PHILADELPHIA — J.P. Morgan Chase has provided a $388 million loan for the refinancing of 1500 Market Street, a 1.7 million -square-foot, Class A office complex in Philadelphia. The property comprises two towers that rise 36 and 43 floors and are connected by a three-story atrium. Amenities include a fitness center and direct access to food options, retail and subway lines. The property is also the only office in the Philadelphia CBD with its own subterranean parking garage, offering 450 spots. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub led a Newmark Knight Frank team that arranged the financing in conjunction with David Rosenberg and Mark Silbersher of Walker & Dunlop. A partnership between Nightingale Properties and Wafra Capital Partners is the borrower and landlord of 1500 Market Street.
PHILADELPHIA — Cliffs Climbing + Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot climbing and fitness facility called in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Cliffs at Callow Hill will be located in a single-tenant warehouse at 1010 Callowhill St. and will offer climbing walls with classes and clinics for all skill levels, plus a private yoga studio and a full-scale fitness center. The facility was built by Caledonia Builders Inc. and the climbing walls were built by Walltopia. Michael Gorman and Stephen Carrozza of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented Cliffs in the lease negotiations.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Hotel owner-operator MCR has acquired the 149-room Hampton Inn by Hilton Philadelphia/ King of Prussia, located on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia. The hotel is located at 530 West Dekalb Pike, less than one mile from the King of Prussia Mall. Amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, business center and 600 square feet of meeting and event space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
Office vacancies are falling across the big metros of the Northeast as robust user demand outpaces the supply of new construction. Deliveries in the last year have primarily been limited to Class A, build-to-suit properties and mixed-use developments. Meanwhile, office tenants are seeking high-end amenities at favorable prices. Nationally, the office vacancy rate stood at 16.8 percent in the second quarter, up slightly from 16.6 percent a year ago, according to real estate research firm Reis. Net absorption for the quarter totaled 3.2 million square feet, down from 3.9 million square feet a year ago. The average asking rent was $33.79 per square foot, up 2.2 percent on a year-over-year basis. Approximately 11.1 million square feet of office space was under construction at the end of the second quarter across Philadelphia, New York and Boston, according to CoStar Group. Helped by approximately 8.3 million square feet of absorption in the second quarter, the average vacancy rate across all three markets was 8.1 percent. Rather than undertake costly new ground-up construction projects, many developers are choosing to redevelop existing assets and efficiently incorporate office space into mixed-use projects. Coworking tenants occupied 54.2 million square feet of office space nationally at the …
BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the $8.9 million sale of 130 Monument Road, a 5.2-acre development site in Bala Cynwyd, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The site is zoned and approved for the development of 205 multifamily units with a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, along with a parking garage and a leasing office. Mike Margolis, Dave Dolan, Dave Garonzik and Jeff Mack of NKF represented the seller, Roseland Residential Trust, in the transaction. Woodfield Development of Chevy Chase was the buyer. Further details and the schedule of the construction were undisclosed.
WYNDMOOR, PA. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Wyndmoor Hills, a 180-unit rental continuing care retirement community (CCRC). The community is located on 12 acres in Wyndmoor, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The building totals 214,288 square feet. A regional buyer acquired the property for an undisclosed price with plans to reposition it. Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Dan Mahoney of Blueprint were the lead advisors on the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — Gobrands Inc. has signed two separate leases totaling 7,560 square feet for adjacent buildings in Aramingo Village, a shopping center in Philadelphia. The buildings will house the company’s digital convenience delivery service goPuff, utilizing 6,060 square feet for warehouse and distribution space and 1,500 square feet as a beer retail store. Richard Soloff of Soloff Realty & Development Inc. represented Gobrands in the lease negotiations. Soloff also represented the undisclosed landlord.
LEVITTOWN, PA. — NAI Mertz has secured a 67,000-square-foot office lease for mobile phone accessory manufacturer Ondigo Electronics in Levittown, a southwestern suburb of Trenton. The property is situated within Bristol Industrial Park, which is located at 37 Runway Road and was completed in 1999. Jeff Licht and Adam Lashner of NAI Mertz represented Ondigo in the lease negotiations. The team also represented the landlord, F. Greek Bristol Properties.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — American Real Estate Partners (AREP), Oliver Tyrone Pulver Corp. (OTP) and Partners Group are underway on the development of Seven Tower Bridge, a 260,000-square-foot office building in Conshohocken, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. OTP will lease 4,000 square feet of space in the new building, and asset management firm Hamilton Lane will lease 130,000 square feet. Amenities include walking paths, a 30-mile bike trail and a fitness center. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building, which is slated for delivery in early 2021.
BLUE BELL, PA. —JLL has brokered the $29.1 million sale of the Shops at Blue Bell, a 103,580-square-foot shopping center in Blue Bell, located approximately 15 miles north of Philadelphia. Regional grocer Giant anchors the shopping center, which is 98 percent leased to tenants including Santander Bank, IHOP, Supercuts and nutritional product retailer GNC. James Galbally, Chris Munley and Colin Behr of JLL represented the seller, which was undisclosed. KPR, formerly known as Katz Properties, purchased the asset.