WAYNESBORO, PA. — CBRE has negotiates the sale of a 117,951-square-foot shopping center in Waynesboro, located in southern Pennsylvania near the Maryland border. Wayne Heights Mall was 92 percent leased at the time of sale, with German discount grocer Aldi serving as the anchor tenant. Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Ryan Sciullo, Casey Benson Smith, R.J. Mirabile and Michael Pascavis of CBRE brokered the deal. The buyer, seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BRISTOL, PA. — New Jersey-based investment firm Faropoint has purchased a 60,000-square-foot industrial flex building in Bristol, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia. The building, which sits on a 4.7-acre site within Keystone Industrial Park and offers a clear height of 26 feet, has been occupied by Estee Lauder for 30 years. The seller was undisclosed. Jeff Licht and Jared Licht of NAI Mertz brokered the deal.
CROYDON, PA. — Regional investment firm Greek Real Estate Partners has purchased Everest Logistics Park, a 141,276-square-foot facility in Croydon, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia. Penwood Real Estate Investment Management sold the asset for $36.7 million. Built on 10 acres in 2023, the facility offers a clear height of 36 feet, 20 tailgate doors, one drive-in door, 3,000 square feet of office space and parking for 260 cars and 31 trailers. Burry Klein and Josh Chesner of Branch Industrial represented Greek Real Estate, which has also executed a full-building lease expansion with the existing tenant, Philadelphia-based PCI Pharma, in the off-market transaction.
MEDIA, PA. — CRBE has arranged a $28.5 million construction loan for Mi-Place at Media, a 132-unit multifamily project that will be located about 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia. The project will consist of three four-story buildings and 245 parking spaces. Amenities will include a lounge, fitness center, dog park and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Matthew Klauer and Cassandra Russell of CBRE arranged the loan through SteepRock Capital on behalf of the sponsor, Fernmoor Homes. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — Red Oak Capital Holdings has provided a $9.2 million bridge loan for Ridge Avenue Apartments, a 32-unit multifamily project in Philadelphia. The five-story building includes 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and offers amenities such as a fitness center and a rooftop terrace, as well as off-street parking. The borrower, an affiliate of local development and management firm Vich Properties LLC, will use the proceeds from the two-year, interest-only loan to retire existing debt and complete construction of the project.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between Alterra IOS, a locally based investment firm specializing in industrial outdoor storage facilities, and Eco Materials has opened a $40 million soil remediation facility in South Philadelphia. The site spans roughly 6 acres at 6110 W. Passyunk Ave. The facility reclaims and repurposes sand, aggregate and construction waste through an advanced wet washing process, ultimately remediating and repurposing more than 85 percent of incoming materials back into the construction ecosystem for future use.
TINICUM TOWNSHIP, PA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $34 million loan for the refinancing of Airport Logistics Center, a 627,252-square-foot industrial facility located within the Philadelphia metro area. The property, which was 83 percent leased to 20 tenants at the time of the loan closing, consists of four buildings with clear heights ranging from 30 to 65 feet and three acres of outdoor storage space. John Alascio, Chuck Kohaut and Meredith Donovan of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan through private equity firm Blue Owl Capital on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Ivy Realty and institutional investment firm Lubert-Adler.
BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) and CBG Building Co. have topped out a 217-unit multifamily redevelopment project in Bala Cynwyd, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The project, which represents the second phase of a larger redevelopment known as Bala Cynwyd on City Avenue, is a conversion of the former 120,000-square-foot Lord & Taylor department store into an apartment complex with 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Federal Realty received zoning approval for the project in February 2024 and broke ground a few months later. The company expects to complete construction of this phase next summer.
CAMP HILL, PA. — Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey and is exploring opportunities to be acquired by outside entities. The announcement marks the second time in 24 months that the Pennsylvania-based convenience and drugstore chain has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The previous filing in October 2023 preceded the closure of hundreds of stores across the country. The company did not explicitly say in this filing how many of its stores would be immediately impacted, only noting that it would “divest or monetize any assets that are not sold through the court-supervised process.” To facilitate a potential sale, Rite Aid has secured commitments from some of its existing lenders to access approximately $1.9 billion in new financing, which will be used to fund existing operations prior to and during a court-supervised sales process. According to USA Today, Rite Aid operated about 1,200 stores across 15 states at the time of the latest filing.
DALLAS — Newmark has arranged a $125 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 19 self-storage properties that are primarily (13 facilities) located in Pennsylvania. The other six properties are scattered across Maryland, New Jersey, Indiana and Kentucky. Collectively, the portfolio totals roughly 1.2 million net rentable square feet of space across nearly 10,000 units and has maintained an average occupancy rate of 91 percent over the past decade. Jonathan Firestone, Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani, Clint Frease, John Caraviello, Aaron Swerdlin and Andrew Warin of Newmark arranged the fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co. PGIM Real Estate provided the debt.
