When InterPark Holdings put 4700 Island Ave. in Philadelphia up for sale, the company had decided the property’s future lay beyond serving as off-site parking for those flying in and out of Philadelphia International Airport. The 271,000-square-foot building on nearly 19 acres had originally been developed decades ago as a refrigeration facility before InterPark operated… Read more »
Flush with cash from stimulus checks and record savings accrued while social distancing, U.S. households continue to spend at record levels on consumer goods heading into the second half of 2021. This spending splurge is also driving voracious demand for logistics space, pushing Philadelphia’s industrial vacancy rate below 5% for the first time on record… Read more »
Gambone Group has sold a portfolio of 43 of its industrial buildings in Montgomery County for a little more than $210 million, seizing on a market that is pricing warehouse and flex properties at unprecedented levels. MRP Industrial was the buyer in the off-market transaction, according to multiple sources. The properties total 1.4 million square… Read more »
For six decades, residents of one New Jersey town have enjoyed the sweet smell of fresh baked cookies. But on Friday, that’s all about to end. The Nabisco plant in Fair Lawn is closing, and worse than the delightful smell leaving their lives, the shuttering plant is also leaving hundreds of people out of… Read more »
A New Jersey investor has purchased 956 E. Erie Ave., a roughly 800,000-square-foot building on 19 acres in Northeast Philadelphia, with plans to tear down a portion of the existing structure and build 381,200 square feet of new warehouse space on speculation. The goal is to seize on the continued demand for industrial space, particularly… Read more »
Bimbo Bakeries USA has completed a new 71,218 square-foot facility in Conshohocken that will serve as its main distribution center in the Mid-Atlantic for a dozen of the company’s brands such as Sara Lee and Arnold. The building at 100 Academy Drive replaces its former distribution center at 1113 W. Ridge Pike, which was constructed… Read more »
Less than two years after buying a 65,856-square-foot building in Northeast Philadelphia for $4.4 million, Abrams Realty Development has sold it for $9.75 million. The value of the building at 13200 Townsend Road more than doubled, primarily as the result of a new tenant. Earlier this year, Amazon.com Inc. leased the entire structure for one… Read more »
Brandywine Realty Trust is proposing to develop two industrial buildings off of Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia in a move that veers from its focus on developing and owning trophy office buildings. The Philadelphia real estate investment trust wants to build a 338,208-square-foot structure and a companion 330,700-square-foot structure at 15000 Roosevelt Blvd. on 50… Read more »
When Connor Lord first arrived at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in West Deptford Township, he was staggered by the sheer size of the place. After driving through the traffic light to the north of the warehouse, its massive bulk dwarfed everything else in this stretch of suburban South Jersey. “It’s intimidating at first seeing this… Read more »
As Bridge Development Partners begins construction on the second and final phase of Bridge Point 78 in central New Jersey, the real estate company is turning its attention to Philadelphia. The Chicago-based developer, in partnership with DH Property Holdings, landed a lease with TJX Cos. last year for a 283,000-square-foot build-to-suit at 9801 Blue Grass Road in… Read more »
