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At 7:00 am they arrive. Yesterday, three or four show up at 12:00 noon. And just last Wednesday, the room was abuzz at 5:30pm. What are we talking about? The Neshaminy Interplex fITNess ceNTer, of course!
Long-time tenants know the Neshaminy Interplex has been fitness-minded since our inception. Things like walking paths, an exer-Trail, and instructional fitness stations were among the earliest features of the park. In 1991, we opened our private fitness center for tenants, located on the concourse level of Building eight. earlier this february, a complete overhaul of the fitness equipment was performed – including brand new treadmills, an elliptical, a recumbent bike, Omega stacking stations, free weights, benches, racks, exercise accessories and more. The center is temperature controlled and has a flat screen TV. Our fitness center also maintains private locker facilities for changing and showering.
The convenient Neshaminy Interplex fitness center is popular with tenants from all over the business park. Our concept is simple: put high quality exercise equip-ment on site, and make it affordable for any tenant to come and use the facilities. It’s important to our management team at the Interplex to provide excellent amenities – and the fitness center is no exception.
Tenants that have a membership get key-fob access from 7am to 7pm, Monday through friday. And, at $95.00 per year, it’s hard to beat the price. We asked a few members their thoughts:
“I tend to squeeze in visits to the fitness center two or three times each week,” says frank Gabriele, Vice Presi-dent of sales for Winthrop resources, (Building six). “There is a nice variety of machines and free weights to help me maintain my regimen.”
While running on a treadmill, John cappellano of Nooter construction (Building six), offered this: “It’s nice to try out some new equipment. It’s a really good upgrade to the Interplex and I’m happy to have use of it.”
If you’re a tenant of the Neshaminy Interplex and looking to fit some fitness into your workday, we have just the answer! contact us today for more info.
• Feature Story: Fitness Center Upgrade
• April Blood Drive
• Bensalem: A Lively and Diverse Community
• National Walk@Lunch
• Spring Fest is Coming!
• Quarterly Calendar
• E-Recycling Day
• AND MUCH MORE!
Spring 2015
in this issue
A Quarterly Publication brought to you by Korman Commercial Properties, Inc. and the Neshaminy Interplex.
FITShown L to R: John Cappellano (Nooter Construction); Frank Gabriele (Winthrop Resources); and Kathleen Garvin (SEMrush) gets some information about the upgrades in our fitness center from Leah Smith, of Korman Commercial Properties.
TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR $95.00/YR MEMBERSHIP:
Call Sandee Brown at [email protected]
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check out all of the convenient services available right here in the Neshaminy Interplex, including
banking, ATM and much more!
for more info: 267-525-7950
The American Heritage Federal Credit Union
E-RECYCLING PROGRAM
SPRING FEST & BUSINESS FEST
April 1 - April fool’s Day
April 3 - Passover Begins / Good friday
April 5 - easter sunday
April 22 - Administrative Professionals Day
April 29 - National Walk @ Lunch Day
May 10 - Mother’s Day
May 16 - Armed forces Day
May 20 - spring fest/Business fest at Neshaminy Interplex
May 25 - Memorial Day
June 14 - flag Day
June 21 - father’s Day / summer Begins
APR
MAY
JUNE
QUARTERLY Calendar
One of our most popular programs is back this month. Don’t miss Neshaminy Interplex’s Electronics Recycling program on April 7th. Got old computers or phone sys-tems cluttering up your office? Dispose of it all safely with e-recycling at the Interplex.
Email Arnie Lurie at [email protected] or call 215-244-5145 to schedule your pick up.
The Neshaminy Interplex spring fest is a celebration of our tenants. It’s great food, music, and lots of socialization. several years ago, we added “Business fest,” which gave tenant companies the opportunity to introduce themselves to the rest of the business park with a small display. More than 30 Interplex companies participated last year.
JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 11:30am to 1:30 pm at the Fountain Courtyard
RAIN DATE: THURSDAY MAY 21, 2015
STILL NEED TO SIGN UP FOR A TABLE?if your company is interested in participating in Business Fest, please contact Nancy Fox at [email protected]
THURSDAY, April 2nd, 2015 8:30am to 1:30pm
KORMAN COMMERCIALPROPERTIES
Special thanks to Neshaminy Interplex
tenant DsA Inc., for co-sponsoring
this event
TO Sign Up OnlinE:
1. Go to: www.redcross.org 2. Click: Donate Blood 3. Under the search: Find a Blood Drive 4. Enter our sponsor code: Interplex
reGIsTrATION: Building fIVe, Lobby
BlOODMOBilE: Parking Lot outside Building fIVe
WIN A FREE 1-YEAR FITNESS CENTER MEMBERSHIP!
All tenants who sign up for the Blood Drive on April 2nd will be entered into a drawing to win a free membership to our fitness center!
If you want the scoop on Bensalem, just ask Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo, a lifelong resident of the Bucks County community just over the Philadelphia line. “When I was growing up, 75 percent of the township was produce farms,” recalls the affable DiGirolamo, who ran his family’s operation from age 26 until he retired at 51.
“It wasn’t until after World War II, and especially in the 1960s” that the township’s fields filled with houses and apartment buildings, he says, somewhat nostalgically. Yet DiGirolamo - who for 22 years has guided the fortunes of this town of about 60,500 people, the county’s largest - doesn’t dwell on the past, as much fun as it is to remember it.
“The services we provide are second to none,” he says, “and that is how we keep up Bensalem’s real estate values.” Most people you talk with in Bensalem agree that the services are high-level. Taxes here are lower than they are in surrounding towns because of the presence of businesses such as Parx Casino on Street Road and Neshaminy Mall. “I serve because of him,” Al Gougler of Al’s Auto on Old Lincoln Highway, chairman of the town-ship’s Economic Development Commission for several years, says of DiGirolamo. “Joe knows what the township needs and always takes care of it.”
“We keep electing him because he’s always available to talk to you,” says Ellen Cassidy, a broker associate with Coldwell Banker Hearthside Realtors in Newtown. She moved here with husband Joseph and son Joe more than 20 years ago be-cause of the school district’s gifted program and the township’s cultural diversity, “so my son would get along with everyone when he grew up.”
Not only is Bensalem’s population diverse, so is its housing stock - small and big, townhouse and single-family detached, old and brand-new. The least expensive house for sale, which is under contract, is a shell for $49,900, Cassidy says. The most expensive active listing is $619,000, “although there are a couple of others around that price,” $599,000 and $558,000, she says.
“You can find a small rancher or Cape Cod in older neighborhoods and townhouses near Neshaminy Mall,” says Carol McCann, an agent with Re/Max Millennium in Philadelphia’s Somerton neighborhood, who, like Cassidy, sells a lot of houses in Bensalem each year. Single-family and townhouse prices tend to run from $250,000 to $350,000, McCann says. “Things here sell pretty quickly,” especially to people from adjacent Philadelphia neighborhoods “who move here because they still want to be close enough” to the city, she says.
Cassidy points to smaller, affordable singles - small ranchers in Nottingham Village, which was built in 1955, and potential rehabs in the township’s Cornwells Heights section. “And townhouses all over the place,” she says. “It is a lively market,” Cassidy says: For-sale inventory is down, and prices were up 5.1 percent in “a pretty good overall 2014” in which the market started to “squeak back into the positives.” Single-family construction has pushed up those prices, of course, says Cinnamon Redding Boffa of Re/Max Realty Services in Bensalem, with new houses commanding prices of $400,000 to $500,000.
Best known of the new construction here is also the biggest building project: Mignatti Cos.’ Waterside on 45 acres of Bensalem’s Delaware riverfront. It is a
mixed-use community of 16 neighborhoods of townhouses, condominiums, and single-family detached homes, with more than eight acres of park and open space along the waterfront. Townhouse prices range from the mid-$200,000s to $400,000.
Bensalem’s five-mile riverfront, once home to major industry, has long been the mayor’s target for redevelopment, Gougler says. Other new devel-opments include Saddlebrook, Wellington Estates, Somerton Valley, Independence Court, the Reserve at Byberry, and Justin Circle. “We listed two [homes] at Justin Circle that sold almost immedi-
ately,” Boffa says. “The whole market is picking up,” attracting first-time and move-up buyers, although Boffa believes there isn’t enough supply to meet the demand.
“It is a great community, convenient to everywhere by car and train, with plenty of shopping, activities, and almost 30 parks,” says Boffa, who moved back to Bensa-lem after she was married “because the houses are so affordable.” Cassidy’s son also moved back to Bensalem after he was married. “They couldn’t wait to move back here,” Cassidy says. “There are 100 restaurants within 15 minutes of where we live, and a lot of Bensalem is walkable.”
Gougler, 72, has lived here since he was a year old and built his business from “a chicken coop and three cars” to a company with 100 employees selling auto parts worldwide. He says Bensalem is a good destination, especially for people moving from the city: “It gives them a chance to deal with a community that has everyone’s best interests at heart.”
Town By Town: Bensalem A lively and diverse community
On Wednesday, April 29, your local Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies partner with businesses across the nation – including Korman Commercial Properties – to encourage employees to wear comfortable shoes and take a walk at lunch.
National Walk@Lunch Day® is designed to complement – not compete with – your busy lifestyle. Think of it as the start of your new daily walking routine, helping you to improve your health step by step. Best of all, the Neshaminy Interplex’s landscaped paths and exer-trails are perfect for participants of this program.
Source: www.bcbs.com/why-bcbs/walkingworks/national-walklunch-day.html
Neshaminy Interplex Walks for a Healthy Americaon April 29
Used with permission of Philadelphia Inquirer Copyright© 2015. All rights reserved.
– AlAn J. HEAVEnS, inQUiRER REAl ESTATE COlUMniST
POSTED: Sunday, March 15, 2015
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