Acquisitions

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Nashville-based Bluecrest Capital Advisors has acquired Cypress Point Business Park, a 226,500-square-foot industrial flex development in Jacksonville, for $28 million. Philip Rachels of CBRE secured debt financing through First Horizon Bank on behalf of Bluecrest Capital. Robbie McEwan and Jesse Jones of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, an entity doing business as Viking Partners Cypress LLC, in the transaction. Constructed between 1999 and 2004, the six-building park features four office buildings totaling 146,500 square feet and two light industrial buildings totaling 80,000 square feet. The property was 62 percent leased at the time of sale to five regional and national tenants including US Assure Insurance and ADT. Bluecrest Capital plans to convert 85,000 square feet of vacant space to small-bay light industrial infill space (SBLI). Within three years, the company says it expects to have converted approximately 76 percent of the gross leasable area converted to SBLI through lease rollovers and strategic build-outs. The remaining 24 percent is expected to be converted following year three. Bluecrest Capital also plans upgrades and renovations to subdivide larger suites into smaller units.