LANGHORNE, PA. — STAG Industrial Holdings Inc. has purchased an industrial property located within Bucks County Business Park at 121 Wheeler Court in Langhorne. A Boston-based pension fund advisor sold the 172,647-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The building is leased to Silgan Plastics Corp. Joseph Hill, Robert Yoshimura and Eric Mattson of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale.
PHILADELPHIA — An affiliate of Coretrust Capital Partners has acquired controlling interests in Two Liberty Place, an office and residential tower located in Philadelphia’s Center City, for an undisclosed price. Coretrust Capital Partners will own the 940,000-square-foot office portion, floors one to 37, of the property. The 57-story tower features 1.2 million square feet of office and residential condominium space. The office space is currently 89 percent leased to Cigna, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and Eckert Seamans. Robert Fahey, Jerry Kranzel and Erin Hannan of CBRE Capital Markets represented the undisclosed selling partnership in the deal.
HORSHAM, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a Citizens Bank property, located at 822 Welsh Road in Horsham. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 3,500-square-foot asset for $7.5 million. Marc Mandel, Matthew Gorman and Michael Shover of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Citizens Bank currently has 15 years remaining on its long-term ground lease of the property.
PITTSBURGH — Power of 32 Development Fund LP has provided a $9.5 million loan to help fund site preparation, including construction, for Almono, a 178-acre waterfront mixed-use project at a brownfield site in Pittsburgh. The fund contributed to the nearly $49 million private-public loan fund to close infrastructure financing gaps and increase the inventory of pad-ready sites in the 32-county greater Pittsburgh region. Located in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, the Almono was formerly part of the J&L/LTV Steel Hazelwood Works. The project will feature a mix of office, industrial, residential and retail space. Its first official tenant, Uber, has committed to utilize 42 acres on the site for a test track for its self-driving cars and to renovate the historic train roundhouse building for an Advanced Technologies Center.
BRISTOL, PA. — Carson Companies has purchased an eight-building industrial portfolio in Bristol for an undisclosed price. Located within Keystone Industrial Parks, the assets, totaling 475,910 square feet, are 2530 and 2578 Pearl Buck Road, 2524 and 2554 Ford Road, 160, 171 and 219 Rittenhouse Circle, and 130 Wharton Road. Ranging from 31,000 square feet to 112,000 square feet, the properties were collectively 40 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include FedEx, Philadelphia Media Network, Vivint Solar and Autopark International. Gerry Blinebury, Jeff Williams and Robert Yoshimura of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
DALLAS — The Dallas office of HFF has arranged post-acquisition financing for a portfolio of 154 convenience and gas station sites totaling 97.8 acres in the Northeast. The loan was provided by a consortium of lenders led by Capital One and BMO Harris. Andy Scott and Michael George of HFF’s Dallas office arranged the five-year, floating rate acquisition financing with 18 months of interest-only payments for the borrower, a subsidiary of a private real estate investment fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate. The portfolio comprises 88 sites in New York, 45 sites in Massachusetts, 11 sites in Connecticut, seven sites in New Hampshire, two Rhode Island sites and one site in Pennsylvania. All properties are subject to an absolute net lease for 20 years with a subsidiary of Petroleum Marketing Group. The amount of the loan was not released.
PHILADELPHIA — Hollwich Kushner, serving as architect, has opened Pennovation Center, the centerpiece of the new 23-acre development at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia dedicated to innovation. The 69,314-square-foot project transformed a 20th century paint factory. The project team includes KSS Architects, Land Collective, Bruce Mau Design, Ballinger, Atelier Ten, Pennoni Associates, Focus Lighting and Hunter Roberts.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — J.G. Petrucci Co. has acquired a fully-occupied industrial building located at 1990 Highland Ave. within Lehigh Valley Industrial Park IV in Bethlehem, for an undisclosed price. Hygrade Components sold the property for $2.7 million in a sale-leaseback transaction. In 1996, J.G. Petrucci Co. completed the design/build of the property for Hygrade Components, which has signed a long-term lease for the property.
PHILADELPHIA — HFF has arranged the sale of Lennox Apartments, a mid-rise apartment building located at 232-242 W. Walnut Lane in Philadelphia’s Mount Airy neighborhood. Premier Properties sold the 156-unit property to a New York-based private group for $12.7 million. At the time of sale, the studio, one-, and two-bedroom property was 94 percent leased. Carl Fieberg and Mark Thomson of HFF represented the seller in the deal. Additionally, James Conley of HFF secured $9.5 million in acquisition financing for the buyer, which purchased the property free and clear of existing debt.
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. — HFF has arranged the sale of Market Street Square, a grocery-anchored retail center located at 1605-1641 S. Market St. in Elizabethtown. Nassimi Realty LLC acquired the property free and clear of existing debt for an undisclosed sum. Situated on 18.6 acres, the 169,856-square-foot center is anchored by Weis Markets, Kmart and Dollar General. Additional tenants include Sleepy’s, Sherwin-Williams, Subway and Fulton Bank. Chris Munley, Jose Cruz and Michael DiCosimo of HFF represented the seller, a publicly traded REIT, in the transaction.
