Connecticut firm buys 2 industrial buildings in Northeast Philadelphia for $25M

Wharton Industrial Expands Philly Area

An investment group led by a Connecticut real estate firm has paid $25 million for 1771 Tomlinson Road and 11500 Roosevelt Blvd., two expansive industrial properties in Northeast Philadelphia. 

With this off-market acquisition, Brickman of Greenwich now controls 960,480 square feet on a total of 54.43 acres across three properties in Northeast Philadelphia that are within close proximity of each other. 

Last September, a separate Brickman investment group paid $33.39 million for 11200 Roosevelt Blvd., a 454,353-square-foot industrial building on 26 acres. In the most recent acquisition, the property at 11500 Roosevelt totals 298,627 square feet on 12.88 acres. The building was developed in 1965. The other property at 1771 Tomlinson totals 207,500 square feet on 15.25 acres. It was also built in 1965 and had formerly been occupied by Fisher Auto Parts. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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WCRE Completes Warehouse Lease in Upper Providence Township, PA

WCRE is proud to have exclusively represented CE Craft, LLC, in the leasing of 7,000 square feet of warehouse and industrial production space located at the 422 Business Center from Suburban Management Company.

CE Craft design, manufacture and distribute custom candles for both end consumers and businesses. CE Craft designs custom scents and creative labels that can be customized to reflect a company’s brand, or for friends and families.  CE Craft also has a ready main line of creatively named candles with distinct scents.

CE Craft selected 422 Business Center given they had the perfect warehouse space, with 2 dock high doors and 18’ clear. In addition, the space features a well-appointed office for their label design, printing, and administrative needs.

422 Business Center is conveniently located, has a host of amenities, and provides direct access to 422, not far from the interchange of the Valley Forge interchange of the PA Turnpike, I-76, and Route 202.

This transaction adds to WCRE’s growing number of industrial and warehouse distribution transactions in the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey region.

Todd Monahan, Executive Vice President and Managing Director at WCRE represented the tenant in this transaction.

Boston real estate firm continues Philadelphia-area expansion, spends $44M on two industrial properties

Wharton Industrial Expands Philly Area

NorthBridge Partners has spent nearly $44 million to add two more industrial properties to its growing footprint in the Philadelphia area. 

Entities affiliated with the Boston real estate company paid $22 million for 2828 Charter Road, a 248,000-square-foot building on 19 acres in Northeast Philadelphia, and $21.8 million for 1050 Wheeler Way, a 110,000-square-foot building on 10 acres in Langhorne, according to property records. A representative from the company couldn’t be reached for comment. 

Bridge Industrial proposes project at former Philadelphia Coke Company site in Bridesburg

Bridge Industrial plans to build nearly 900,000 square feet of industrial space in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia, continuing an established trend of developers expanding into the city. 

The Chicago-based developer is scheduled to go before Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review Committee on Feb. 1. Bridge Industrial is proposing 889,312 square feet at 4501 Richmond St. The property is zoned industrial and the project is designed to comply with the underlying industrial zoning, making it a by-right plan. 

Over the next five years, a total of 35 new buildings with a combined 15.4 million square feet are expected to be added to the Northeast Philadelphia industrial market, swelling its size to more than 90 million square feet, according to Avison Young data. The development of 4501 Richmond will contribute to that increase. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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From industrial markets to the Navy Yard, EQT Exeter’s Ward Fitzgerald tells it like he sees it

Since 2006, Ward Fitzgerald has overseen the growth of Conshohocken-based Exeter Property Group into EQT Exeter, a global real estate company focused on industrial real estate though it also dabbles in residential, office and life sciences space. The company was formed last year after Exeter Property Group sold to Stockholm private equity firm EQT AB in a $1.9 billion deal.

Fitzgerald, who was with Liberty Property Trust prior to forming Exeter, has had a front-row seat to Philadelphia’s real estate scene and, as CEO of EQT Exeter, a first-hand view from a national and international perspective. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Bucks, South Jersey buildings part of $423.5M recapitalization of industrial portfolio

A South Jersey building used as a distribution center for Rite Aid Corp. and a Bucks County building leased by AstraZeneca is among six Philadelphia-area properties that are part of a 58-building industrial portfolio recapitalized for $423.5 million. 

Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston real estate investment firm, owns a portfolio that totals 3.96 million square feet and, in addition to Philadelphia region, the buildings are located in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston. MetLife refinanced the portfolio. 

Taurus bought the properties in 2020 and they are 95% occupied with 109 tenants. The six Philadelphia properties total 431,469 square feet and are 100% occupied. They are located in two of the region’s highly sought-after industrial markets of Bucks County and South Jersey. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Spate of sales closes out another record year for Philadelphia industrial market

Wharton Industrial Expands Philly Area

Two year-end acquisitions of several Northeast Philadelphia properties that totaled $45 million contributed to the region having another record year in industrial sales with $3.24 billion warehouse-distribution properties trading. 

Faropoint picked up two buildings totaling nearly 275,000 square feet. The properties included 327 Chew Ave., a 170,390-square-foot building in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, and a 104,500-square-foot building at 1211 Ford Road in the Bridgewater Industrial Park in Bensalem.

Greek Development separately bought six buildings totaling 173,128 square feet on 15 acres. The acquisition adds to Greek’s presence in the area. It bought last June a nearby 305,706-square-foot industrial building at 2121 Wheatsheaf Lane.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Amazon-leased warehouse in North Philadelphia sells for over three times the last trading price in 2020

A newly renovated industrial building in North Philadelphia leased by Amazon.com Inc. has been acquired for nearly $28 million, more than three times the amount it sold for in 2020.

Irvine, California-based LBA Realty purchased 700 Ramona Ave. from SBG Real Estate LLC.

The 17.5-acre property is fully leased by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and includes a 98,652-square-foot warehouse as well as parking for 352 vans needed for same-day delivery of its products. The sale of the building breaks down to $283 per square foot.

At the time of SBG’s purchase of 700 Ramona in April 2020, the property sat vacant and spanned two buildings totaling 330,000 square feet. Amazon signed a lease for the 98,652-square-foot space in 2021 and its parking requirement pushed the developer to forgo renovations to the second building and instead raze it to meet Amazon’s heavy parking requirement.

Amazon’s lease at 700 Ramona once again underscores the impact the online retail giant is having on the value of industrial real estate. Amazon holds a 10-year lease on the property valued at nearly $12 million, according to Lee & Associates of Eastern Pennsylvania, which brokered the recent sale of the building.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal 

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As development marches northward, COFCO sells North American Street building for $8.75M

COFCO has sold its 64,000-square-foot warehouse that also served as its corporate headquarters and showroom at 2200 N. American St. in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia for $8.75 million. 

The corporate office furnishings dealer bought the building in the fall of 1999 for $1.5 million. Brick Capital Real Estate Development, a Philadelphia developer of multifamily properties, purchased the property that spans an entire block. 

“It was not on the market but after the sixth time I said no, I was given an offer I couldn’t turn down,” said Joan Waters, CEO at COFCO. “To be honest, the neighborhood continues to turn residential and it is no longer just an industrial corridor. It makes me very sad to see what has happened to the area and once we received the unbelievably high offer it just made sense to sell.”

Waters saw the shift coming more than five years ago and it worried her.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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2021 in Review: A dizzying year for the Greater Philadelphia industrial real estate market

In December 2020, DH Property Holdings bought 67 acres at 5000 Richmond St. in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia and is now ready to move forward with a $120 million speculative development of two large warehouse-distribution buildings. 

One building will total 348,000 square feet and the other 411,0000 square feet, joining upwards of 15 million square feet of industrial development in various stages in Northeast Philadelphia and nearby neighborhoods. 

“We are strong believers in the urban infill market for logistics distribution facilities,” said Dov Hertz, founder and principal of DH Property. “We think our location at 5000 Richmond is, if not the best, one of the best locations in the market.”

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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