NEW YORK CITY — SJP Properties and PGIM Real Estate have completed a $15 million renovation project at 470 Park Avenue, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. The multi-year project refreshed the building façade, replaced windows to increase natural lighting, delivered custom buildouts of select suites, upgraded infrastructure, improved sustainability systems and modernized the elevator system. Ownership also added a new tenant lounge and outdoor space for meetings, presentations and conferences and updated the building’s retail space.
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MILLVILLE, N.J. — FunCity Adventure Park, an entertainment concept that features trampolines, laser tag, ropes courses, bumper cars and arcades, will open a 36,500-square-foot venue in the Southern New Jersey community of Millville. The center will be located within Union Lake Crossing, which is anchored by grocer ShopRite, Target and Kohl’s. According to New Jersey Stage, FunCity is backfilling a space formerly occupied by Dick’s Sporting Goods and is targeting a mid-2023 opening. Massachusetts-based advisory firm KeyPoint Partners represented FunCity in its site selection and lease negotiations.
ASHVILLE, OHIO — Brooks Running has signed a 598,754-square-foot industrial lease to occupy an entire building at 10302 Transport St. within the Rickenbacker Logistics Park in Ashville, about five miles south of Columbus. The Seattle-based company, known for its running shoes, will relocate from a nearby facility in the second quarter of next year. The property features a clear height of 40 feet, 18 docks, 60 drive-in doors and parking for 117 trailers. The facility can be expanded up to 1 million square feet. Jim Hazard and Brad Struck of Cresa along with Michael Cantor of Allegro represented the tenant. Dan Wendorf and Brian Marsh of JLL represented the landlord, CT Investors. Rickenbacker Logistics Park spans 382 acres and 5 million square feet.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — UPS Supply Chain Solutions has signed a 210,600-square-foot industrial lease at Hunt Midwest Business Center in Kansas City. An additional 268,000 square feet remain available for lease at the building, which features a clear height of 36 feet, 68 trailer parking spots and 245 car parking stalls. Owner Hunt Midwest plans to break ground on a fifth building at the industrial park in 2023. Additionally, infrastructure improvements will help facilitate the development of a new 135-acre phase of the industrial park that will accommodate buildings ranging in size from 300,000 to 1 million square feet. The improvements will also enable a new north entrance to SubTropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex. Austin Baier and Mike Mitchelson of CBRE represented Hunt Midwest in the lease with UPS.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Shopping destination Easton Town Center has welcomed 10 new retailers and restaurants. Co-developed by L Brands, The Georgetown Co. and Steiner + Associates, Easton Town Center was recently expanded to include an additional 140,000 square feet of entertainment and retail space as well as 125,000 square feet of office space. Here are the highlights of the 10 new tenants: Parachute is a home décor company that operates more than 20 retail stores nationwide. Easton is the first Ohio store for the brand. Amazon Style has opened its second store in the U.S. following its first in Los Angeles. Shoppers can utilize the Amazon Shopping app during their in-store experience. FREEBIRD is a luxury handmade footwear brand known for its boots. This is the first store in Ohio for the brand. Bridal store Vow’d has also opened its first location in Ohio. Garage sells women’s apparel, particularly denim and cargo bottoms. Clean Origin, which exclusively sells lab-grown diamonds, has opened its first store in Ohio. Dos Hermanos has opened its first standalone location in Columbus. The Mexican restaurant also offers cooking classes. Pacas has opened its first brick-and-mortar location. The company sells alpaca fleece socks as well as …
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a 35-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood for $2.7 million. Built in the late 1920s, the property is located at 5550 W. North Ave. and features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units as well as ground-floor retail space. The building has undergone renovations within the past 10 years. Lucas Fryman, Ted Stratman and Sam Gutierrez of Interra represented the seller, New York-based real estate investment group Raskin Risers. The group also represented the buyer, a local real estate investor and manager that plans to make modest upgrades to the property.
LENEXA, KAN. — Goldfish Swim School and Blush Bootcamp have opened at the Lenexa Point shopping center in Lenexa. Goldfish Swim School, which occupies 9,081 square feet, is an indoor swim instruction facility for children ages 4 months old to 12 years. The Lenexa location is the second in the Kansas City market for Goldfish Swim School, which operates more than 175 locations in North America. Blush Bootcamp occupies 4,928 square feet and is a women-only fitness center owned by Brian and Rita Haaraoja. This location is one of 25 in eight different states. An additional 13 sites are scheduled to open soon. Goldfish Swim School and Blush Bootcamp join Sprouts and Urban Air Adventure Park at the now fully leased shopping center owned by Copaken Brooks.
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — PNC Bank has signed a 26,117-square-foot office lease at Overlook Corporate Center in the Northern New Jersey community of Little Falls. The tenant, which signed an 11-year lease, is relocating from nearby 1 Garret Mountain Plaza. Frank Recine, Derek DeMartino and Nicolas DeCotiis of JLL represented the landlord, Theta Holding Co., in the lease negotiations. David Simson, Jeff Schotz and Peter Kasparian of Newmark represented PNC Bank.
JLL Arranges $290M Construction Loan for Life Sciences Project in Philadelphia’s University City Neighborhood
by Jeff Shaw
PHILADELPHIA — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $290 million construction loan for project partners Gattuso Development Partners and Vigilant Holdings of New York to build a new research facility and life sciences development in the heart of Philadelphia’s University City submarket. The development will be the largest life sciences research and lab facility in the city, according to JLL. Located at 3201 Cuthbert St., the 11-story development features 519,647 square feet of wet lab and dry space, 11,908 square feet of street-level retail space and 137 underground parking stalls. SmartLabs and Drexel University have preleased 45 percent of the lab space. This will be SmartLab’s first location in a market outside of San Francisco or Boston. Infrastructure will include lab-friendly column spacing, expanded floor-to-floor heights, an HVAC system designed specifically for lab research, best-practice chemical storage space and ph neutralization capability, and six enclosed loading docks. Robert A.M. Stern Architects designed the property to meet LEED Gold certification. University City spans 2.4 square miles and is home to one of the largest concentrations of health systems, teaching institutions, life sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the world. “We believe the project validates Philadelphia’s emergence as a global hub for …
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. — JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors has arranged the sale of Versol, a 240-unit multifamily property located in Bonita Springs. TerraCap Management sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $87.3 million. Sitting on 27.4 acres, the community features amenities including a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, outdoor kitchen, bocce ball court, Amazon Hub package lockers, and storage units and garages for rent.