www.marejournal.com P ennsylvania S potlight S outheastern Buchwald and Henn secures loan on behalf of Contrarian Capital Management Mission Capital arranges $16.5 million in bridge financing for Valley Square in Blue Bell, PA M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal — Southeastern Pennsylvania — April 15 - 28, 2016 — 3C
B LUE BELL, PA — Mi ss i on Capi ta l Advisors announced that its Debt & Equity Fi- nance team arranged a $16.5 million bridge loan for Val- ley Square, a five-building, 289,194 s/f office complex located at 512 Township Line Rd. in Blue Bell. The Mis- sion Capital team of Steven Buchwald and Lexington Henn arranged the loan on behalf of Contrarian Capi- tal Management , a Connect- icut-based investment firm (“Contrarian”). After acquiring the complex in 2013 for only $8.5 mil- lion, Contrarian and operat- ing partner Corvest Realty Group implemented millions of dollars of capital improve-
ments at the property and substantially leased many of the upgraded buildings. “Because Valley Square was acquired at such a low basis, the property has a competitive advantage, as it provides a value alternative for office ten- ants looking for space in the submarket,” Buchwald said. “The sponsor has successfully repositioned the property, re- sulting in great leasing veloc- ity and momentum.” Originally constructed in 1983, Valley Square is located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County, 20 min- utes northwest of Philadel- phia. The property provides easy access to the PA Tpke. and other major thorough- fares. n
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TCC & Clarion Partners acquire 90 acre site and begins construction on new industrial trade center in Lower Nazareth
LOWER NAZARETH, PA — Joint venture partners Trammell Crow Company
and Clarion Partners , a real estate investment m a n a g e r , announced the acqui - sition of a 90-acre site
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located at 4815 Hanoverville Rd. in Lower Nazareth for the development of Leigh Valley Trade Center. Construction on the project will commence later this month on two class A speculative warehouse/ distribution buildings total- ing more than 1.2 million s/f. Clarion Partners has ac- quired the property on behalf of a commingled fund that it manages. “This project benefits great- ly from its strategic location on the east side of the Lehigh Valley industrial market, with close proximity to a deep, high quality labor force as well as immediate access to what is perhaps the most im- portant transportation infra- structure on the east coast,” said Andrew Mele , manag- ing director with Trammell
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Zingaro , VP with Clarion Partners. “This market has all the fundamentals to sup- port a project of this size and quality; demand for class A industrial space in the Lehigh Valley remains very strong across a variety of size ranges. The flexible, two- building design will allow us
to see a diverse mix of tenant requirements.” The project’s location along Rte. 22 in the Lehigh Valley provides immediate access to I-78 and I-476. The exist- ing highway infrastructure allows users to easily reach NY, Philadelphia and the rest of the Northeast. n
Crow Company’s NE Metro Business Unit. “TCC has a long history of delivering institutional quality, class A industrial real estate in the Valley and we look forward to starting this new project.” Building A will comprise 947,000 s/f with cross-dock loading, 36-foot clear height,
capacity for over 240 loading dock doors and car and trailer parking ratios that are well above current market stan- dards. Building B will total 297,000 s/f with rear loading and 32-foot clear height. “This is our third specula- tive industrial project with TCC in this area,” said Joe
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