FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, PA. — Commercial brokerage firm NAI Mertz has opened a 1,650-square-foot office in Feasterville-Trevose, a southwestern suburb of Trenton. The company relocated its southeastern Pennsylvania office to 210 E. Street Road. The property is situated within the Village Suites at Lower Southampton Village, a 123,000-square-foot retail shopping center. Other tenants include Panera Bread, Cold Stone Creamery and Pier 1 Imports.
PHILADELPHIA — Coworking office space provider Hana, a subsidiary of CBRE Group Inc., will open a 50,000-square-foot space in Philadelphia. The office will occupy two floors at 1818 Market Street, a 981,000-square-foot office building in the Center City district. Slated for to come on line in 2020, the space will provide rentable coworking office space as well as conference rooms and event space. Shorenstein Properties is the owner of the building.
MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA. — Math tutoring company Mathnasium Learning Centers has signed a 1,862-square-foot retail lease at 202 Marketplace, a shopping center in Montgomeryville, located approximately 25 miles north of Philadelphia. The center will tutor students in introductory and advanced math skills. Other tenants of the shopping center include Outback Steakhouse, The MAX Challenge of Montgomeryville and Five Points Pizza. Brandon Anapol of Metro Commercial brokered the lease.
BLUE BELL, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $40 million sale of Centre Square Commons, an 88,598-square-foot retail center in Blue Bell, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. A 22,450-square-foot Aldi Supermarket anchors the shopping center, which was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants include Pennsylvania Fine Wine & Spirits Signature Premium Store, Starbucks and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza. Brad Nathanson of Institutional Property Advisors represented the seller, Kinsley Properties, in the transaction. Nathanson also procured the buyer, Medipower Overseas Co.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Center City Investment Corp. will develop 1 Center Square, a 296,000-square-foot Class A office building in the City Center business district of Allentown, located approximately 60 miles north of Philadelphia. The 16-story office building will be built with a speculative corporate headquarters anchor tenant in mind and will feature open floorplans and theater-style auditoriums. JDavis Architects is designing 1 Center Square and Gensler is the interior designer. North Star Construction Management is the general contractor. Construction is slated to begin this fall, with initial occupancy scheduled for 2022. The project is estimated to cost $100 million.
JENKINTOWN, PA. — A joint venture between Inland Institutional Capital LLC and Charter Realty & Development Corp. has acquired Baederwood Shoppes on the Fairway, a 116,778-square-foot shopping center in Jenkintown, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, for $43.3 million. Whole Foods Market anchors the shopping center with other tenants including Planet Fitness, Panera Bread and Penn Community Bank. Mark Cosenza of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions LLC and Paul Brandes, a principal of Charter, represented the joint venture in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
LEOMINSTER, MASS. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the $16 million sale of The Mall at Whitney Field, a 744,107-square-foot retail center in Leominster, located approximately 42 miles northwest of Boston. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent leased to tenants including Sears, Macy’s JCPenney, Burlington and regional grocer Market Basket. Geoffrey Millerd, Justin Smith and Paul Penman led an NKF team that represented the seller, Colony Capital. Hull Property Group was the buyer.
YORK, PA. — ROCK Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of a 14,138-square-foot industrial property in York, a southern suburb of Harrisburg. Located at 258 West Philadelphia St. at the site of a former steel fabrication facility, the single-tenant building was completed in 1953 and features a 12-foot ceiling height and close access to State Route 30. Ted Turnbull, Jason Turnbull and Kevin Hodge of ROCK Commercial represented the seller, Scott Real Estate Enterprises LLC. The team also procured the buyer, Trombo Enterprises LLC. The sales price was undisclosed.
QUARRYVILLE, PA — ROCK Commercial has brokered the sale of a 17,500-square-foot retail property in Quarryville, located approximately 65 miles west of Philadelphia. Located at 1007 Lancaster Pike, the property includes a main retail building sized at approximately 15,000 square feet and a small warehouse sized at approximately 2,500 square feet. Jason Turnbull and Heather Kreiger of ROCK represented the seller, CCC Real Estate Holding Co. LLC, in the transaction. Drumore Holdings LLC was the buyer. The sales price was undisclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — Norvin Healthcare has acquired 3 Crescent Drive, a 96,000-square-foot medical building in Philadelphia. The property is 100 percent leased to Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc. and stands at the gateway of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The 1,200-acre Navy Yard houses more than 165 businesses, including the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Liberty Property Trust was the seller.