An Irish technology product developer has signed a long-term lease for 50,000 square feet in Wayne, relocating its local office four miles east while reducing its footprint by 38%. TE Connectivity will move into 680 E. Swedesford Road by January 2026, occupying the first two floors of the four-story, 102,000-square-foot building, which is set for… Read more »
A Philadelphia court ruling on Jan. 31 sided with lender TF Cornerstone in the Wanamaker building foreclosure case, eliminating the need for a trial. The decision puts the historic Center City office building on track for auction as TF Cornerstone moves to take control from Rubenstein Partners. The court partially granted TF Cornerstone’s motion for… Read more »
Mark Seltzer, who has leased office space at the Philadelphia Navy Yard since 2006, has never been more optimistic. According to Seltzer, managing director at Ensemble Investments, 2021, 2022, and 2024 were the Navy Yard’s top office leasing years in two decades. Today, only 2,800 square feet remain available in Ensemble’s 300,000-square-foot Navy Yard portfolio…. Read more »
FS Investments is relocating from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to Brandywine Realty Trust’s new $300 million mixed-use tower at 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Schuylkill Yards. The 16-year lease will expand FS’s space by 46%, from 80,000 to 117,000 square feet, across four floors in the 28-story tower. FS plans to move nearly 300… Read more »
A Bucks County medical office park near Oxford Valley Mall and Sesame Place has sold for more than double its 2015 price. Aventura, Florida-based ESJ Capital Partners purchased the 152,310-square-foot, nine-building Oxford Court portfolio in Langhorne for $16 million. The seller, SkyREM of Philadelphia and New York, originally acquired the property for $7.82 million in… Read more »
The 27-story Ten Penn Center office tower in Center City is hitting the market. Owners Sterling Equities and Greenville Partners are listing the 668,000-square-foot building at 1801 Market St. The property, built in 1981 and purchased for $75 million in 2006, was most recently assessed at $122.8 million. It is currently 60% occupied, per CoStar…. Read more »
After two years of foreclosure proceedings with little clarity on Centre Square’s future, the property’s receiver now says a sale is “very likely.” Owners Nightingale Properties and InterVest Capital Partners, formerly Wafra Capital Partners, owe over $375 million on the overdue CMBS loan backing the 1.76 million-square-foot office complex, court records show. Wells Fargo Bank… Read more »
A West Coast firm expanding in Philadelphia has acquired a Navy Yard data center for $16.3 million. Landmark Dividend, an El Segundo, California-based investment firm, purchased the 28,083-square-foot property at 4775 League Island Blvd. from Prologis, which acquired it through its 2020 purchase of Liberty Property Trust. The building is fully leased to TierPoint, a… Read more »
After five years of declining demand, Philadelphia’s office market is showing early signs of stabilization as 2025 begins. While not yet in recovery, recent data indicates a positive shift. For the first time since 2018, annual net absorption—measuring move-ins versus move-outs—has turned positive, with office occupancy rising by 615,000 square feet across the Philadelphia metro… Read more »
American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has secured a four-year extension on its $162.5 million loan for 1600 Market St., safeguarding the property’s financial stability amid office market challenges. The loan, now extended to 2028, involved senior lenders Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking, BlackRock, and mezzanine lender JPMorgan Chase. The 39-story, 825,968-square-foot tower, 70% occupied, was… Read more »
