PITTSBURGH — Dollar Bank, a regional lender serving Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, has signed a 76,000-square-foot lease for its new office headquarters in Pittsburgh. The company will relocate from Gateway Center to a building located at 20 Stanwix St., which offers amenities such as a fitness center, conferencing facility and indoor and outdoor tenant lounges. Under the terms of the 16-year lease, Dollar Bank will occupy four floors and a ground-floor reception suite beginning in the first quarter of next year.
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ALLENTOWN, PA. — NAI Summit has negotiated an 8,400-square-foot, long-term industrial lease at 1032-1036 N. Irving St. in Allentown. The property recently received more than $100,000 in capital improvements and now houses an office and a showroom in addition to warehouse space. Jay Haines of NAI Summit represented the tenant, JJC Flooring LLC, and the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations.
HARRISBURG, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 4,495-square-foot retail property net leased to Panera Bread in Harrisburg. The store is located on an outparcel of High Point Commons, a 324,000-square-foot power center that houses retailers such as Orangetheory Fitness, Petco and Verizon Wireless. Jim Shiebler, James Garner and James Medefind of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap also assisted with the deal.
SACRAMENTO — RevOZ Capital has formed a joint venture with Argosy Real Estate Partners to purchase a 127,000-square-foot office property located at 660 J St. in downtown Sacramento. SG Downtown LLC, an affiliate of the Sacramento Kings ownership group, sold the building for an undisclosed price. The joint venture plans to rehabilitate and re-image the four-story building into a mix of office and retail space to complement the recently completed Downtown Commons (DoCo) sports and entertainment district. Renovation plans include redesigning the building to LEED-certification standards, re-skinning the building’s exterior, recreating a lobby, adding on-site amenities, creating new outdoor space, updating restrooms and modernizing building systems. LPA is serving as architect and Cushman & Wakefield will market the property upon completion in late 2021.
KAYSVILLE, UTAH — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) has acquired Access Park, an industrial campus in Kaysville and the company’s first acquisition in Utah. Access Park LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 505 N. Kays Drive within Kaysville Business Park, Access Park features a total of 212,950 square feet of Class A industrial space spread across three fully occupied buildings. The park includes two newly built, 69,101-square-foot distribution buildings and one 74,784-square-foot industrial and manufacturing building. The facilities offer clear heights ranging from 22 feet to 32 feet and a total of 74 dock-high and ground-level doors. LPC Desert West will manage Access Park as part of its more than 7 million-square-foot regional management portfolio. Kip Paul, Rhett Bue and Jorgi Paul of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
Lancaster Pollard Provides $33M Fannie Mae Refinancing for Seniors Housing Asset in Honolulu
by Amy Works
HONOLULU — Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Co. has provided a $33 million refinancing for The Plaza at Punchbowl, a seniors housing community in Honolulu. Built in 2003 and renovated in 2017, The Plaza at Punchbowl is a Class A facility that features 68 independent living units, 20 assisted living units and 20 memory care units. It is one of six seniors housing communities that The Plaza Assisted Living operates in Hawaii. The borrower is MW Group. The Fannie Mae loan features a 10-year term and five years of interest-only payments. The Plaza at Punchbowl is located on the slopes of Punchbowl Crater, an extinct volcanic tuff cone located in the heart of the city. The Punchbowl Crater is known for being home to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, a U.S. armed services memorial that draws millions of visitors each year.
CORNING, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Spring Mountain, a multifamily property located at 240 Edith Ave. in Corning. A Southern California-based private investment group sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $14.4 million. Alex Mogharebi and Otto Ozen of TMG represented the seller in the deal. Built in 1986, Spring Mountain features 184 apartments spread across 15 buildings, totaling 174,972 square feet of rentable space. The property offers a resort-style swimming pool, clubhouse with a full kitchen, outdoor barbecue and entertainment area, leasing center, business center, fitness center, and mix of covered and surface parking.
VERNON, CALIF. — Crown Poly, a Southern California-based producer of sustainable bagging solutions, has purchased a warehouse building in Vernon, a suburb five miles south of Los Angeles. Katie K, a private manufacturer of apparel, sold the facility for $13.7 million. Located at 5601 Bickett St., the 47,744-square-foot, single-tenant property features 26-foot clear heights, five exterior docks, two drive-in doors and 9,000 square feet of office space. The property was constructed in 2002. Kevin Kim of Coldwell Banker Commercial JM Properties represented the seller in the transaction.
Lenders are Slow Out of the Gate as Central Florida Retail Market Begins Recovery, Says Webinar Panel
by Alex Tostado
Commercial real estate lenders have remained timid as retail businesses in the Central Florida market navigate how to operate successfully during the COVID-19 crisis. As of this writing, Orange County had the 23rd most cases by county in the United States with 36,400 positive coronavirus cases and 378 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The metro Orlando county is currently in Phase II of the Sunshine State’s reopening plan, which includes allowing restaurants to bump up capacity from 50 percent in Phase I to now 75 percent; retailers can operate at full capacity; fitness centers can operate at 50 percent capacity; and bars can operate at 50 percent of standing room capacity. Phase II for most of the state’s counties went into effect June 5. While residents and businesses have begun the process of returning to pre-pandemic shopping norms, Chuck Whittall, president of Unicorp National Developments, said banks are still cautious. “There is a lot of fear on the credit side of the world,” said Whittall. “We experienced it after 9/11, in 2009 and we are experiencing it again now.” Orlando-based Unicorp broke ground last month on O-Town West, a $1 billion mixed-use development along Interstate 4 and three …
Ball Corp. to Purchase Pennsylvania Plant, Retrofit into Beverage Packaging Facility for $360M
by Alex Tostado
JENKINS TOWNSHIP, PA. — Ball Corp. plans to invest $360 million to acquire Interstate Distribution Center in Jenkins Township and retrofit the facility as an aluminum beverage packaging plant. The asset comprises nearly 1.1 million square feet and Ball will employ 230 employees at the plant when it begins production, which is slated for mid-2021. According to local newspaper Times Leader, the property is located at 140 Industrial Drive, between Interstates 81 and 476 and eight miles north of downtown Wilkes-Barre. Endurance Real Estate Group built the asset in 2019. The property features 40-foot clear heights, 108 loading docks, two drive-in doors, 421 car parking spaces and 129 trailer parking spaces. “Ball Corp. has a longstanding presence in the international marketplace, and Pennsylvania is pleased with the company’s commitment to expand its manufacturing facilities in the northeast,” says Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. The project will generate more than $16 million in new employment payroll annually, according to the governor’s office. The state’s Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) offered up to $2 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project (RACP) funding to be distributed upon the creation of the new jobs, as well as $400,000 in funding for workforce development …