PHILADELPHIA — JLL has negotiated the $74.4 million bankruptcy sale of the University of the Arts Portfolio, a collection of nine academic properties totaling roughly 760,000 square feet in downtown Philadelphia. Named after the academic institution that closed last year, the portfolio comprises a mix of educational facilities, theaters, dormitories and office buildings. These include Terra Hall, a 17-story educational facility, and Hamilton Hall, the oldest building on Broad Street that was constructed in 1824. Jim Galbally, Fran Coyne, Samantha Kupersmith, Brett Segal, Carl Fiebig and Tyler Margraf of JLL worked on behalf of the bankruptcy trustee, Alfred T. Giuliano Trustee, to arrange the buyers for the transaction.
WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, PA. — Kervan USA, a Turkish candy company, will open a 90,000-square-foot packaging and manufacturing facility in the Lehigh Valley. The company, which maintains its U.S. headquarters in Whitehall Township and also has packaging and distribution locations in New Jersey, will invest $20 million to consolidate those operations into a single facility. Kervan USA expects the new facility, construction of which is underway and expected to be complete next year, to create about 40 new jobs within the community.
LANCASTER, PA. — CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), a New Jersey-based data center owner-operator, plans to invest “more than $6 billion” in a new purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Lancaster, about 80 miles west of Philadelphia. CoreWeave plans to lease the site, which will be co-developed by Chirisa Technology Parks and Machine Investment Group. Located at 216 Greenfield Rd. and 1375 Harrisburg Pike, the Lancaster facility will replace the former LSC Communications and R.R. Donnelley printing plants, which comprises a combined 1.5 million square feet of industrial space across 144 acres, according to Lancaster Online. The data center will have the capacity to consume 100 megawatts (MW) of power, with the potential to expand to 300 MW, representing one of the first large-scale data centers of its kind in the region, according to CoreWeave. CoreWeave’s announcement came during the CEO roundtable with President Donald Trump at Senator Dave McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “This Energy and Innovation Summit is a powerful testament to Pennsylvania’s readiness and ability to lead — to generate thousands of good-paying jobs, to unleash our incredible energy resources and to power the next AI and economic revolution, further …
PALMER TOWNSHIP, PA. — A joint venture between Black Bear Asset Management (BBAM) and Greystone Capital will develop a $110 million multifamily project in Palmer Township, located outside of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region. The garden-style development will consist of seven elevator-served buildings that will house 320 apartments and 92 for-sale townhomes. Amenities will include a fitness center, clubhouse and green spaces. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of next year. Bryan Manz and Emil DePasquale of Black Bear Capital Partners, a subsidiary of BBAM arranged financing for the acquisition of the land.
WAYNE, PA. — Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia will open a 13,100-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Wayne, located northwest of the city. The company will build out and operate the facility in partnership with Cardiovascular Logistics, SCA Health and Penn Medicine. Paul Rogers and Charlie Rogers of Colliers represented the cardiology group in its site selection and lease negotiations. The opening is slated for the end of the year.
PHILADELPHIA — Newmark has arranged the $24.5 million sale of a 95-unit apartment building in the Logan Square neighborhood near downtown Philadelphia. The six-story building at 1600 Callowhill St. was originally constructed in 1926 (renovated in 2019) and offers 2,500 square feet of retail space. According to Apartments.com, units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans that range in size from 504 to 1,225 square feet, and amenities include a fitness center, sundeck and package handling services. Erin Miller, Steven Schultz and Chris Koehler of Newmark represented the seller, Ivy Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was Turio Residential Co.
PHILADELPHIA — Hogan Lovells has signed a 34,752-square-foot office lease extension in downtown Philadelphia. The law firm will continue to occupy space on the 22nd and 23rd floors of 1735 Market Street, a 54-story, 1.3 million-square-foot building, for an additional 10-plus years. Perry Kaplan and Tim Monahan of Savills represented Hogan Lovells in the lease negotiations. Mitch Marcus, Tom Weitzel and Jake Marcus of JLL, along with internal agents Keith Cody and Gordon Hough, represented the landlord, Silverstein Properties.
PHILADELPHIA — JLL has negotiated a 12-year, 22,230-square-foot office lease at 1735 Market Street, a 1.3 million-square-foot building in downtown Philadelphia. The tenant, law firm Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, will relocate from One Logan Square to the 26th floor of the a 54-story building. Mitch Marcus, Alex Breitmeyer and Jake Marcus of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Weitzel, also with JLL, along with internal agents Keith Cody and Gordon Hough, represented the landlord, New York City-based Silverstein Properties, which owns the property in partnership with Arden Group.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — The Lehigh Valley International Airport has broken ground on a 145-room hotel in Allentown. The site is a 20-acre parcel that once served as an emergency landing strip, and the new hotel will be operated under the Courtyard by Marriott brand. Nonprofit developer Provident Resources Group will own and operate the hotel via ground lease. The Lehigh County Industrial Development Authority issued four tax-exempt bonds totaling $42 million as part of the financing of the project, which also received $1 million in state funding. Construction is expected to last about two years.
JAMISON, PA. — CBRE has brokered the $12.2 million sale of a 25,000-square-foot retail building in Jamison, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, that is net leased to convenience store operator Wawa and Tractor Supply. ExchangeRight, a Southern California-based investment firm that specializes in net-lease, 1031 and Delaware Statutory Trust deals, purchased the asset from New Jersey-based ARCTRUST. Matthew Gorman and Michael Shover of CBRE brokered the deal.