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LANSDALE, PA-Radnor-based DeSanto Realty Group has acquired the 455,000-sf Pennbrook warehouse/office flex building on 37 acres at 1180 Church Rd. for $28.2 million, or just shy of $62 per sf. The seller is an entity advised by Philadelphia-based Grosvenor Investment Management US.

In accordance with its specialty real estate niche, DeSanto will offer the property to as many as 35 tenant-in-common investors. The building is 91% leased with Merck & Co. the lead tenant, occupying 265,000 sf. The building is within two miles of Whitehouse Station, NJ-based Merck's largest research and production facility. Other Pennbrook tenants are Metso Automation Max Controls Inc., and Safeguard Business Systems.

Gary DeSanto, CEO, tells GlobeSt.com the rent rates now vary between $5 per sf and $15 per sf, triple net. "Among the appealing aspects of this acquisition is that the rates are below market," he says. In addition, the location, which is 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia, has a hotel and regional rail station. He says the building was completed in 1966 and received renovations in 1996 and 2000. DeSanto is handling the lease-up in house.