EASTAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New York City-based developer Rockefeller Group has broken ground on a 345,600-square-foot distribution center in Eastampton Township, located about 30 miles east of Philadelphia. Rockefeller Group Logistics Center Eastampton will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 96 trailer parking spaces, 384 auto parking spaces, 18-foot truck court depths and 4,000 square feet of office space. KSS Architects designed the project, and Menlo Engineering is the civil engineer. Blue Rock Construction is serving as the general contractor, and CBRE has been tapped to lease the development. Completion is slated for next fall.
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ORLANDO, FLA. — Avison Young has brokered the $63.5 million sale of Linden on the GreeneWay, a garden-style, 234-unit apartment community in southeast Orlando. Peter Sherman, Jay Maddox and Rosendo Caveiro of Avison Young arranged the sale. Avison Young also assisted in arranging financing on behalf of the buyer, Beverly Hills-based Cores Management Inc. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented seller, Norfolk, Va.-based Harbor Group Management. Built in 2017, Linden on the GreeneWay offers studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The apartments feature nine-foot ceilings, full-size washers/dryers and private patios/balconies. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, two-story clubhouse with a fitness center, modern resident lounge, pet park and outdoor covered seating with a fireplace. The property was 96 percent occupied at closing. Located at 13000 Breaking Dawn Drive on 11.7 acres, Linden on the GreeneWay is situated 8.8 miles from Orlando International Airport and 13.9 miles from Walt Disney World Resort. The property is also close to major highways such as State Route 417 and the Florida Turnpike.
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Larken Associates is underway on preliminary site work for Flemington Junction Business Park, a 150,000-square-foot industrial project in Northern New Jersey. The project will comprise four buildings on a 29-acre site that is located just one mile from U.S. Route 31. Building features will include clear heights of 32 feet and LED lighting, while the entire complex will feature 270 car parking spaces. Larken Associates’ in-house construction management team, Core Enterprises, is overseeing development of the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter 2022 delivery.
SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Newmark has arranged the $29.3 million sale of Springfield Corporate Center, a five-story, 138,830-square-foot office building in Springfield. A joint venture between metro Washington, D.C.-based Artemis Real Estate Partners and Washington, D.C.-based MRP Realty sold the property to BGP Enterprises, a Springfield-based commercial real estate investment company. James Cassidy and Jud Ryan of Newmark represented the sellers in the transaction. Springfield Corporate Center was 84 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including federal government contractors including Computer Systems Center Inc. (CSCI), Novetta Solutions and Volkert. Built in 1988, Springfield Corporate Center underwent a $2.7 million capital improvement project in 2014 and 2015 that included main lobby renovations, a new fitness center, restroom renovations and cooling tower replacement. Located at 6225 Brandon Ave., Springfield Corporate Center is situated 13.9 miles from Washington, D.C. The property is also located near Interstates 95, 495 and 395. The Springfield area includes tenants such as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at a new $1.7 billion, 2.1-million-square-foot headquarters building at Fort Belvoir North. Just two miles from Springfield Corporate Center, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) relocated to a new 625,000-square-foot headquarters building.
WEYMOUTH, MASS. — Monarch Communities has begun construction of Monarch Senior Residence, a 165-unit seniors housing community located in the South Shore city of Weymouth. The community will feature 91 independent living units, 48 assisted living residences and 26 memory care apartments. PROCON, an architectural and construction management firm based in Hooksett, New Hampshire, is the design-build contractor partner for the project. The opening is currently scheduled for summer 2023.
PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $17.7 million construction loan for a 72-unit multifamily project that will be located near Temple University in Philadelphia. The property will feature an average unit size of 881 square feet and will also house 16,339 square feet of retail space. Additional development details, including the name of the borrower, were not disclosed. Felix Gutnikov, David Perlman, Andrew Kim and Jonathan Hart led the transaction for Thorofare Capital.
RAMSEY, N.J. — New York City-based Ready Capital has closed a $12.5 million loan for the acquisition and renovation of an unnamed, 92,000-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Ramsey. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan was structured with a floating interest rate, 36-month term, two extension options and a facility for funding future capital improvements. The undisclosed sponsor plans to implement a value-add program.
CHICAGO — Mark Goodman & Associates Inc. has received final approval from the Chicago City Council to build a 16-story life sciences development at 400 N. Elizabeth St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. The project is expected to bring 1,350 high-tech jobs to the city. The ground-up building will be situated on the site of the former Lakeshore Beverage distributorship. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the 492,000-square-foot project will include life sciences, biotechnology laboratory and office space. There will be 123 underground parking spaces, a fitness center and a ground-level café. The developer will also build a pedestrian throughway that will connect Elizabeth and Kinzie streets to Ogden Avenue. A timeline for completion was not provided.
CHICAGO — Bradley Business Center, an office and industrial complex on Chicago’s North Side, has traded hands. The sales price was nearly $100 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The 23-acre property consists of four buildings totaling 466,871 square feet. The asset is 97 percent leased to 21 tenants. Cody Hundertmark, Tom Sitz, David Knapp, Mike Tenteris, Adam Tyler and Jim Carpenter of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a private venture led by Hansen Realty Group. Hines Global Income Trust Inc. was the buyer.
LOCKPORT, ILL. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of 355 Logistics Center in Lockport, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. Constructed in 2018, the two-building industrial development spans 611,576 square feet. Both buildings feature a clear height of 32 feet. James Carpenter, Mike Tenteris and Adam Tyler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Boston-based High Street Logistics Properties. A fund managed by a subsidiary of Ares Management Corp. was the buyer.