FALLS & BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA. — Tightline Equities, a subsidiary of Larken Associates, and Red Starr Investments LLC have purchased the 290,678-square-foot grocery-anchored Fairless Hills Shopping Center from the Shooster family. Larken plans a multimillion renovation that will include roof replacements and repairs, HVAC replacements and repairs, restriping of parking lots, new landscaping and signage, as well as aesthetic renovations to the façade and store fronts and interior renovations to the second-floor office suites. An existing auto repair pad site will be demolished, making room for three potential outparcels. The property will also be rebranded as Fairless Hills Towne Center. A new long-term extension has been secured by anchor Giant Foods. CBRE/Fameco will be the exclusive brokers for the property.
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FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — Cohen Real Estate has brokered the sale of Fairless Hills Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored community shopping located in Fairless Hills. Fairless Hills Shopping LP acquired the property for $22 million from Fairless Hills S.C. Associates. Situated on 34.5 acres on S. Oxford Valley Road, the center contains 292,067 square feet, of which 145,605 square feet is currently occupied by a variety of tenants, including Giant Supermarket, Dollar Tree, Rent-A-Center, Wells Fargo and McDonald’s. Vera Thomas of Cohen Realty Estate represented both parties in the transaction.
PERKASIE AND SELLERSVILLE, PA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a total of $37.5 million in Freddie Mac financing for two townhome communities in Pennsylvania. The two properties are the 233-unit Heritage Orchard Hill in Perkasie and the 108-unit Heritage Greene in Sellersville. The properties currently have a joint leasing office located at Heritage Orchard Hill. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank’s commercial mortgage group a closed 10-year, non-recourse fixed-rate first mortgage for both properties. The loans were closed simultaneously.
JENNERSVILLE, PA. — Seavest Healthcare Properties and developer Anchor Health Properties have opened Penn Medicine Southern Chester County in Jennersville, a suburb of Philadelphia. The two-story, 72,000-square-foot facility features primary and specialty care physician offices, diagnostic imaging, physical therapy and laboratory services. Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, a University of Pennsylvania Health System hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and independent physicians occupy the ambulatory care facility. Seavest, Anchor and physician-tenants own the property.
PENNSYLVANIA — UMH Properties Inc. has acquired a manufactured home community in northeastern Pennsylvania for $3.5 million. Situated on 43 acres, the property features 158 developed home sites, with an average occupancy of 64 percent. With this acquisition, UMH owns 92 communities and 15,700 developed home sites. The name of the seller was not released.
PITTSTON, PA. — Woodmont Industrial Partners has acquired a 437,000-square-foot warehouse building, located at One Commerce Road in Pittston, for an undisclosed sum. The property features 48- to 54-foot clear height with racking in place, a 269-car parking lot and rail service. Woodmont plans to implement a capital improvement program to the property, including new trailer parking and the addition of up to 20 loading docks. The property, which served as a book distribution center for Penguin Random House LLC, is currently available for lease. Andrew Houston and Adam Ardise of DTZ represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — HFF has arranged the sale of a medical office building located at 833 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia’s Center City district. A publicly traded healthcare REIT purchased the 12-story, 705,061-square-foot property for $160.7 million from Digital Realty Trust. Originally built in 1928, the property has been substantially renovated and was 92 occupied at the time of sale. Major tenants include Thomas Jefferson Hospital, JUP, Thomas Jefferson University, Nemours Children’s Clinic, Ballinger Co. and the U.S. Government. Mark Thomson, Andrew Scandalios, Jose Cruz, Michael Bennett and Philip Mahler of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Hospitality Partners L.P. has sold a majority interest of the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia to Carey Watermark Investors Inc. The 299-room hotel features 26,000 square feet of meeting space, two food and beverage outlets and the Richel D’Ambra Spa and Salon. The new owner plans to implement a comprehensive $21.3 million, or $71,000 per key, renovation of the property beginning in the third quarter. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company will continue to manage the property. Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller in the transaction. Financial terms of the sale were not released.
TREVOSE, PA. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a healthcare facility located at 2500 Northgate Road in Trevose. The 24,458-square-foot property traded between two local private entities for $3.8 million. Situated within the 657,000-square-foot Neshaminy Interplex business campus, the property is absolute net-leased to LIFE St. Mary, which is guaranteed by St. Mary Medical Center, a member of investment grade credit CHE Trinity Health. Jeff Algatt and Matthew Shanahan of Colliers represented both parties in the transaction.
HARRISBURG, PA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $20.7 million in acquisition financing for an industrial portfolio located in Harrisburg. The three-building portfolio features 563,688 square feet of space. James Murphy of NorthMarq’s Boston office secured the interest-only loan for the undisclosed borrower through NorthMarq’s relationship with a correspondent life insurance company.