PITTSBURGH — Law firm Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe has signed a 19,228-square-foot office lease at Four Gateway Center, a 22-story building in Pittsburgh. The locally based law firm will relocate from the Henry W. Oliver Building in summer 2023. Nick Francic and Reid Mauro of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jeremy Kronman, Adam Viccaro and Dominika Demantova of CBRE represented the landlord, Hertz Investment Group.
BRISTOL, PA. — NAI Mertz has brokered the sale of a 23,433-square-foot office building in Bristol, located northeast of Philadelphia in Bucks County. Zena Charokopos and Rick Gordon of NAI Mertz represented the seller in the transaction. Adam Lashner and Jeff Licht, also with NAI Mertz, represented the buyer, which plans to use the property as an adult care facility. Both parties requested anonymity.
WILLOW GROVE, PA. — Federal Realty Investment Trust has broken ground on the second phase of construction at Willow Grove Shopping Center, a 211,000-square-foot development located on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia. Phase II will deliver an 18,000-square-foot outparcel building, new dining and public amenities and newly designed walkways and pocket plazas. Completion is slated for summer 2023.
By Andrew Chused, founding partner, head of investments, Hilco Redevelopment Partners From the nation’s beginning to modern times, Philadelphia has been a bellwether city with a proud legacy of leading the nation to many of its firsts, including the country’s inaugural medical school, library, hospital, business school and stock exchange. In this city of firsts, Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP) is unlocking and reinventing a large portion of the city: the former 1,300-acre Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) site on the city’s southwest side. Not only is the redevelopment of this site transforming a relic of the city’s industrial age into a new, sustainable economy for the first time, but the project will also transform the way logistics and life sciences companies grow in southwest Philadelphia. An Economic Hub The site, aptly named The Bellwether District, represents a new ecosystem for a variety of tenants, including logistics, e-commerce and life sciences. Located in the shadows of University City and along the Schuylkill River, the project will create over 32,000 jobs and serve as an economic catalyst that drives growth to the city and region for generations to come. Upon its acquisition of the property in June of 2020, HRP quickly began the …
BERKS COUNTY, PA. — JLL has arranged a $49 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of three industrial buildings totaling 597,704 square feet in Berks County, located in the Lehigh Valley region. Berks 61 is a 270,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that was delivered in 2021 and houses a bottle-to-bottle recycling plant. Berks 222 is a two-building logistics park totaling 327,704 square feet that is home to three tenants, including National Coatings & Supplies Inc. Chad Orcutt, Ryan Ade and Blaine Fleming of JLL arranged the loan through Empower Annuity Insurance Co. of America on behalf of the borrower, Radnor-based Endurance Real Estate Group.
PHILADELPHIA — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of City Avenue Center, a 20,220-square-foot shopping center in Philadelphia. Shadow-anchored by Target, the center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Verizon, Sleep Number and PNC Bank. Brad Nathanson, David Crotts and Dean Zang of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and secured the buyer, a Maryland-based family office.
PITTSBURGH — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $46 million sale of The Mall at Robinson, an 874,553-square-foot shopping center in Pittsburgh. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Macy’s, J.C. Penney and a space formerly occupied by Sears anchor the retail center, which was 92.1 percent leased at the time of sale. Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the property from an entity doing business as QIC US Management Inc. David Monahan, Claudia Steeb, Cameron Pittman and Emerson Pierce of JLL brokered the sale.
PHILADELPHIA — Locally based brokerage firm Rittenhouse Realty Advisors has negotiated the $25.2 million sale of Avenue V, an 82-unit apartment complex in Philadelphia’s Old Kensington neighborhood. The transit-served property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances and quartz countertops, as well as three commercial spaces. Philadelphia-based developer The Riverwards Group sold the asset to an undisclosed, New York-based investment firm. Ken Wellar and Corey Lonberger of Rittenhouse represented both parties in the deal.
COATESVILLE, PA. — KeyBank has provided a $12.2 million construction loan for The Willows at Valley Run, a 60-unit affordable housing project in Coatesville, located west of Philadelphia in Chester County. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units across a trio of three-story buildings. The amenity package will consist of a fitness center, meeting room, basketball court, clubhouse, playground and a common kitchen. Eric Steinberg of KeyBank structured the financing on behalf of the developer, Ingerman Group. KeyBank also provided tax credit equity through its partnership with Enterprise Community Partners Inc. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has brokered the sale of an 80-unit assisted living community in Allentown. The property, the name and address of which were not disclosed, was built in the 1980s and was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. An independent owner-operator sold the property to Hamister in an all-cash transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
