Pennsylvania

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DOVER, PA. — Lancaster Pollard has provided $11 million in Fannie Mae financing for Providence Place Senior Living of Dover, located approximately 25 miles south of Harrisburg. The community offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services to the Central Pennsylvania borough of Dover. The number of units was not disclosed. The borrower and owner is Providence Place Senior Living, headquartered in nearby Hershey. Miles Kingston, Doug Harper and Casey Moore of Lancaster Pollard arranged the long-term, fixed-rate financing.

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YORK, PA. — ROCK Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of a 215,344-square-foot industrial property in York, located approximately 100 miles west of Philadelphia. Situated at 441 East Market St., the property was originally built in 1900. The buyer was Mark Lane LLC, a company that acquires aged buildings for the purpose of redeveloping them for storage space, artist studios and industrial uses. Ted Turnbull, Jason Turnbull, Damian Reed and Heather Kreiger of ROCK Commercial represented the seller, IWM International LLC, in the transaction. The team also represented Mark Lane LLC.

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As our economy fades out of one decade and cruises into the next, a look in the rearview mirror reveals more than 10 years of expansion and 10-year GDP growth in excess of 26 percent. Sean Beuche, Marcus & Millichap The Philadelphia and Northeastern retail investment sales markets should be both thankful for progress made and road bumps navigated and mindful of several current trends affecting transactions and challenges looming on the horizon for owners and tenants of single and multi-tenant retail assets alike. Savvy Investors enter 2020 with the wind at their backs in many respects while also facing some familiar and unconventional challenges ahead. The 3.7 percent unemployment remains near a 50-year low, meaning that consumers are gainfully employed with money to spend. Mixed-use developments that capture the live-work-play lifestyle are ubiquitous and keep placemaking everywhere they spring up. Millennials and baby boomers alike are demanding walkable communities and opportunities to spend more of their money closer to home via dining out, signing up for memberships at  gyms and fitness centers. Both these groups are enjoying the experiential retail that every landlord desires in their centers and portfolios. Stocks of publicly traded retailers like Target, Walmart, and Home …

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WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 50,000-square-foot office building in Wilkes-Barre, located approximately 100 miles north of Philadelphia. Situated at 15 South Franklin St., the 10-story office building was completed in 1920. The buyer plans to convert the building to apartments or condos, possibly with commercial or office components. Law firm Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald has operated its headquarters at the building since 1954 and will relocate to Cross Creek Pointe at 1065 Route 315 in Plains. Jeff Algatt and John Susanin of Colliers represented the seller, a group of locally based private investors. The buyer was Franklin Downtown LLC, based in Somerset, New Jersey. The sales price was undisclosed.

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PHILADELPHIA — Flexible office space provider Mindspace will open a 42,000-square-foot space at the Wanamaker Office Building in Philadelphia. Mindspace expects to open the space, which will include tenant lounges and an event area, in the third quarter. The 1.4 million-square-foot Wanamaker building is located adjacent to City Hall in Center City Philadelphia. A partnership of The Rubenstein Partners and Amerimar Enterprises Inc. owns the building.

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PITTSBURGH — Two new retail tenants have signed leases totaling 23,243 square feet in the retail space at The Cork Factory, a 297-unit luxury multifamily property in Pittsburgh. Southern fast casual restaurant Coop De Ville leased 11,947 square feet, which is expected to open this spring. Health and fitness franchise TruFusion leased 11,296 square feet, which is expected to open in early 2021. The two leases bring the 43,000-square-foot retail space on the ground floor of The Cork Factory up to full occupancy, Other tenants include Cioppino Restaurant & Cigar Bar, Italian restaurant Osteria 2350 and fitness concept Meraki Studio.

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HOLMES AND BROOMALL, PA. — The Flynn Co. has brokered the $12.2 million sale of a five-building industrial portfolio in Pennsylvania. Velocity Venture Partners, a Philadelphia-based industrial developer, acquired the properties, which are all located in Delaware County, directly southwest of Philadelphia. Four of the buildings are situated within the Ridley Business Center at 500 Pine St. in Holmes. The other building is located at 620 Parkway in Broomhall. All of the buildings were fully leased at the time of sale. Colin Flynn and Ben Conway of The Flynn Co. represented Velocity Venture Partners in the transaction. Holmes Partners LP was the seller of the Ridley Business Center buildings and 620 Parkway Partners LLC was the seller of the building at 620 Parkway.

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PHILADELPHIA — Rittenhouse Realty Advisors has sold a nine-property student housing portfolio near Temple University in North Philadelphia for $23.7 million. The portfolio comprises 92 units totaling 253 beds. All of the properties in the portfolio were constructed within the last five years, and the majority are two- or three-bedroom units. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 100 percent occupied for the 2019 to 2020 school year. The buyer was undisclosed.

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GARNET VALLEY, PENN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 172,071-square-foot industrial facility in Garnet Valley, located approximately 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia. Situated at 1515 Garnet Mine Road, the property comprises 48,000 square feet of office space and 124,071 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space, with ceiling heights ranging from 16 to 24 feet. Michael Hines, Brad Ruppel, Brian Fiumara and Lauren Dawicki of CBRE represented the seller, Evergreen Private Finance, in the transaction. Steve Italiano of Italiano Commercial Real Estate Services LLC also assisted with the sale. BHN Associates LLC acquired the property for an undisclosed price.

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NORRISTOWN AND PERKASIE, PA. — Ready Capital has closed two loans for the acquisition, renovation and lease-up of two Class B, industrial properties in Pennsylvania. The properties are located in Norristown and Perkasie, two northern suburbs of Philadelphia. The two buildings comprise approximately 220,000 square feet. Upon acquisition, the sponsor will implement capital improvements at each property, while simultaneously leasing to market occupancy. The nonrecourse loans are structured with floating interest rates, 36-month terms, two extension options, flexible prepayment and facilities to provide future funding for capital expenditures, tenant leasing costs and interest and operating shortfalls. The loan amounts, property names and sponsors were undisclosed.

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