KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — California-based development and investment firm KBS has completed the renovation of 1000 Continental, a 205,424-square-foot office building located in the northern Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia. The building was originally constructed in 2007. Renovations included the addition of a conference center with casual gathering spaces, as well as upgrades to the elevators, lobbies and common corridors. KBS plans to implement further improvements to 1000 Continental as part of a strategic multi-year plan. Avison Young provided construction management services for the project.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Colliers has negotiated the sale of 2 Public Square, a 98,555-square-foot office building in the downtown area of Wilkes-Barre, located south of Scranton. At the time of sale, the six-story building was 99 percent leased to tenants such as The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Luzerne County Community College. Jeff Algatt of Colliers represented the locally based private seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — PIDC and Ensemble/Mosaic have revealed the “2022 Navy Yard Plan,” a roadmap for $6 billion of new investment for Philadelphia’s Navy Yard over the next 20 years. Plans call for 12,000 new jobs and 8.9 million square feet of new life sciences, commercial, residential, retail and mixed-use development. Of the total $6 billion investment, Ensemble/Mosaic’s development initiatives are slated to generate $4.8 billion. This is the third plan undertaken since PIDC, Philadelphia’s public-private economic development corporation, took ownership of the former military base on behalf of the City of Philadelphia. The original plan was formulated in 2004, followed by an updated one in 2013. “The Navy Yard has been an anchor and economic driver for Philadelphia for more than two centuries, serving in both times of war and peace. Today, the progress it has made and will continue to make as outlined in this plan will help reinforce its role as a leading business and life sciences campus and an unrivaled asset to the city,” says Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. The development team plans to significantly expand the Navy Yard’s cluster of cell and gene therapy firms by building out an additional 4.3 million square feet of lab …
PITTSBURGH — Sealy & Co., an investment firm with offices in Dallas and Shreveport, La., has acquired The Imperial Light Industrial Portfolio, which comprises two buildings totaling 148,172 square feet in Pittsburgh. The buildings are located within the Chapman Westport master-planned development near Pittsburgh International Airport and can support office, distribution and lab uses. John Plower of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Jason Gandy and Davis Gibbs internally represented Sealy & Co.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Livingston Street Capital, a private equity firm with offices in Radnor, Pa., and New York City, has acquired Canvas Valley Forge, a 231-unit active adult community located north of Philadelphia in King of Prussia. The property offers 147 one-bedroom units and 84 two-bedroom units. Indoor amenities include a fitness center, salon and spa, craft room, game room, library/media room, resident lounge, package room and concierge services. Outdoors, residents have access to a pool with a sundeck and hot tub, courtyard with grills and seating areas, a dog park with a washing station and a bocce ball court. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — BioLabs, an incubator for life sciences companies, has signed a 30,151-square-foot lease expansion at The Curtis, a facility in Philadelphia’s Center City District that is a redevelopment of a historic publishing house. The tenant’s footprint is now 53,529 square feet, and the move-in is scheduled for early 2023. Other tenants at The Curtis, which also houses traditional office space, include Aro Biotherapeutics, IMVAX Inc. and Vivodyne. Keystone Development + Investment owns the property.
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Franklin Center, a 174,063-square-foot shopping center in Chambersburg, located in the southern central part of the state. Built in 1990 and renovated in 2015, Franklin Center was 91.5 percent leased at the time of sale. Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J.Maxx, Ulta Beauty, Petco and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet are the anchor tenants. Christopher Munley, Jim Galbally, Colin Behr and James Graf of JLL represented the seller, Florida-based investment firm Coastal Equities, in the transaction. Milbrook Properties Ltd. acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Florida-based investment and development firm DLP Capital has opened Grand Plaza, a 254,782-square-foot office building located in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown. DLP Capital acquired the building, which is located in the downtown area, via auction in 2021 and implemented a capital improvement program. Grand Plaza now features open, full-floor and multi-tenant floor plans, with office spaces ranging in size from 5,000 to 33,600 square feet. Additionally, Grand Plaza offer energy-efficient workspaces, winter gardens and a landscaped roof.
LEWISBERRY, PA. — New Jersey-based investment firm Larken Associates has acquired Fairview Industrial Park, a 137,404-square-foot complex in Lewisberry, a southern suburb of Harrisburg. The three-building complex was close to fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as LeafGuard, Best Dressed Associates, Precision Pulley, Eastern Surfaces and Paul Davis Restoration. Buildings range in size from 16,800 to 61,714 square feet and feature clear heights of 18 feet. Gerry Blinebury and Brendan McGeary of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Larken Associates was represented by its in-house brokerage division, Raider Realty.
HAZLETON, PA. — CIT, a division of First Citizens Bank, has provided $17 million in construction financing for two industrial projects in Hazleton, located roughly midway between Scranton and Allentown. The sites are located within the 3,000-acre Humboldt Park and can support Class A developments of 105,000 and 115,000 square feet. The borrower was Saxum Real Estate.