CHAMBERSBURG, PA. — Bennett Williams Commercial has brokered the sale of Gateway Center, a shopping center located at 400-498 Gateway Ave. in Chambersburg. Gateway Ventures Inc. sold the 49,882-square-foot property to 400 Gateway Associates Inc. for $7.4 million. Chad Stine and Brad Rohrbaugh of Bennett Williams Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
LANCASTER CITY, PA. — Bennett Williams Commercial has arranged the sale of an office park located at 1300 Marshall Ave. in Lancaster City. Brook Farms Development acquired the 60,000-square-foot property from Stockyards Development for $13.1 million. Jeff Herr of Bennett Williams Commercial represented the buyer and seller.
YORK, PA. — A joint venture between an affiliate of Endurance Realty Estate Group and a commingled fund managed by American Realty Advisors has completed the disposition of a bulk distribution facility located at 325 S. Salem Church Road in York. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 785,400-square-foot property for $60 million, or $76.39 per square foot. The property is currently fully leased to Target Corp. and is utilized as the company’s Northeast distribution center for its e-commerce platform. Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara and Brad Ruppel of CBRE National Partners represented the seller in the deal.
HARRISBURG AND HARLEYSVILLE, PA. — Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) has acquired two office buildings tenanted by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. via a sale-leaseback transaction for a combined purchase price of $54.6 million. Located in Harrisburg and Harleysville and totaling 385,000 square feet, the mission-critical properties are tenanted under one master lease for an initial term of 12 years. Steve Marzullo, Justin Marlowe, Adam Silverman, Doug Jackson, Jeremy Shyk and Michael Curran of CBRE represented the seller, Nationwide, while Tones Vaisey PLLC represented BNL.
PHILADELPHIA — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of 2.0 University Place, a multi-tenant office building located at 30 N. 41st St. in Philadelphia. 2.0 University Place Associates sold the 100,000-square-foot property to a member company of Zurich North America for $41.2 million, or $420 per square foot. The building is the first double-platinum, multi-tenant office property in the United States, with both LEED Platinum Core & Shell v2.0 and commercial interior – LEED v2009 Platinum certifications. Dave Dolan and Brett Segal of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller, while Roy Rosenbaum and Sean Bannon of Zurich Alternative Asset Management advised the buyer in the transaction.
KUTZTOWN, PA. — Woodmont Industrial Partners (WIP) has completed the sale of an industrial property located at 9747 Commerce Circle in Kutztown. The 385,000-square-foot property sold for an undisclosed price. Built in 2007, the property features an ESFR sprinkler system, T5 lighting, 32-foot ceiling heights, 50-foot by 50-foot column spacing, 20 loading docks and 10 additional knock-out dock door panels. Hearth & Home, a producer and installer of hearth product, leases 173,701 square feet of the property. Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara and Brad Ruppel of CBRE represented WIP in the transaction. WIP acquired the property in 2012 in a joint venture with AEW Capital Management.
POTTSTOWN, PA. — Deerwood Real Estate Capital has closed a $15.5 million loan to finance the acquisition and redevelopment of an enclosed mall in Pottstown. The property features 700,000 square feet of retail space. The loan, provided by a balance sheet lender, was structured with a construction facility to accommodate upgrades and repositioning. Abe Katz and Aaron Rosenfeld of Deerwood negotiated the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
DREXEL HILL, PA. — A partnership between The Hampshire Companies and and MCB Real Estate has received $21.7 million in acquisition financing for Drexeline Shopping Center, a mixed-use center located at 4990-5100 State Road in Drexel Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia. Loan proceeds will be used for the acquisition and a secure line of credit for redevelopment and repositioning of the grocery-anchored shopping center. John Mikula and Michael Klein of HFF arranged the financing, which was provided by Flushing Bank, for the borrower. Situated on 18.4 acres and consisting of five buildings, Drexeline Shopping Center is occupied by more than 40 retail and office tenants, including Shop Rite, Ace Hardware, Anthony’s Restaurant, PNC Bank, Drexel Hill Pediatrics Associates and Children’s Dental Health Associates.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — GE (NYSE:GE) has opened the 125,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Works (AMW) plant in Greenville. AMW is GE Power’s first advanced manufacturing facility. The facility will serve as an incubator for the development of advanced manufacturing processes and rapid prototyping of new parts for GE’s energy businesses. These include power, renewable energy, oil and gas, and energy connections. GE has invested $73 million in the facility to date and will invest another $327 million across the GE Power Greenville campus over the next several years. The new facility created approximately 80 engineering and manufacturing jobs, according to GE. The company broke ground on the facility in mid-2014. “This facility will ignite the digital industrial revolution for our company and the industry,” says Steve Bolze, GE Power’s president and CEO. “We’re building a skilled workforce and culture that’s devoted to delivering breakthrough innovations that deliver better, faster outcomes for our customers and unlock new productivity and growth.” GE entered the Greenville market more than 40 years ago with a 340,000-square-foot property. That site has now grown close to 1.7 million square feet of factories, offices and laboratories focused on manufacturing advanced products for worldwide distribution. GE has more than 3,200 …
HARRISBURG, PA. — PFG Capital has completed the sale of a five-property self-storage portfolio in Harrisburg. Self Storage Capital Partners purchased the assets, which total 310,257 rentable square feet, for $35 million. The Storage Depot-branded portfolio consists of properties located at 6325 Allentown Blvd., 32 Milroy Road, 4401 N. Sixth St., 350 S. Seventh St. and 115 Cumberland Parkway. The portfolio consists of 243 climate-controlled units, 2,271 non-climate-controlled units, 87 income-producing surface parking spaces and eight warehouse/commercial units totaling 14,054 square feet. Richard Schontz, Barbara Guffey and Matthew Weckesser of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. James Conley of HFF arranged $25.5 million in acquisition financing for the buyer in the transaction.