New York Wire Works offers space to more than 100 vendors, artists
By Dawn J. Sagert, The York Dispatch, May 18th, 2022
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New York Wire Works: From a horse’s tail to a whistle’s toot to a craftsman’s booth
By Jim McClure, The York Daily Record, March 8th, 2022
Horsepower transformed the quality of life in York in the last decades of the 1800s.
And we’re not just talking horses and mules that pulled wagons and other conveyances in those days before the automobile, although that’s part of the story.
We’re talking about the tail end of horses — hair from horse tails, that is…
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Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance Honors Mark Lane Properties President, Mark Sherman
By Downtown Coatesville, November 17th, 2021
Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance held their annual Partner Appreciation event yesterday evening at Midway Arches.
The Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance and the Chester County Industrial Development Authority proudly honored the memory of Tammy Miles with the inaugural Tammy Cansler-Miles Excellence in Economic Development Award!
Awarded to Mark Sherman, President, MarkLane Properties, LLC
The award is bestowed upon an individual, agency, or company that has demonstrated a dedication to economic growth in the City of Coatesville through catalytic real estate development, effective programmatic enhancements, and/or inspiring social impact.
Congratulations to Mark and his entire team at Midway Arts.
Philadelphia developer believes York factory is wired for success as a mixed-use commercial center
By Central Penn Business Journal, June 23rd, 2021
Philadelphia-based Mark Lane Properties has a vision for the New York Wire Works that includes a mixture of arts, crafts, retail, events and food.
Former New York Wire building becomes artist haven
By The York Daily Record, March 15th, 2021
Pacing between artwork and artist kiosks, George Zimmerman points to a spool of wire holding up a pair of shelves.
"I made that," he said, adding there's probably about 3,000 spools of wire still left in the building.
Zimmerman and his wife, Trudi, opened York Merchant in December 2020 inside the former New York Wire building in York. The artisan store features nearly 100 local artists, including metal and woodwork, such as the spool shelves, from Zimmerman.
"It's a dream come true to be entrepreneurs at our age," Zimmerman said.
The pair of retired school teachers are now in their 70s, but Zimmerman said they had both been fans of the arts and noticed a vacuum for outlets here in York County. After the Zimmermans visited the Prussian Street Arcade in Manheim, the idea for a craft arcade store began to germinate between the two of them.
It wasn't until Zimmerman was on a tour of the New York Wire Building that the idea began to become a reality. Zimmerman met Mark Sherman of Mark Lane Properties.
Mark Lane Properties had purchased the building in 2019 and was planning to renovate the 215,000-square-foot complex for adaptive reuse, specifically as an entrepreneurial hub for the arts. The building was the former home to New York Wire, now IWM International. The company produces various metal woven wire mesh and fine wiring.
With the York Merchant as an initial tenant on the first floor, Sherman plans to bring in two more projects inside the complex: The Wireworks Exchange, a premium flea market, and The Commissary, a food court. The trio is the first phase of Sherman's plans for the new building, aptly named New York Wire Works.
"It's all a dream until we get approval from the powers that be," Sherman said of pending city approval and permits.
Inside the York Merchant, Zimmerman weaves in and out of more artwork and stops to look back at a window near East Market Street.
"As a kid, I used to stand in front of the window and look at all the weaving machines in," he said.
Now, kids will be looking at the work of dozens of local artists.
York Merchant is on the first floor of New York Wire Works at 441 E. Market St. in York. Hours are 11 a.m to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Inside the historic New York Wire Company building
By The York Daily Record, March 12th, 2021
Inside the York Merchant in the New York Wire Works
By The York Daily Record, March 12th, 2021
https://www.ydr.com/picture-gallery/news/2021/03/13/inside-york-merchant-new-york-wire-works-york/4674494001/?fbclid=IwAR0jgXHYD32K4pU7X7sGlE2vNyZEtT0iQQWzotoAaje098_9OxUSHhFeRUg
The York Merchant holds soft opening Friday
By The York Dispatch, December 11th, 2020
Midway Arts Celebrates Success
By Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce, Western Chester County Life Magazine, April 22, 2020
Coatesville building restoration paying off for developer, businesses
MIDWAY ARTS ATTRACTING ECLECTIC GROUP OF ARTISTS AND OTHERS
By Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce, Western Chester County Life Magazine, Feb 10, 2020
Opportunity Zone project leans on arts community to revive Coatesville
By Philadelphia Business Journal, June 21, 2019
Real estate developer Mark Sherman is best known for his Sherman Mills project in East Falls where, in 2000, he bought 19 old manufacturing buildings totaling 133,000 square feet tucked away off Scotts Lane. Sherman and his business partner, Lane Udis of Mark Lane Properties, hope to replicate that success in Coatesville, where they’ve purchased a 68,000-square-foot former warehouse at 139 E. Chestnut St. for $675,000. The building sits in a Qualified Opportunity Zone, a designation established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to spur investment in low-income communities. The developers plan to create a community of artists called Midway Arts — so called for Coatesville’s location midway between Philadelphia and Lancaster. So far, six tenants have moved in, including two different yoga studios, a tattoo salon, a marketing firm, a knife and leather maker, a telemarketing firm and a CrossFit. Rents range from $6 to $12 a square foot depending on the space and a tenants’ needs, but Sherman wants to keep it affordable and will fit out a space to suit a particular craft. The developers’ hope is that artists who are comfortable moving into affordable but distressed areas will be on the vanguard of the neighborhood’s revitalization.
Developer purchases former Lipkins warehouse in Coatesville
By Digital First Media, Jan 24, 2019
COATESVILLE—Mark Lane Properties has closed on the former Lipkins warehouse at 139 East Chestnut Street in downtown Coatesville. The five-story former warehouse, originally built in 1909, is located in the first block of East Chestnut Street between First and Second Avenues.
With more than 68,000 square feet it’s one of the largest and tallest buildings in the city.
Well-known for their successful projects in the University City, East Falls and Nicetown sections of Philadelphia, developers Mark Sherman and Lane Udis see plenty of opportunity in the City of Coatesville. The team is well-versed in industrial reuse projects such as the former Lipkins warehouse and is ultimately excited to be a small piece of the continuing revitalization efforts taking place in downtown Coatesville.
“One of the first things that struck us in our initial talks with community members was the immediate approval and eagerness they held for change in their city”, said Lane Udis, “Mark and I are happy to say that we are not here to sit and wait, we are here to act now.”
Keeping their word, Mark Lane Properties began their rehabilitation efforts within days of closing. Internal painting, installation of new windows and a roofing project have already begun while the partners are working just as hard to preserve the history of the building.
The goal for the building, dubbed Midway Arts, is to make a space for the creative class to come together to collaborate, build upon their knowledge and grow their trade. The partners hope to bring numerous work and art forms together through their creation of artist, office, and production space. They plan to further facilitate this by considering specialty build outs to make each space unique to its occupant.
“The building caught our attention.” says Mark Sherman, “and we hope it draws the same attention from the community as the beautification process continues in the next few months”.
Sherman said further that they will begin marketing the property to potential tenants by this coming spring and encourages anyone with interest to contact him directly.
Mark Lane Properties is a Philadelphia based real estate development firm located at 3502 Scotts Lane in Philadelphia. They can be reached by phone at (215) 669-6847 or by email at marklane@marklaneproperties.com
“The purchase of this anchor building in downtown Coatesville is just one of the numerous projects currently in process in Coatesville’s commercial corridor,” states Sonia Huntzinger, Executive Director of the Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance, the City’s partner in community and economic development.
“This year will bring a number of significant changes to downtown Coatesville with the intersection at First Avenue and Lincoln Highway undergoing realignment, new streetscape on 4th Avenue, and various other improvements, the rehabilitation of the Lipkins warehouse to a vibrant Midway Arts will help to launch the City’s downtown revitalization efforts.”
The Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance was formed in 2015 when the City of Coatesville, celebrated its 100th anniversary as an incorporated, third-class city. It is comprised of community stakeholders that represent the City, the County, and for-profit and non-profit companies and organizations, all working together to ensure Coatesville’s next 100 years are economically sound and prosperous.