A shopping center, 2 hotels and 12 other big Dauphin County property sales so far this year

There were 14 real estate transactions in Dauphin County during the first half of 2024 that came in north of $3 million, according to county records.

They include a shopping center, two hotels and a warehouse.

Eight of the properties sold for $5 million or more.

There are 40 municipalities in Dauphin County. But only seven of them had transactions that were more than $3 million so far this year: Harrisburg (4); Derry Township (3); Lower Paxton Township (2) Lower Swatara Township (2); Swatara Township (1); East Hanover Township (1); and Middle Paxton Township (1).

These Dauphin County properties all sold for more than $2.5 million in the first half of 2023:

14. Office building – $3.1 million

Pennsylvania State University sold the property at 1010 N. Seventh St. in Harrisburg to the Harrisburg School District on May 13.

13. Garage/auto dealership – $3.4 million

On Jan. 24, the Linda Kay Cramer Trust sold the property, home to Budget Car Sales, at 1998 W. Harrisburg Pike in Lower Swatara Township to Remarc Properties.

12. Warehouse/Industrial property – $3.55 million

South Seventeenth LLC (Robert McClure, manager) sold the property, home of H.B. McClure, at 600 S. 17th St. in Harrisburg to Hampden Township-based 791 Flory Mill Road LLC on May 8.

11. Condominium office building – $3.7 million

On June 3, Crums Mill PA LLC sold the property at 4200 Crums Mill Road in Lower Paxton Township to Medical Professionals of Pennsylvania.

10. Restaurant – $3.9 million

Donald Cappetta and Edward Catalone sold the property that is home to Fuddruckers and Smoked Bar & Grill at 1201 and 1221 W. Chocolate Ave. in Derry Township to Manheim Township-based Gibbel Brothers on January 30.

9. Office building – $4.7 million

On March 4, Gomco LLC (Puneer Jairath, member) sold the property at 1249 Cocoa Ave in Derry Township to MHP Land Holdings LLC (based in Jackson Township, Lebanon County), Matthew Heisey.

8. Howard Johnson hotel – $5.8 million

The Faulkner Organization bought the former Howard Johnson by Wyndham Harrisburg at 473 Eisenhower Blvd. in Swatara Township from H& H International on March 1.

7. Farmland – $6.34 million

Scott Schatz and Alyssa Schatz sold lot five at Red Hill Road in Middle Paxton Township to Cindy Jean Bohn on Feb. 28.

6. Uptown Plaza – $6.75 million

The 156,066-square-foot shopping center at 700 Division St. in Harrisburg was sold on March 6. Maryland-based America’s Realty LLC, which is led by its president and CEO, Carl Verstandig, purchased the property from Town Associates LP, a Delaware limited partnership. The 67-year-old shopping center sits on about 14 acres.

5. Hotel – $6.8 million

K88 Incorporated (Seema Patel, president) sold the hotel at 225 Bow Creek Road in East Hanover Township to Derry Township-based Bow Creek Hospitality on April 26.

4. Mixed-use property – $7 million

Grayson View Associates/Rey Inc. (Richard Yingst, president) sold the property at 1708 Fairmont Drive, L260 in Lower Paxton Township to Lower Paxton Township-based Fairmont Realty Partners on June 5.

3. Industrial property – $7 million

Hershey Car Barn LLP (Matthew Purcell, member) sold the property at 525 W. Chocolate Ave., rear, and 425 N. First St. in Derry Township, to Derry Township-based HSS Property Group LLC.

2. Hudson Building – $14.5 million

Mighty Group Holdings (Adam Maust, member) sold the properties at 2120, 2124, 2128 and 2130 Jefferson St.; 2119 Elizabeth Alley; 606, 608, 610, 612 and 620 Maclay St., and at 2101 N. 6th St. in Harrisburg to Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Social Equity Land Trust Inc. on April 30. Mighty Group Holdings purchased the building in 2020.

1. Middletown Logistics Center – $38 million

On May 13, Union Middletown LLC/Endurance Real Estate Group LLC based in Delaware County, sold the property at 2070 N. Union St., L1, in Lower Swatara Township to Atlanta-based Airef Middletown LC LLC/Ryan LLC. Last year, Ipex, a Canadian-based manufacturer and supplier of thermoplastic piping systems, opened a 251,000-square-foot distribution center at this location.

PennLive posts the largest transactions in Dauphin County twice a year. The previous list was published in December.