FORT WASHINGTON, PA—Trying to capitalize on a current boom in demand for upgraded space in the western and northwestern Philadelphia suburban market, Kairos Real Estate Partners is renovating its latest acquisition, the Fort Washington Executive Center.
The Center is the home of anchor tenants NutriSystem, AstraZenaca Pharmaceuticals, McNeil and AmeriHealth Administrators. Kairos and Artemis Real Estate Partners acquired the property from CW Capital Asset Management late last year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“There has been a flight to quality that tenants are taking advantage of lower rents to move to better buildings than they historically would have,” Stephen J. Gleason, Kairos Real Estate Partners president, tells GlobeSt.com exclusively. “Tenants are trading up from B-minus properties to A-minus properties. There is a lot of demand, especially for large blocks of space. In the markets where we operate, from Fort Washington to King of Prussia, there is a dearth of 30,000-foot blocks of space and above. We're starting to see demand coming in from other submarkets and we're finally seeing tenants fighting over the few blocks of space that are remaining.”
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Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].
