A Pennsylvania limited partnership known as Crown Two Penn Center Associates has closed the $67.9 million refinance of Two Penn Center Plaza, a 502,000-square-foot 20-story class-A office tower located at 1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd. in Center City.

The property had an existing 10-year loan, according to industry sources, with a $44 million remaining balance. The limited partnership pulled cash out of the transaction. The remaining terms of the capital transaction were not disclosed.

Herzliya, Israel-based real estate investor Optibase announced the refinancing transaction. The firm owns a 22.16% interest in the property, and collected $5 million from the transaction as part of the total proceeds. The limited partnership will distribute $2 million of the total $5 million in the coming weeks. Optibase focused on fixed-income real estate transactions, and currently holds interests in properties in Switzerland, Texas, Philadelphia, Miami and Chicago.

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The refi is a standout traditional office deal in a market that has become a stomping ground for medical office activity. Last year, BG Capital sold a medical office campus in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood to New Jersey-based the Hampshire Cos. and its international investment partner Arbah Capital for $53.1 million. The three-building property includes a 200,000-square-foot, multi-tenant office building, located at 2301 E. Allegheny Ave., a renovated 30,000-square-foot, single-tenant medical office building, and a new 16,000-square-foot, ground-up recreational facility for a medical office tenant.

Earlier this year, a joint-venture partnership between Joss Realty Partners, SSH, Young Capital and National Real Estate Advisors LLC secured $220 million on behalf of a client to develop a build-to-suit, specialty care pavilion and ambulatory clinic in Philadelphia, PA. The Jefferson Health clinic will total 452,000-square-foot and stand 19 stories with a three-story underground garage, access to loading docks and parking for 320 vehicles.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.