Publix Buys Shopping Center Near Pensacola for $18.6M

GULF BREEZE, FLA. — Publix Super Markets Inc. has acquired Sea Shell Collections, an 87,125-square-foot shopping center in the Pensacola community of Gulf Breeze, for $18.6 million. Publix anchors the center, which was 90.5 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix Liquor, Super Cuts, RE/MAX on the Coast, Coastal Paddle Co. and Pizzaz Personalized Gifts. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Michael Brewster of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.