Sale of Pennsylvania grocery-anchored retail center closes

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 2022 – JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the sale of Kendig Square, a 186,749-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located in Willow Street, Pennsylvania. The 95-percent-occupied property is anchored by Weis Markets, a dominant grocer in Central Pennsylvania with over 30 years of tenure at the property.

JLL represented the seller, Northpath Investments, and Triple Bar Properties, Incorporated acquired the asset.

Built in 1991, Kendig Square’s additional tenants include Rite Aid, Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, PNC, UPS Dollar General and more with average weighted occupancy tenure of over 15 years.

Located at 2600 Willow Street Pike, the property offers direct access to Routes 30, 222, 283 and I-76 (PA Turnpike). The center also benefits from the over 130,000 people and average household income of almost $75,000 within 5 miles, receiving approximately 1.9M visits annually.

The JLL Retail Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory team that represented the seller was led by Senior Managing Directors Christopher Munley and Jim Galbally, Senior Director Colin Behr and Associate James Graf.

“The Northpath and Staenberg teams did an excellent job creating a dynamic shopping center built to sustain long-term success through an effective leasing and development business plan initiated at acquisition,” said Munley.

“Throughout the country, we continue to see very strong investor demand for well-positioned grocery anchored shopping centers," said Galbally. “In 2022, we will close 36 grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Greater Philadelphia region.”

“This transaction further highlights the ongoing trend we are seeing with equity pursuing quality, grocery-anchored centers in secondary markets,” added Behr. “It is a testament to how well retail has performed since coming out of COVID.”

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Northpath Investments is a privately held real estate investment firm headquartered in New York City. Northpath is focused on the acquisition, development, redevelopment and management of retail, industrial and office properties in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Northpath has an excellent track record in the ownership and management of real estate assets and seeks to create value for investors, partners, and the communities in which they work and live.

Triple BAR Group is a commercial real estate private equity fund, led by an experienced team of professionals, with a focus on expanding its portfolio by acquiring market-dominate, well-located, grocery-anchored assets along the US East Coast.

As an owner-operator and developer, Triple BAR Group actively manages its portfolio through an in-house team of full-time real estate professionals focused on acquisitions, property/asset management, leasing, finance, accounting, and investor relations.