The new home of SAGE Build-Design – PHOTO/PROVIDED
SAGE Build-Design Inc. recently bought a Victorian-style building at 5740 Lower Macungie Road.
SAGE, a commercial construction management company with a portfolio of work across many industries and specialties, completed the interior renovations are now occupy approximately half of the 4,875-square-foot building, according to NAI Summit. The other half, with private entrance, is available for lease.
The sale was executed by NAI Summit’s Mike Adams, senior vice president, and Sarah Finney Miller, vice president, who represented the buyer and seller. The sale price was not disclosed.
SAGE has engaged NAI Summit as their leasing agent for the 2,000 square feet that they will not occupy.
Grand opening of the Mission Autism Clinic Bethlehem location, July 2022 – Photo by Mission Autism Clinics
Mission Autism Clinics, an Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy provider for children and young adults with autism, is expanding operations in The Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg.
Sarah Finney Miller
NAI Summit said Tuesday Mission Autism Clinics opened in Bethlehem in July and will open in Allentown and Harrisburg by the end of the year.
NAI Summit Vice President Sarah Finney Miller negotiated all three leases totaling about 35,000 square feet. NAI Summit has worked with Mission Autism Clinics to open six locations in the state. The company will have 10 sites when the Allentown and Harrisburg locations open, NAI Summit said.
“I’m honored to work with the team at Mission Autism Clinics and to be part of their expanding vision”, said Finney Miller. “Their goal is to make quality ABA Therapy services more accessible to families in the region and provide tailored therapy that nurtures a child’s independence.”
Mission Autism Clinics is open at 1510 Valley Center Parkway in Bethlehem. The organization will open at 7350 Tilghman Street in Allentown, and 2550 Interstate Drive in Harrisburg by the end of the year.
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers leased space in Lehigh Valley Business Center –
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers have leased space at 2440 Brodhead Road in Bethlehem.
Allentown-based NAI Summit’s Mike Adams and Sarah Finney Miller executed the lease for approximately 4,200 square feet in Lehigh Valley Business Center to the bookseller.
The team represented the landlord in the transaction. According to the BN College Booksellers website, they are a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble Education and one of the largest operators of college bookstores in the United States, NAI Summit said.
BN College Booksellers will utilize the space for the storage and distribution of college textbooks.
Earlier this year, Adams and Finney Miller represented the seller in the sale of 2440 Brodhead Road and upon completion listed the property for lease on behalf of the buyer/landlord, CSG PA Brodhead LLC. With the leasing of the space to Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, only 2,650 square feet of office space remains.
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers of the Lehigh Valley has leased space at 1146 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown – PHOTO/PROVIDED
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers of the Lehigh Valley has leased a first-floor suite at 1146 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown.
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The 1,850-square-foot space, negotiated by Mark Magasich of NAI Summit, will be the first of three locations FYZICAL LV plans to open in Lehigh Valley, NAI Summit said.
FYZICAL LV will join other health care tenants, Comprehensive Pain Centers and Personalized Longevity Medical Center, at the multi-tenanted office building centrally located in Allentown and within proximity to Lehigh Valley Hospital.
With more than 470 centers across 45 states, FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers offers a holistic approach to wellness, FYZICAL said. FYZICAL not only helps clients recover from injuries and surgeries but also helps them achieve better overall health and wellness.
With its Balance Therapy Program, FYZICAL clinics are equipped with NASA-developed technology to help treat the vast and complex range of issues that can cause balance disorders, the company said.
“We are thrilled to bring FYZICAL’s innovative and comprehensive wellness treatments to the Lehigh Valley,” said Christopher Orlando, FYZICAL LV’s founder and CEO. “This is a great community to serve, and we couldn’t be more excited to get started. We’re very grateful to Mark and NAI Summit for their deep knowledge and expertise with the Lehigh Valley office and retail markets, which allowed us to secure an excellent location for our company’s inaugural clinic.”
196 Commercial Blvd., Blakeslee, Monroe County – PHOTO/PROVIDED –
NAI Summit of Allentown has executed a lease for a 52,800-square-foot industrial warehouse in Blakeslee, Monroe County.
The brokerage team of Mike Adams, senior vice president, and Sarah Finney Miller, vice president, who represented both the landlord, 196 Commercial LLC, and the tenant, Ally Global Logistics, closed the deal on the warehouse at 196 Commercial Boulevard.
Ally Global Logistics is an international transportation specialist in freight and expedited shipping.
“The location of the property near Interstate 80 will enhance Ally Global Logistics’ presence and coverage in the US Northeast,” said Adams.
With the signing of this lease, the property is now fully leased.
The Shops at Bethlehem, formerly Easton Commons, is undergoing renovations. PHOTO/PROVIDED –
The Shops at Bethlehem, formerly Easton Commons, is undergoing renovations by property managers, NAI Summit.
The company said it has plans to expand on the newly renovated 166,000-square-foot GIANT Foods, the anchor of the center.
“We felt the name of the shopping center should be more representative of the community it serves, and we are taking a strategic approach to identifying the needs of the local residents,” said Sarah Finney Miller, vice president at NAI Summit.
The building renovations, which will be completed this summer, include façade updates, new lighting fixtures, new column structures, enhanced signage, and more.
The shopping center is filling up quickly, Miller said. GIANT Foods has renewed its long-term commitment to the center and modernized the interior of its store.
Local real estate developer, Posh Properties, recently secured the retail pad site along Easton Avenue where a nationally recognized coffee franchise with a drive thru will be constructed at the center’s northeast entrance.
New leases have been signed with Pennsylvania-based Active Learning Centers which plans to open an 11,250-square-foot childcare center, and local furniture and home furnishings company, Dave’s Department Store, in an 18,000-square-foot space.
“Our goal has been to attract a wide variety of businesses that will serve the local community,” said Jennifer Kennedy, associate broker, NAI Summit. “The 33,000-square-foot junior anchor space is currently on the market and is available for possession in November 2022. The space has a 25-foot clear height and has a dock high loading door.
“With industrial and flex space in demand, and Lehigh Valley inventory low, this space could work extremely well for a company in need of warehouse space to supplement its wholesale or retail operation,” she said. “Other uses that would complement the tenant mix include home improvement, appliance, entertainment, and healthcare.”
Other tenants at the center include MAXX Fitness Center, Dairy Queen, Unity Bank, Vic’s Bagels, Sports Clips, Allstate Insurance, and more.
With the center more than 95% occupied, only one inline space and one second generation restaurant space remain available for lease.
The former Louie’s Restaurant off Lehigh Street in Allentown has been purchased by a used car dealer. PHOTO/SUBMITTED –
From cuisine to cars — the former Louie’s restaurant off Lehigh Street in Allentown has been purchased by a company that sells used cars.
The once popular Italian restaurant, owned by Louie Belletieri, had been located in the 4,100-square-foot space at 2071 SW 31st St. in Allentown for several years after moving from a smaller downtown location where it had been for decades. Belletieri, who did not own the building, closed the restaurant late last year after plans to move to a space in Emmaus fell through.
Before Louie’s a number of restaurants operated in the space. While the property has always served as a home to restaurants, the switch to an auto dealership isn’t out of character with the area. The buyer, Flexible Auto Mall, already has a used-car dealership nearby at 3030 Lehigh St. It provides sales, service and bad credit auto loans.
There are a number of used and new car dealerships in the immediate area, which is sometimes referred to as the Lehigh Street Auto Mile.
The restaurant building will be renovated into a service facility and to expand sales. The property has more than 70 parking spaces for the car lot according to NAI Summit, which represented the owner of the building, LEAD 112 LLC in the sale.
A man answering the phone at Flexible Auto Mall could not say when the work would begin.
South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County-based NAI Summit named Jena Young senior property manager. She specializes in property and operations management, with a portfolio of commercial office buildings, medical offices and flex buildings. She has a degree in criminal justice.Nancy Worby was named chief operations officer. She will provide operational and technical support and oversee employee relations. She was office manager. Janie D’Aurora was named senior property accountant. She will handle accounting for her commercial property portfolio of office and industrial buildings and retail shopping centers. She will produce comprehensive financial reports, prepare common area maintenance reconciliations and collaborate with property managers to create property budgets.
Fleetrock has moved to 1900 Am Drive in Quakertown. PHOTO/SUBMITTED –
A fleet management company that was founded in Coopersburg in 2017 has moved into a new office at 1900 Am Drive in Quakertown to accommodate the growth it is experiencing.
Fleetrock, which currently has 20 employees, will have room for up to 65 staffers with the new space.
“We are experiencing tremendous growth,” said Steven Siderias, director of operations for the company.
Fleetrock provides fleet management software for companies to manage their own fleet, but Siderias said their growth is in offering outsourced, full-service fleet management.
By working with a large number of company fleets across the country, he said Fleetrock has the ability to manage repairs, order parts and negotiate contracts with service providers that a company might not have the size to handle, or which is taking up too much administrative time.
“Right now companies are looking to save money anyway they can, and we can help with that,” he said
NAI Summit’s Mike Adams and Jay Haines represented the landlord and Sarah Finney-Miller represented Fleetrock in the multi-year lease of the new Class A office space.
Special Olympics of PA opened a regional office at 2158 Avenue C in Bethlehem. PHOTO/SUBMITTED –
Special Olympics of PA recently moved into a newly formed regional office in Bethlehem.
The nonprofit signed a multi-year lease for an office at 2158 Avenue C. NAI Summit’s Sarah Finney-Miller represented the organization in the lease. The organization is headquartered in Norristown.
The new office will serve six counties including Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Carbon, Monroe and Schuylkill.
According to a press release, the office is part of the SOPA’s statewide reorganization aimed at helping local programs work together to more and better opportunities for its athletes.
The programs in the Greater Lehigh Valley & Pocono Region currently has 3,500 participating athletes and 1,000 volunteers participating in 20 sports competitions throughout the year.
TechVentures in Bethlehem has a new anchor tenant. Converged Communications, which is doing business as Convergent, moved into the west wing in TechVenture’s most recent expansion space.
Convergent is an IT solutions and managed service provider. It had previously been located in Hanover Township, Northampton County.
Laura Eppler, chief marketing officer for BFTPNEP, said with the tech-friendly amenities of the building, the space served as a good spot for the company’s headquarters.
“Convergent is an innovative IT and managed service provider that is Ben Franklin TechVentures’ newest anchor tenant,” Eppler said. “As a technology-based firm, they contribute to and benefit from the tech ecosystem here at the incubator. And, as an anchor tenant paying full rent, they help us provide below-market rates to our early-stage firm clients.”
TechVentures is also located in the Keystone Innovation Zone allowing extra benefits for the tenant.
Chris Jones, president and CEO of Convergent said that the space “checked all of the boxes” on what the company needed as far as infrastructure and technology. Coming in as a full-rate tenant helped the company support the Ben Franklin organization, which he supports.
“It’s a wonderful service they provide,” Jones said.
Because this was a leasing arrangement, the marketing of the space and the agreement were handled by Mike Adams of NAI Summit in South Whitehall Township.
TechVentures is at 116 Research Drive in Bethlehem.
Convergent also has a location in Wyomissing. It has 28 employees.
An upscale barbershop is opening in Whitehall Township. (Submitted) –
Vintage Barbershop, which will offer an upscale environment for men’s hair and grooming services, will open its first location in the Lehigh Valley in Whitehall Township.
NAI Summit’s Jay Haines recently represented the owner of MacArthur Convenience Center and the new tenant, Aziz Atiyeh, in the multi-year lease transaction at 3690 Lehigh St.
Atiyeh said he is completing the inspection of the space and should be ready to open next week.
“I’ve been a Whitehall resident for about 20 years now, that location is very excellent, there’s a lot of foot traffic,” Atiyeh said.
Becoming a barber was originally not in Atiyeh’s plans but after gaining compliments from friends on his barber skills, he began working with a relative in the barber business about six years ago.
“I enjoy making people feel better about themselves,” he said. “I decided to go out on my own and see what I can do.”
Down the road, he would like to teach barbering, but for now he plans to focus on operating his new shop.
“I’m going for more of an upscale vintage theme, the 1950s,” Atiyeh said. “I’m trying to bring class back to the Whitehall area.”
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