TESCO owner Tom Lawton worried about the possibilities. If the building that housed his company was sold, the buyer could force it to move. So Lawton took control. TESCO bought Grundy Commons, its home since 1987, in November. The company paid just under $13.4 million for the four-building property in Bristol, according to public records…. Read more »
Fast-growing Velocity Venture Partners has purchased the 468,000-square-foot Yeadon Industrial Center in Delaware County for $41.75 million. Velocity plans to spend an additional $8 million on capital improvements to upgrade the complex and raise rents to market rates, co-founder Zach Moore said. “It’s not very often we get the opportunity to buy a building of that… Read more »
Two newly constructed industrial buildings in Eddystone have been purchased for $239.4 million, highlighting the continued demand among investors for local warehouses. The sale comes as both buildings — totaling 770,000 square feet — sit vacant as their new owner searches for potential tenants. The 64-acre site, known as Delco Logistics Center, was developed and… Read more »
Wharton Industrial continues to expand its Philadelphia-area holdings, buying a pair of fully leased warehouses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey totaling 325,000 square feet. The properties are at 9130 Griffith Morgan Lane in Pennsauken and 5 East Pointe Drive in the Berks County town of Birdsboro. Both deals involve sale-leasebacks. The 189,498-square-foot warehouse in Pennsauken… Read more »
An 11.4-acre industrial property in Southwest Philadelphia near the planned Bellwether District was recently purchased for $35 million by an entity affiliated with Hilco Redevelopment Partners, the company behind the ambitious project. The nearly 70,000-square-foot warehouse at 1600 S. Warfield St. sits just north of the edge of the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery site,… Read more »
A California vitamin manufacturer is expanding in Northeast Philadelphia, leasing a 180,171-square-foot distribution center currently occupied by TJX Cos. International Vitamin Corp. is moving into 2801 Red Lion Road in the first quarter of 2023, growing from the roughly 110,000 square feet it currently occupies nearby at 10101 Roosevelt Blvd. The company will occupy the… Read more »
DH Property Holdings has paid $24 million for 200 Pattison Ave., a fully-occupied, 96,000-square-foot warehouse in South Philadelphia. The New York real estate company bought the property from Ivy Holdings, which had acquired the cold storage facility in 2019 for $7.2 million. The recent sale reflects a 233% increase over 2019. Prior to that, the… Read more »
The Oldies.com building, a highly visible property from the Blue Route when headed south and known for its moniker emblazoned across the structure, has been put up for sale. The owner of the 52,000-square-foot building at 60 Portland Road in West Conshohocken has decided the company no longer needs as much space to distribute the… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
