New Squash Training Center Coming To Lawrenceville

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — The New Jersey Squash Club is bringing a 5,000-square foot training facility to Lawrenceville, Transwestern announced this week. It will go up at 11 Princess Road, one of four buildings that constitute Princeton South at Lawrenceville.

Founded by world-renowned squash player Lefika Ragontse, New Jersey Squash Club is a membership-based club that will include four squash courts and a weight room/fitness area. The club, which is set to open in fall 2017, will also offer squash lessons for non-members.

Ragontse operates another squash training facility in Baltimore, and is a respected teacher of the sport. He has trained many of the top players throughout the United States, including 15 junior national champions. Each year since 2002, he has had two or more players recruited by the top squash universities in the country.

“Mr. Ragontse has built an extremely successful squash training program in Maryland, and New Jersey is fortunate that he chose to open his second facility here,” Transwestern Senior Associate Alex Motiuk said. “He has a large following in the Baltimore area, and we expect his program will flourish here in a similar way.”

Comprising four single-story buildings ranging from 18,750 to 55,000 square feet, Princeton South at Lawrenceville sits on 11.3 acres in the Princeton Area submarket, at the intersection of Interstate 295 and Route 1. The complex features a professionally landscaped, park-like setting, 14- to 20-foot ceiling heights and plenty of parking.

Motiuk and Transwestern Managing Director Jeffrey Furey reached the deal on behalf of the New Jersey Squash Club and the property’s owner, TMC Properties LLC. It is one of a number of deals Transwestern recently completed for recreation tenants.

According to Transwestern research, from 2014 to 2016, twice as many recreational users moved into flex and warehouse space than in the previous three years, with total deal volume increasing threefold.

“As New Jersey’s industrial market continues to evolve, we’re seeing a marked uptick in the number of recreation users attracted to the large, open spaces and high ceilings that a warehouse and flex building can provide,” Furey said. “With space that can be divided into virtually any configuration, Princeton South at Lawrenceville is an ideal location for this type of tenant.”

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