NEW YORK CITY — Global asset manager Investcorp, which is based in Bahrain and has its U.S. office in New York City, has acquired 11 multifamily properties totaling 2,615 units across the United States. The sales price was $370 million. The properties are located throughout six primary markets: Orlando, Tampa, Raleigh, Atlanta, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Madison Apartment Group, an affiliate of the seller, Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners, will continue to manage the communities after overseeing capital improvement programs at each property. The portfolio was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of sale with an average construction date of 1994 and an average unit size of 1,020 square feet. Equus acquired the properties between 2013 and 2015 and collectively spent about $20 million upgrading them. “The portfolio is positioned to deliver an attractive, stable and predictable cash flow for the new venture with Investcorp, while at the same time the markets continue to support further enhancement opportunities and ability to push rents higher,” says Christopher Locatell, senior vice president and director of dispositions for Equus. Investcorp executives noted that the deal marked the firm’s largest real estate acquisition in the United States in the last decade, and was appealing …
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PECKVILLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Peckville Shopping Center, a 62,506-square-foot retail property, located just outside of Scranton in the northern part of the state. The sales price was $5.1 million. A 20,045-square-foot Planet Fitness anchors the center, which was built in 1953 and renovated in 2004. Total occupancy at the property at the time of sale was 76 percent. Christopher Burnham, Dean Zang, David Crotts and Steven Siegel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a New York City-based investment bank, in the transaction. The group also procured the undisclosed buyer.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — The Discovery Labs has unveiled plans for a $500 million healthcare, life sciences and technology coworking campus at the 1 million-square-foot GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Upper West Merion campus and the 640,000-square-foot Innovation at Renaissance Campus. The two campuses, which are located across the street from each other in the Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia, will be known as The Discovery Labs. The collaborative lab, office and lifestyle space, will span 1.6 million square feet. The Discovery Labs called the campus the “world’s largest coworking community” in a press release. “The Discovery Labs is 20 times larger than the average coworking space, and provides the mission critical infrastructure needed to operate healthcare, life sciences and technology-enabled companies,” says Audrey Greenberg, chief financial officer of The Discovery Labs. “The size of each Discovery Labs enables enterprise level companies to work side by side with startup and emerging companies and enjoy the benefits of the coworking phenomenon.” IQ Connect, Discovery Labs’ 100,000-square-foot incubator project developed in partnership with The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, will sit at the center of the campus. The purpose of IQ Connect is to “bring together researchers, entrepreneurs and product development startups, along with human …
LANCASTER, PA. — HFF has negotiated the sale of Chelsea Square, a 96,455-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Lancaster, located roughly midway between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Regional grocer Weis serves as the anchor tenant alongside Talbots, Jos. A. Bank, M&T, Domino’s Pizza and Great Clips. Built on 10.6 acres, the property is located along the Manheim Pike, a retail corridor with a daily traffic count of approximately 46,000 vehicles. Chris Munley and Carl Fiebig of HFF represented the seller, Boston-based Beacon Communities, in the transaction. The buyer was Pennsylvania-based Goodman Properties. The sales price was not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — Locally based firm Estia Group will develop a 14-story Blu Ivy hotel at 122 S. 11th St. in Philadelphia. The 86-room property will house Anthos, a two-story restaurant that offers Mediterranean and Greek cuisine. Both the hotel and the restaurant, which will offer bar seating for 23 guests and floor seating for 198 patrons, are scheduled to be complete in fall 2020. The development team includes designer DAS Architects and structural engineer O’Donnell & Naccarato.
ZELIENOPLE, PA. — Commercial developer and design/build firm Al. Neyer has broken ground on Jackson Distribution Center, a 220,000-square-foot industrial project in Zelienople, located north of Pittsburgh. The Class A facility, which is being developed as a joint venture project with Bell Properties, will feature 32-foot clear heights, at least 22 dock doors, T-5 light fixtures and an advanced sprinkler system. Jackson Distribution Center will be located near I-80 and I-79, State Route 19 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, as well as within 30 minutes of downtown Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh International Airport. Approximately 27 percent of the space is preleased. Completion is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year.
BROOMALL, PA. — HFF has negotiated the $25.3 million sale of a 57,320-square-foot cancer center and multi-specialty outpatient facility in Broomall, a western suburb of Philadelphia. At the time of sale, the facility was fully leased to healthcare provider Crozer-Keystone on an absolute triple-net basis. Ben Appel, Evan Kovac, Andrew Milne and Doug Rodio of HFF represented the seller, Pennsylvania-based investment firm Capital Solutions, in the transaction. The buyer was Anchor Health Properties, a full-service real estate firm focused exclusively on medical facilities. More than 330,000 people live within a five-mile radius of the property.
WAYNE, PA. — CA Senior Living LLC, the seniors housing arm of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has broken ground on Anthology of King of Prussia, a 192-unit community in Wayne, Pennsylvania, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The 11-story building, which is slated for a late 2020 completion, will be located within the 122-acre The Village at Valley Forge mixed-use development. New York-based Perkins Eastman designed the property, which will consist of 97 independent living, 63 assisted living and 32 memory care residences. The independent and assisted living apartments range from 410-square-foot studios to 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom units, all featuring modern kitchens with quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances, washers and dryers and walk-in closets in select units. Wellness amenities include a fitness center, indoor pool, physical therapy room and spa with salon services, while residents will also have access to walking paths and outdoor gathering spaces. Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Wohlsen Construction Co. is serving as general contractor.
PHILADELPHIA — Counter Capital Management LLC, a joint venture between Connecticut-based Dalzell Capital Partners LLC and Florida-based Morning Calm Management, has acquired a 29-unit apartment building located at 1501 Locust St. in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia. The sales price was $19.1 million. The property was originally built in 1947 as a 10-story office building. In 2010, it was converted into a 29-unit apartment building with 5,000 square feet of commercial space. Units average 1,009 square feet and feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, European cabinetry and washers and dryers. The new ownership will invest in a capital improvement program that upgrades the lighting and paint jobs, as well as implements keyless entry systems and smart thermostats to each unit. The seller was not disclosed.
MUHLENBERG TOWNSHIP, PA. — An affiliate of Radnor-based Endurance Real Estate Group and Philadelphia-based Brasler Properties has acquired Berks61, an 18.4-acre industrial land site in Pennsylvania located just outside of Reading. Shortly after acquiring the property, the new ownership secured a build-to-suit agreement with CarbonLITE Holdings LLC, a producer of plastic resins, for the construction of a 270,000-square-foot warehouse and manufacturing facility. The tilt-wall, rail-served building will feature 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system and three drive-in doors. Mark Chubb of Colliers International represented CarbonLITE in the deal. John Van Buskirk, Joel Kreider and Ed Skonecki of Lee & Associates represented the landlord. The partnership also has another project, this one speculative, under development in Berks County that will deliver two buildings totaling approximately 328,000 square feet.