MATAMORAS, PA. — ShopRite will open a 73,000-square-foot grocery store within the former Kmart building at Westfall Town Center in Matamoras, located along the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border. The opening is slated for this fall. Metro Chicago-based CenterPoint Properties owns Westfall Town Center. Derek Zerfass and Scott Horner of Colliers International brokered the deal. An undisclosed user is also set to occupy 25,000 square feet within the former Kmart store beginning this fall.
BETHEL, PA. — Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial has acquired 149 acres in Bethel, located in the Lehigh Valley region, for the development of Central Logistics Park, an industrial facility that will total approximately 1.2 million square feet. Dalfen plans to develop three buildings on the site, which is located just off Interstate 78. Construction is scheduled to be complete in the first quarter of 2023.
BRODHEADSVILLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Brodheadsville Self Storage, a 269-unit facility located on a 4.4-acre site about 30 miles north of Allentown. Built in 2003, the facility spans 38,550 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space and includes 24 rentable parking spaces. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
By Justin Brown, director of research, Cushman & Wakefield | Grant Street Associates Inc. While the last year has been extremely challenging, one bright spot within Pittsburgh’s commercial real estate markets has been the industrial sector, the resiliency of which cannot be overstated. Consistent increases in asking rents, flat vacancy rates and positive levels of absorption have been the norms for the past few quarters. Like many metros, the Pittsburgh industrial market saw very strong absorption in the fourth quarter of last year — about 391,000 square feet, to be exact. Net absorption slid to approximately 92,000 square feet in the first quarter of this year, but there rem ains ample reason to believe that leasing activity will stay steady, if not improve, in the coming months. Much of the new leasing activity has been concentrated within the airport corridor. This region features both considerable land for new development and exceptional access to key pieces of infrastructure, making it popular with tenants and landlords alike. Currently, there is approximately 1.8 million square feet of industrial space under construction throughout the metro, with more than half of those projects (about 1 million square feet) concentrated in the airport corridor. The average …
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between Chicago-based investment firm Venture One Real Estate and investment advisory firm Kovitz Investment Group has acquired a 17-acre industrial outdoor storage facility at 6501 Essington Ave. in Philadelphia. The property, which was fully leased at the time of sale, consists of a 6,575-square-foot freestanding office building and a 34,520–square-foot repair/maintenance facility equipped with 15 drive-in repair bays and floor drains. The site can accommodate more than 475 trailers, 1,050 sprinter vans, fleet maintenance and outdoor storage. Chris Pennington of Binswanger represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
YORK, PA. — WMG Partners, a subsidiary of Miami-based MCSS Self-Storage Development & Investment, has purchased a 126,000-square-foot department store at 2899 Whiteford Road in York. The company plans to convert the shuttered property, which sits on a 7.5-acre site and was previously occupied by Bon-Ton, into a 900-unit self-storage facility that will be managed by Life Storage. Construction is scheduled to begin in August.
PHILADELPHIA — GoldOller Real Estate Investments, a locally based multifamily owner-operator, will develop a $20 million, 157,000-square-foot self-storage facility in Philadelphia. The site of the new five-story, climate-controlled facility is located at 3145 Greys Ferry Road, adjacent to the Schuylkill Expressway in the University City area. The facility will be GoldOller’s second following the development of an 80,000-square-foot property in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. CubeSmart operates that facility. GoldOller plans to break ground on the project in the coming weeks. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
WIND GAP, PA. — A partnership between locally based developer J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. and Boston-based Cabot Properties will develop a 318,440-square-foot speculative industrial project in the Lehigh Valley city of Wind Gap. The property will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 39 dock-high loading positions, two drive-in doors, 54 trailer positions and ESFR fire protection. Jon Mikula and John Plower of JLL arranged the partnership between the two firms. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — GMH Capital Partners LP, in partnership with Wexford Science & Technology LLC, is nearing completion of ANOVA at uCity Square, a 461-unit multifamily project in Philadelphia’s University City area. The property will include 14,000 square feet of retail space and a 157-space parking garage. Units will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, indoor and outdoor lounges, fitness center with yoga and spin studios, coworking spaces, a complimentary coffee bar and beer taps, golf simulator and a dog washing station. Construction began in March 2020 and is scheduled for completion in August.
NORTHAMPTON, PA. — Metro Chicago-based investment firm CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 1 million-square-foot industrial complex located in the Lehigh Valley city of Northampton for $201.5 million. Built in 2020, the property sits on 70 acres at 951 Willowbrook Road and features a clear height of 40 feet, 149 dock doors, 166 trailer parking stalls, 759 car parking spaces and an ESFR sprinkler system. The acquisition marks CenterPoint’s first in the Lehigh Valley. John Plower, Ryan Cottone, John Huguenard, Paul Torosian, Rob Kossar and Jeff Lockard of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Rockefeller Group and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC, in the transaction.