PHILDELPHIA — Binswanger has secured an 81,226-square-foot industrial lease for Hunter Keystone Peterbilt in Philadelphia. The property is located at 2811 Charter Road. Hunter Keystone Peterbilt plans to operate a full-service Navistar International heavy and medium duty truck dealership and an Idealease heavy and medium duty truck leasing company at the location. Hunter is a network of truck dealerships that has been in business for more than 80 years. Chris Pennington of Binswanger’s Philadelphia office secured the 10-year lease on behalf of Hunter from the property owner, Charter Road Realty.
WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — HFF has negotiated the sale of Loyal Plaza, a 293,607-square-foot shopping center in Williamsport. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1915-1965 E. 3rd St., the property is currently 94 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Giant Food Stores, Dollar Tree, Verizon Wireless, Staples, Great Clips, BB&T Bank and Red Lobster. Chris Munley and Michael DiCosimo of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was PAG Investments.
CARLISLE, PA. — Hotel owner-operator MCR has acquired the 78-room Residence Inn by Marriott Harrisburg Carlisle in Carlisle. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1 Hampton Court, the hotel is approximately two miles from the U.S. Army War College. Amenities at the property include free Wi-Fi, a convenience store, heated indoor pool and whirlpool spa, a 24-hour fitness center and on-site laundry service. The seller was not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has arranged $85 million in permanent financing for s five-building warehouse portfolio. Totaling 1.1 million square feet, three buildings are located in Los Angeles County, one in the Inland Empire West area and one in Central Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley submarket. Each building is a concrete tilt-up warehouse building with minimal office build-out and clear heights ranging from 24 feet to 36 feet. Additionally, each building is leased to a single tenant. Shelley Magoffin and Max Sauerman of Bellwether Enterprise secured the loan with one of the company’s correspondent life insurance companies and Thrivent Financial.
PHILADELPHIA — NAI Mertz has brokered the sale of an 84,400-square-foot industrial facility in Philadelphia. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 3601 Island Ave., the property features six-inch reinforced concrete floors, six tailgates, 14 covered van-high loading positions and ceiling heights ranging from 15 to 23 feet. Jonathan Klear of NAI Mertz represented the buyer, seafood supplier Ocean Kingdom Inc., in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed. Ocean Kingdom will utilize a portion of the building for its own purposes and will also serve as landlord of the property to two existing tenants.
SPRINGFIELD, PA. — HFF has arranged the $1.7 million sale of a 2,034-square-foot retail building in Springfield. The property is located at 40 E. Woodland Ave., approximately 10 miles from Philadelphia. The building is fully leased to Citizens Bank. Marc Mandel and Steve Schrenk of HFF represented the seller, 9th and Highland LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of California-based investor Chipster Properties.
PHILADELPHIA — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $45 million loan to refinance The Versailles, a 113-unit apartment building in the Rittenhouse Square section ofPhiladelphia. Located at 530 Locust St., the property was built in the 1920s and was recently renovated. New York Life Real Estate Investors, whose parent company is New York Life Insurance Co., provided the 12-year, fixed-rate loan for the borrower, Philadelphia-based family office Spring Creek.
READING, PA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has secured a $35.2 million cash-out refinance for a four-property multifamily portfolio in Reading. The properties include a 161-unit multifamily community built in 1960; a 97-unit apartment complex built in 1969; a 77-unit, garden-style apartment complex built in 1968 and a 156-unit, garden-style apartment complex built in 1950. The Fannie Mae multifamily loans have a 12-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was undisclosed.
SCRANTON, PA. — Trammell Crow Co. has acquired a 90-acre site at the Valley View Business Park in Scranton. The company plans to build a 1 million square-foot speculative distribution facility on the site. The sales price was undisclosed. The building is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2019 and will feature 40-foot clear heights, 311 trailer parking spots, 277 car parking spots, 159 dock positions and ESFR fire protection. Trammell Crow purchased the site from the Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Co., the industrial development affiliate of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. CBRE Allentown was given the leasing assignment for the project.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Larken Associates has acquired Pinnacle @ 65, a 10-story, 102,000-square-foot, mixed-use building in Bethlehem. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 65 E. Elizabeth Ave., the property includes 48 residential units as well as 38,000 square feet of office and retail space. The building underwent a full renovation in 2017, including upgrades to the exterior façade, windows and common area corridors. Amenities include laundry and dry cleaning pick-up and drop-off, private storage units, and a package concierge system. Larken Associates acquired the property from Post Road Management.