BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Affiliates of Harbor Group International (HGI) have acquired Royal Athena, a 275-unit waterfront apartment community in the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd, for $59.5 million. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a resident clubhouse. Erin Miller of Newmark brokered the deal, the seller in which was not disclosed. Henry Stimler, Ari Schwarbad and Bill Weber, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of HGI.
CAMP HILL, PA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $90 million sale of Camp Hill Shopping Center. The property is located at 3301 Trindle Road in the borough of Camp Hill, roughly three miles outside Harrisburg. The 430,198-square-foot center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Giant Food Markets, Boscov’s Department Store, Staples, Five Below, Barnes & Noble and LA Fitness. Brad Nathanson of IPA represented the seller, Cedar Realty Trust (NYSE: CDR), and identified the buyer, GSD CampHill Pradsavi Group LLC, in the transaction. Marcus & Millichap also arranged financing on behalf of the buyer. Cedar Realty Trust will be retaining management of the property. “There is tremendous demand for dominant grocery-anchored shopping centers nationally, given the rebound in the markets post-COVID-19 and the attractive debt markets,” says Nathanson. “Demand is outpacing the supply of first-class, high-performing assets like Camp Hill Shopping Center.” Cedar Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning, operating and redeveloping grocery-anchored shopping centers across urban markets from Washington, D.C., to Boston. The Port Washington, N.Y.-based company’s stock price closed on Wednesday, June 23, at $16.61 per share, up …
BENSALEM, PA. — Locally based developer J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. has acquired the former Suez Water Technologies & Solutions Campus, a 46-acre industrial development in Bensalem, located in Bucks County. The namesake tenant will continue to lease 93,000 square feet of space at the 12-building campus, while RLS USA Inc., a former subsidiary of General Electric, will lease 20,000 square feet of R&D space. J.G. Petrucci will demolish and redevelop the remainder of the campus. Jon Mikula, Chad Orcutt and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged $13 million in acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of J.G. Petrucci.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has negotiated the $13 million sale of a 35-unit apartment building in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood. Samantha Kupersmith and Spencer Yablon of CBRE represented the seller, Trinity Realty Cos., in the transaction. The buyer, Pittsburgh-based Hudson Cos., has rebranded the property from Liberty Flats to Hudson Liberties.
BRISTOL, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of 360 George Patterson Boulevard, a 50,000-square-foot life sciences building situated within Bridge Business Center in Bristol, located in Bucks County. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to Abzena, a pharmacological research and manufacturing company that recently extended its lease through 2032. Stephen Marzullo, Adam Silverman, Robert Zwengler, Ken Zirk, Matthew Knowles and Anthony Hayes of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — New Jersey-based Greek Development has acquired a 305,706-square-foot industrial facility located at the base of the Betsy Ross Bridge in Philadelphia. The price was $31.5 million. The property features clear heights of 19 to 21 feet, 30 loading doors and more than 350 parking spaces. John Plower, Ryan Cottone, Larry Maister and Kyle Lockard of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as 2121 Wheatsheaf Lane LLC, in the transaction. The property was leased to cocoa bean distributor Dependable Distribution Services at the time of sale.
CBRE Negotiates Sale of Two Industrial Properties Totaling 198,721 SF in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of two industrial properties totaling 198,721 square feet within Conewago Industrial Park in Elizabethtown, located in Lancaster County. Built in 2019, the properties were fully leased at the time of sale to Bel-Aqua Pool Supply Co. and Packaging Corp. of America. Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara, Brad Ruppel, Joe Hill and Lauren Dawicki of CBRE represented the seller, a partnership between Novaya Foxfield Industrial and Drake Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. Boston-based Cabot Properties purchased the assets for an undisclosed price.
PITTSBURGH — Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL) has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Heinz at 950 North Shore, a 151-unit apartment building in downtown Pittsburgh. The four-story building was originally constructed in the 1930s as the headquarters of the H.J. Heinz Co. Asia Commercial Real Estate provided the financing to the borrower, MCM Co. Inc.
HATFIELD AND KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Locally based investment firm Velocity Venture Partners has purchased three industrial flex buildings totaling 69,700 square feet in the Philadelphia area. The properties include a 27,500-square-footbuilding at 1111 North Broad St. in Hatfield; a 15,200-square-foot asset at 1910 North Penn Road in Hatfield; and a 27,000-square-foot industrial facility at 451 Yerkes Road in King of Prussia. Justin Bell of Newmark brokered the deals. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — Mindspace, a provider of flexible workspace solutions, has opened a 42,000-square-foot space at the Wanamaker Building, a historic property in Philadelphia that was built in 1911 as one of America’s first department stores. Rubenstein Partners LP owns the building in partnership with Amerimar Enterprises. With this location, Mindspace now operates 31 spaces across 16 cities and seven countries.