Cooper Health Buys Former Sears in Moorestown Mall for Outpatient Facility

A healthcare chain has acquired the former Sears anchor store at a New Jersey mall where it plans to open an outpatient facility.

Cooper University Health Care purchased the 165,000-square-foot vacant department store at the Moorestown Mall in Moorestown, New Jersey, from Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, according to the broker on the sale, Markeim Chalmers of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Terms of the transaction between Cooper and PREIT, which is based in Philadelphia, weren’t disclosed.

In March, PREIT Chairman and CEO Joe Coradino announced his company and Cooper had executed a transaction for the outpatient location at the Moorestown Sears during a fourth-quarter earnings report. At the time, Coradino didn’t specify if Cooper was leasing the vacant Sears, which closed roughly a year ago, or buying it.

vacant Sears at the Moorestown Mall is 165,000 square feet.

Cooper will transform the Sears space, which was home to the department store for decades. 

“The landmark Moorestown Mall location has frontage on Route 38, ample parking and convenience to all major roadways,” the brokerage said. “This project fits within PREIT’s business plans to expand and reposition its mall locations beyond retail. With the addition of the Cooper project alongside hospitality and housing development, this location will flourish and draw even greater regional use.”

Back in March, Cooper said is was adding medical office space to meet the demand for its specialists at convenient locations near where consumers live. 

Early this year PREIT, which emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings in December, said it was redeveloping Moorestown Mall and planned to add about 1,000 apartment units as well as a hotel to its Garden State retail property. 

Like landlords across the country, the real estate investment trust is looking to create foot traffic and fill vacancies at its malls by adding nontraditional tenants, including healthcare and medical offices and facilities.

*Article courtesy of Costar

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Moorestown OKs Breweries, Distilleries and Winery Salesrooms in Parts of Town

The Moorestown Township Council unanimously approved allowing breweries, distilleries and winery salesrooms within its borders Monday night.

A dry community for nearly 100 years until voters by referendum in 2011 decided it was time to change, Moorestown like many other New Jersey communities now will permit sampling rooms for beer, liquor and wine. The businesses are not allowed to sell food.

Council members said the new businesses would help to support the local restaurant industry and add to township revenues through property taxes and other fees collected for the outlets, which are regulated by the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

“This has been a long time coming,” Mayor Nicole Gillespie said shortly before Council members voted 5-0 in favor of the zoning ordinance that opens the way for the sampling rooms.

“We’ve seen it done in other communities and it’s been a tremendous success,” said Council member Quinton Law. “I’m just really happy to see this happening in our community and I know there’s a lot of people who are going to be excited to grab a beer or some wine in our town.”

Council member David Zipin noted that the new businesses would not serve food, which means customers likely would order food from nearby restaurants. The ordinance allows the businesses to open on Main Street, the Lenola Town Center and around the Moorestown Mall and on Centerton Road.

“This isn’t just another convenience store opening up,” Zipin said. “Where these businesses have been successful in other surrounding communities, they rely on the restaurants in the immediate vicinity to provide essentially takeout to their establishments.”

Council members Jake Van Dyken and Sue Mammarella offered similar observations, with Mammarella saying she is “picturing that great gathering place for people in Moorestown.”

Township Council last month unanimously passed an ordinance permitting two retail liquor, or “package,” stores in commercial areas of town. Two stores, a number determined by population, would be licensed by the state in Moorestown.

*Article courtesy of 70 & 73

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Comings and Goings: Dollar General store planned for West Camden Avenue in Moorestown

Dollar General Moorestown NJ

Plans for a Dollar General store at West Camden Avenue and New Albany Road in the Lenola section of Moorestown have been approved by the Township Planning Board.

Seven lots totaling 1.1 acres on the site will be cleared for the 8,990-square-foot store and parking, according to the application, which was passed 9-0 at the March 4 meeting and adopted by resolution on April 1. A two-story home and Moorestown CITGO will be demolished.

The application was made by 107 W Camden Avenue Development Associates LLC and the property is owned by Moorestown Camden LLC of Clifton, Passaic County, according to the application.

A few residents of the neighborhood opposed the Dollar General at the March meeting.

Donna Clark of Claypool Avenue, who has lived in the Lenola section for 50 years, told the board in a written statement that she was concerned about traffic at the intersection. Jose Feliciano of Harding Avenue questioned a planned exit on New Albany Avenue and Jim Carruthers of South Garfield Avenue said the plan was “incredibly unoriginal and it will not preserve Lenola,” according to the Planning Board resolution.

*Article courtesy of 70 & 73

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Healthcare Chain To Open Outpatient Facility at Former Sears

A hospital chain will be opening an outpatient facility at a large vacant Sears anchor store in New Jersey, another example of healthcare providers becoming a growing category of mall tenants.

Cooper University Health Care is taking more than 165,000 square feet at the former department store site at Moorestown Mall, which is located outside Philadelphia in Moorestown, New Jersey. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, headquartered in the City of Brotherly Love, owns and is repositioning that retail center.

In January, PREIT, which emerged from Chapter 11proceedings in December, said it was redeveloping Moorestown Mall and had approval to add about 1,000 apartment units as well as a hotel to its Garden State property. Like landlords across the country, the real estate investment trust is looking to create foot traffic and fill vacancies at its malls by adding nontraditional tenants, as brick-and-mortar sites are still reeling from the double punch of the coronavirus and the continuing escalation of online ordering. A record number of stores closed last year.

Heathcare, in its various forms, is a rising opportunity for mall landlords. For example, vacant Sears stores across the nation are being used as temporary mega coronavirus vaccine centers. On a more permanent basis, because of the aging U.S. population, healthcare providers are opening more locations — walk-in clinics, outpatient care and testing, rehab facilities and actual hospitals .

This intersection of retail and healthcare has been dubbed “medtail.”

PREIT Chairman and CEO Joe Coradino announced his company and Cooper University Health had executed a transaction for the outpatient location at the Moorestown Sears last week in a fourth-quarter earnings report. The CEO didn’t specify if Cooper University Health was leasing the vacant Sears, which closed roughly a year ago, or buying it.

“With this addition and the apartments and hotel plan for the site, the property will further evolve its mix to create a one-stop hub, including dining, entertainment, fitness, a broad array of retail options and now a premier outpatient healthcare facility,” Coradino told Wall Street analysts on a conference call.

Cooper University Health Care has the only state-designated Level I trauma center in South Jersey and is home to MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper. It also has a network of more than 100 medical offices and four urgent-care centers throughout the region.

Where Patients Live, Work

“More residents continue to place their trust in Cooper University Health Care, as the leading academic health system in the region,” the healthcare provider said in a statement. “With more than 1.6 million patient visits annually and over 100 locations throughout southern New jersey, Cooper is acquiring this additional office space to meet consumer demand for our expert specialists. The building formerly used by Sears at Moorestown Mall is a perfect location in close proximity to where many of our patients live and work.”

PREIT is reconfiguring and retenanting a number of its malls. The Moorestown Mall redevelopment is part of the company’s national strategy to add thousands of multifamily units to its malls.

“The PREIT team, and portfolio, proved to be resilient as we navigated uncertain terrain,” Coradino said in a statement on fourth-quarter earnings.

“Our targeted strategy of dispositions and anchor replacements over the past several years created a real estate portfolio of bulls-eye locations in high barrier-to-entry markets that stands the test of time,” he said. “Our portfolio is comprised of a differentiated mix of uses that attracts robust demand from a variety of non-retail uses, strengthening the company and fortifying our revenue stream. At the same time, we are well-positioned for a strong return to brick-and-mortar shopping and leisure as restrictions ease and vaccinations continue.”

PREIT was one of the first U.S. retail property owners to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection during the COVID-19 outbreak. It came out of the proceedings after forging an agreement with Strategic Value Partners.*Article courtesy of CoStar

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Redevelopment plan for Moorestown Mall backed by Planning Board.

The troubled Moorestown Mall should be designated an “area in need of redevelopment,” the township Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday night.

That legal designation would open the possibility of property tax breaks for mall owner Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) or others developing and improving the site. PREIT on January 11 announced it plans for as many as 1,065 multifamily units and a hotel at the site to shore up its mall investment, which has lost three of its four anchor stores. Only Boscov’s remains.

Board members voted 9-0 to recommend the designation to Township Council, affirming that the property met three criteria for the redevelopment status. Only one is required to award the status.

There was no testimony from members of the public.

Board planner Michelle M. Taylor, president of Taylor Design Group Inc. of Mount Laurel, said the three criteria are:

  • Significant vacancies in shopping mall buildings
  • Obsolescence of buildings, making them detrimental to the safety, health, morals or welfare of the community
  • The designation for redevelopment as consistent with “smart growth planning principles”

Taylor authored a 59-page study on Moorestown Mall and reasons it should get the redevelopment status. If residential properties are developed on the site, some would be required to be set aside as affordable for low- and moderate-income households, she said.

“Moorestown Mall is at a critical juncture,” current owner PREIT states in the report. “Redeveloping the center and adding complementary uses will support the mall, stabilizing, and improving its performance,” PREIT, which bought the property in 2003, said.

Board member Robert Musgnug said the plan looked like a “Hail Mary” from the mall’s owner. He said PREIT already has sold four acres of its 86-acre site and announced a housing plan.

Board solicitor Matthew B. Wieliczko, of the Zeller & Wieliczko LLP law firm in Cherry Hill, advised Musgnug and other board members that “the scope of what we’re here for this evening is restrictive” to whether or not to advise the council that the area is in need of redevelopment.

William Barker of the board noted that “clearly, the mall is in distress.”

*Article courtesy of 70 & 73

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Troubled Moorestown Mall May Get Township’s Assistance to Reinvent Itself

When Moorestown Mall was a month from opening, the builder predicted the project at Route 38 and Lenola Road embodied the future of retailing.

The mall “sets a pattern for enclosed mall shopping centers for perhaps 25 years to come,” the president of realty firm Winston-Muss said in the Courier-Post in August 1963.

That prediction would have made the mall — with anchor department stores Wanamaker’s and Gimbels and about 75 other tenants — a trendsetter into 1988.

But it’s 2021 now. Wanamaker’s and Gimbels are long gone, as are three of the mall’s four most-recent anchor tenants: Macy’s, Sears and Lord & Taylor. Now Boscov’s remains as the sole anchor store. Add in the devastating effects of online shopping and the current COVID-19 pandemic and you have a poor investment in the form of more than 1 million square feet of leasable space sitting on about 86 acres.”Moorestown Mall is at a critical juncture,” current owner states in a Moorestown Township report on the property. “Redeveloping the center and adding complementary uses will support the mall, stabilizing, and improving its performance.”

The Moorestown Planning Board Thursday night will hold a virtual public hearing to help determine if the mall is an “area in need of redevelopment,” a designation that under state law permits municipalities to offer tax breaks on property improvements. On January 11 announced it plans for as many as 1,065 multifamily units and a hotel at the site to shore up its troubled mall investment.

Members of the public can watch the meeting on livestream, but must use the telephone to join the meeting and make comments, according to the township. The agenda has instructions on how to watch or join the meeting by telephone.

Moorestown Planning Board agenda

Moorestown report on designating mall a redevelopment areaMoorestown Mall is the fourth-largest enclosed mall in South Jersey. The largest is the Cherry Hill Mall, which is two years older than Moorestown Mall and about four miles west on Route 38. The second-largest mall is Deptford Mall and third-largest is what was Echelon Mall, now called Voorhees Town Center after undergoing its own transformation.

In Moorestown, Macy’s closed in the first quarter of 2017 and Lord & Taylor and Sears left the mall in the first quarter of 2020, according to the township’s preliminary report, which will be used to help decide whether to designate the property as an area in need of redevelopment. Boscov’s lease goes to 2028, as does that of Regal Cinemas, the movie theater that still has not reopened in the current pandemic.

“Many businesses are shrinking or closing altogether, reducing shopping center occupancy and rents. The notable exceptions are grocery, drug, and home improvement stores,” the Taylor report states, quoting a 2020 real estate emerging trends study by the Urban Land Institute, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit.

“The expected returns for retail real state are cited as poor to fair. Regional malls are noted to be the weakest retail investment below, (in ranked order) neighborhood and community shopping centers, lifestyle entertainment centers, outlet centers, power centers and urban and high street retail,” the Taylor report states in its excerpt from the ULI study.*Article courtesy of 70 and 73

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PREIT Sets Stage for Next Phase of Evolution with Approval of 1,065 Apartment Units at Moorestown Mall

PREIT, today announced that the Company will proceed with its plan to transform its properties into multi-use, sustainable districts with the execution of a rezoning agreement to allow for the addition of up to 1,065 multifamily units and a hotel at Moorestown Mall. Together, with plans to add several thousand units across its portfolio through the sale of land to multifamily developers, PREIT’s densification program is expected to generate over $150 million in proceeds which will serve as a new liquidity source and be used to reduce debt.

This is part of the Company’s strategic plan to diversify the mix of uses at its mall sites with 5 – 7,000 apartment units and several hotel sites. The Company is in the final stages of delivering 3,500 apartment units in an initial phase. PREIT is focused on reinventing its platform by creating a diverse and expansive environment, marked by a healthy mix of multifamily housing, hotels, entertainment, dining, health & wellness, green space, working space, and local small business retail. This initiative capitalizes on bullseye locations to produce a broader consumer base, create stronger business models and provide greater market flexibility. Over the course of the past decade, as an initial step in this transformation, PREIT has reinvented its mall properties through the introduction of a variety of uses including entertainment venues, extensive dining programs, off-price and value purveyors, fitness centers and traditional open-air tenancy.

Like many of PREIT’s Philadelphia and DC-area properties, Moorestown Mall is ideally situated for a residential community with tremendous access to roadways, along with over 13 million square feet of office space in the trade area. With unique tenancy including leading off-price retail purveyors, traditional retail, dining and entertainment options, Moorestown Mall offers a one-stop hub fulfilling customer needs from convenience to fun.

The first phase of the project is expected to deliver 375 residential units and a hotel. This initial phase will allow for PREIT’s second multifamily development following the completion of 350 units at Exton Square. PREIT currently anticipates it will close on the sale of the initial parcel in 2021 for $8 million.

“Our foresight has shaped a high-quality portfolio with a strong retail core that attracts a distinctive mix of new uses to redefine the future-ready retail and leisure district, including over 3,500 apartment units that are in the final stages of entitlement,” said Joseph F. Coradino, CEO of PREIT. “The synergistic addition of apartments and hotels will benefit our existing tenants and communities by increasing visits to the property and delivering a new customer.”

*Article courtesy of City Biz List

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South Jersey shopping plaza near the busy ‘3M’ market trades hands

A South Jersey shopping plaza has sold for $5.4 million in a deal that shows both the strength of the busy “3M” market in South Jersey and its influence on neighboring towns. 

Universal Building & Construction Inc. acquired the 23,228-square-foot Bridgeboro Shopping Center at 80-88 Hartford Road. The shopping center is located within the boundaries of Delran Township but has a postal address in Moorestown, part of the in-demand “3M” market of Moorestown, Mt. Laurel and Marlton.  The sale breaks down to about $232 per square foot. 

The property includes two stand-alone buildings that are home to a Goddard School and Investors Bank branch. A nail salon, pharmacy, dry cleaners and convenience store hold long-term leases in the adjacent strip center.

Located on the border of Delran and Moorestown townships, the plaza is in an increasingly in-demand area as part of Delran has benefited from the strength of the 3M market and drawn new residential construction in recent years. 

Along with the dense residential neighborhoods surrounding it, the Bridgeboro Shopping Center is located just about a mile from Route 130 and a busy shopping center that includes a ShopRite, Lowe’s, and a Chick-fil-A. It’s also roughly four miles from Route 38 and Interstate 295. 

Article courtesy of Philadelphia Biz Journal.

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Real Estate Growth Market Or Impending Bubble- How To Tell The Difference

Home prices took a nose dive during the Great Recession that started in 2008. Prices fell in ALL local markets but much more in some than others. And afterwards some had a better recovery than others. Why? And, more important, could we have predicted that? Job growth is part of the story, but not a very useful one because nobody can predict which markets will have more jobs in the future.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • The income price has been a very successful forecasting tool for decades – not just in this recession.
  • When markets are overpriced or underpriced, home prices ALWAYS return to the income price.
  • Some investment strategies have a better chance for success in markets that are overpriced and under priced.

“The income price has been a very successful forecasting tool for decades — not just in this recession.”


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