percent of AMI. Lastly, the development team will construct 41 new units at the southern edge of the campus, all of which will be dedicated first to returning Westpark residents and affordable to households earning up to 50 percent of AMI. Phase I is slated for a 2028 completion.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — JLL has arranged a $58 million loan for the refinancing of 300 Four Falls, a 298,564-square-foot office building in Conshohocken, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. Built in 2003, 300 Four Falls is a seven-story building that features a redesigned lobby, conference center, café, fitness center and a designated tenant amenity space. At the time of the loan closing, the building was 91.6 percent leased. Chad Orcutt led the JLL team that arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Barclays and an entity managed by Argentic Investment Management LLC. The borrower was Maguire Hayden Real Estate Co.
MALVERN, PA. — Newmark has arranged an office headquarters lease renewal and extension in Malvern, a western suburb of Philadelphia. The square footage was not disclosed. The tenant is building materials supplier Saint-Gobain, and the space is located within the buildings at 18-20 Moores Road. Craig Scheuerle of Newmark represented Saint-Gobain in the lease negotiations. The landlord, a partnership between Dubai-based Arzan Wealth and Chicago-based 90 North Real Estate Partners, was self-represented.
MILLERSVILLE, PA. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $7.9 million sale of a seniors housing development site in Millersville, a suburb of Lancaster. The 67-acre site at 306 S. Duke St. is the future home of a 420-unit, age-restricted community that will be known as The Village at Funk’s Farms. Plans for the project also include a healthcare facility with up to 75 beds. Matt Wolf of Kislak represented the seller, HHF Real Estate, in the transaction and the buyer, Burkentine Builders.
