WEST CHESTER, PA. — Charter Senior Living has broken ground on a 162-unit project in West Chester, located roughly 30 miles west of Philadelphia. Charter Senior Living of West Chester will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care residences. Charter is developing the project in partnership with Paradise Management. Completion is scheduled for late next year.
PITTSBURGH — JLL has arranged the recapitalization of Tower Two-Sixty, a mixed-use property in downtown Pittsburgh. Completed in 2016, Tower Two-Sixty consists of 130,000 square feet of office space, 14,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 197-key Hilton-branded hotel and a 321-space structured parking garage. Valued at $69 million, the recapitalization entailed a ground-lease bifurcation sale of the land and financing of the leasehold improvements. Working on behalf of the owner, local developer Piatt Cos., JLL’s Nick Unkovic and Mark Popovich procured the buyer for the land component, Woodbranch Investments Corp. The duo also worked to secure the leasehold financing through Dollar Bank.
PHILADELPHIA — Local developer Keystone has completed an office-to-residential conversion project in Philadelphia’s Independence Mall district. Designed by Tantillo Architecture and built by Fasttrack Construction, the project transformed the historic, 12-story building at 400 Market St. into a 176-unit apartment complex known as 400 Market Flats. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include coworking space and a rooftop terrace. Keystone developed the project, which opened with 40 percent of the units preleased, in partnership with Lubert-Adler.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — ShipBob has signed a 301,826-square-foot industrial lease in the Lehigh Valley city of Bethlehem. The provider of fulfillment services for the e-commerce industry is taking the entirety of the space at Building E at Lehigh Valley Trade Center, which was developed as part of the 171-acre park’s third phase. Stream Realty Partners represented ShipBob in the lease negotiations. KBC Advisors represented the landlord, a partnership between Trammell Crow Co. and Clarion Partners. The deal brings the third phase of Lehigh Valley Trade Center to full occupancy.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between owner-operator Pennrose and the Wynnefield Overbrook Revitalization Corp. (WORC) has completed Good Shepherd, a 55-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Philadelphia’s Overbrook area that is a redevelopment of the former Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, which was destroyed by fire in 2016. Good Shepherd’s one-bedroom units have an average size of 605 square feet and are reserved for renters age 62 and above who earn between 20 and 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities include a fitness center, multi-purpose room and flex space, and residents also have access to social, health and other educational support programs and services.
CHADDS FORD, PA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Restore Orthopaedic Surgical Institute, an 18,630-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Chadds Ford, a western suburb of Philadelphia. The facility was built in 2022 and features two operating rooms in addition to spaces for pre- and post-operative consultations, physical therapy and related orthopedic support services. Eric Lee, Sabrina Solomiany, Chris Lashmet and Vasili Davos of Berkadia represented the seller, Tennessee-based Montecito Medical Real Estate, in the transaction. The buyer was Delaware-based Wasatch Capital.
WHITEHALL, PA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Whitehall Plaza, a 365,071-square-foot shopping center located in the Lehigh Valley. Tenants at the open-air center include Floor & Décor, Wawa, The Gravity Vault, Community Bank, Saladworks, Philly Pretzel Factory, Pizza Hut, Health Network Labs, Five Guys and FedEx. Jim Galbally, Patrick Higgins and JP Colussi of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, Mishorim Gold Group, which plans to invest in capital improvements to the property, was self-represented.
HORSHAM, PA. — A partnership between Pennsylvania-based Korman Communities, New York City-based RXR, Japanese asset manager Chuo Nittochi, Goodman Properties and CBG Building Co. is underway on construction of a 274-unit multifamily project in Horsham, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. Known as AVE Horsham, the property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, coworking space, meeting rooms, game room and a golf simulator. Completion is slated for early 2028.
MOUNT LEBANON, PA. — Washington D.C.-based Roadside Development has acquired the Galleria at Mount Lebanon, a 168,000-square-foot shopping center located just outside of Pittsburgh. Originally constructed as a Kaufmann’s department store and converted to an indoor mall in 1988, the two-story center is home to tenants such as Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Mitchell’s Fish Market, Panera Bread and AMC Theatres. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — SSH Real Estate has begun leasing The Witherspoon, a 186-unit apartment building in downtown Philadelphia that is a redevelopment of a historic former hospitality structure. The building, located on Juniper Street, was originally constructed in 1896. Today, The Witherspoon offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 601 square feet. Rents start at $1,290 per month for a studio apartment. Scully Co. manages the property.
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