CBRE BROKERS 685,009 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SALES IN FLORIDA

ST. PETERSBURG AND TAMPA, FLA. — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Capital Markets has brokered the sales of more than 685,000 square feet of office space in the Tampa Bay area. In St. Petersburg, a joint venture of affiliates of Second City Capital Partners, Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners acquired City Center, a two-building 242,115-square-foot office campus, for $16.5 million or $68 per square foot. Don Jennewein of CBRE's Debt & Equity Group secured bridge loan financing on behalf of the buyer. In Tampa, CBRE represented a joint venture consisting of affiliates of Trigate Capital, Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners in the acquisition of Fountain Square II, a 134,065-square-foot office building. Additionally, on behalf of Wells Fargo, CBRE arranged the $12 million sale of Independence Park, a 43.81-acre multi-building development site, which includes an existing 116,723-square-foot office building. The property is a fully entitled Development of Regional Impact, which can support up to 524,000 square feet of additional office space. In Mid-Pinellas County, CBRE, on behalf of Midland Loan Services, arranged the sale of 16120 U.S. Highway 19, a 192,106-square-foot office building, to St. Petersburg-based The Cypress Company. CBRE's marketing team was led by Dale Peterson and Paul Carr of CBRE's Tampa office.