TAMPA, FLA. — Colliers Mortgage has provided a Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of French Quarter Apartments, a 57-unit multifamily community in Tampa. Built in 1968, the market-rate property features one- and two-bedroom units, as well as laundry facilities, a picnic area, barbecue grills, Spanish-speaking staff and a pool. Fritz Waldvogel of Colliers Mortgage’s Minneapolis office originated the seven-year loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged the $110 million refinancing for two adjacent beachfront hotels totaling 481 rooms in Pensacola Beach. The properties include the 275-room Hilton Pensacola Beach and the 206-room Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach. Located at 12 and 14 Via De Luna Drive, both hotels have approximately 300 square feet of frontage along Pensacola Beach. Jeff Bucaro, Maddie Blount and Mark DesLauries of JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality team represented the borrower, Innisfree Hotels, in securing the five-year, fixed-rate loan with flexible repayment options through an unnamed regional bank. The loan proceeds were used to pay off a maturing CMBS loan that JLL secured 10 years ago. In addition, the loan included over $18 million for future capital improvements and $23 million of cash back to the sponsorship. This transaction represents over $500 million that JLL has secured on behalf of Innisfree Hotels.
TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas have signed a deal with Bromley Cos. to occupy the 298,000-square-foot anchor space at 1 Midtown Place in Tampa. Beginning in 2025, the companies will own 11 floors of the building, construction of which will start in early 2023. Bromley is developing the 17-story building, which will be situated within the 23-acre mixed-use Midtown Tampa development, with Highwood Properties. Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas currently occupy TECO Plaza at 702 N. Franklin St. in downtown Tampa, which has been home to the companies since 1981.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Market Square, a 65,688-square-foot shopping center in Fort Myers, for $13.2 million. Jim Shiebler, James Medefind and James Garner of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a New Jersey-based private investor. Located on 14.9 acres at 13741 S. Tamiami Trail, the center is 1.5 miles from Florida Southwestern State College. Tenants at the property, which was built between 2004 and 2006, include Michaels, World Market, Petco, Dollar Tree and Barnes & Noble.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Sea Sound Apartments, a newly constructed, 300-unit multifamily community in Panama City Beach. Cliff Taylor, Joe Ayers, Paul Berry and Don Hoffman of CBRE represented the seller, Flournoy Development, in the transaction. Passco Cos. purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 10400 Panama City Parkway, Sea Sound features four buildings comprising units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, with an average unit size of 1,082 square feet. Amenities at the community include a pool, outdoor cabana with fire pits, grilling areas, a clubhouse, business center, fitness center and spin room, dog park, pet grooming station, playground, pickleball court and RV and boat parking.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Newmark has arranged the sale of Sawgrass Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily community located at 2859 South Conway Road in Orlando. The McKinley Cos., a multifamily investment firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich., acquired the property from Philadelphia-based PRG Real Estate for $50 million. Apartments feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts that range in size from 658 to 1,117 square feet. Amenities at the community — which underwent $2.5 million in capital improvements in 2008 — include a lakeside dining area, sundeck and swimming pool, fitness center, pet park, car care center and electric vehicle charging stations. Scott Ramey, Ryan Moody, Patrick Dufour, Brad Downing, Andrew Visnick and Paul Grant of Newmark brokered the transaction. The buyer plans to rebrand Sawgrass Apartments as The Frederick, according to McKinley.
MIAMI — Miami Worldcenter Associates and partner CIM Group have delivered Block F-East, an 80,000-square-foot “jewel box” retail building within the $4 billion Miami Worldcenter campus in downtown Miami. The standalone, glass-encased building marks one of the last retail components to be delivered as part of the 27-acre mixed-use development. The building, which will be home to Bowlero and the recently announced Sports & Social, will feature an open-air rooftop restaurant overlooking Miami Worldcenter’s World Square public plaza and park. Block F-East is located at the confluence of the 7th Street Promenade and World Paseo open-air retail pedestrian streets. The site is directly west of Miami Worldcenter’s upcoming citizenM boutique hotel and north of the completed luxury apartment tower Bezel Miami. In addition to the jewel box’s tenants, other retailers at Miami Worldcenter include Sephora (now open), lululemon athletica, Savage x Fenty, Ray-Ban, Posman Books and Lucid Motors, as well as dining and entertainment concepts such as Brasserie Laurel (now open), El Vecino and Chicago’s Maple & Ash and etta restaurants.
DORAL, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $57 million sale of Doral Shops, a 113,354-square-foot shopping center located at 11402 N. West 41st St. in Doral, a suburb of Miami. Built in 2002 on nearly six acres, the shopping center was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to Navarro Discount Pharmacy, as well as 12 restaurants and several service-oriented tenants on the ground floor. The second floor of Doral Shops, which spans roughly 40,000 square feet, houses service retailers and some offices. Scott Sandelin and Edward Romo of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, a limited liability company that developed Doral Shops 20 years ago. The buyer was also a limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. — A joint venture between Ventures Development and BCDC has broken ground on The Southerly at Shipyards, a 270-unit apartment community in St. Augustine, about 42 miles south of Jacksonville. The project will overlook the San Sebastian River and downtown St. Augustine and will serve as the multifamily component of a larger master-planned development that features single-family homes, a hotel, shops, offices and a restaurant. Planned amenities at The Southerly include a sky lounge, pool, hot tub, outdoor kitchen with a firepit and pizza oven, 24-hour fitness center and a coworking lounge. Other amenities will include a club room, package room, pet park and dog washing station and a structured parking garage accompanied by street-level parking spaces. The design-build team includes architect JHP Architecture & Urban Design and general contractor ARCO Murray. Ameris Bank provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project. The Southerly represents the sixth joint venture project between Ventures and BCDC. The co-developers expect to deliver the first units in the second quarter of 2024.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Newmark has brokered the $98 million sale of Luma Headwaters, a 328-unit multifamily community located at 4000 Headwaters Way in Orlando. Scott Ramey, Brad Downing, Patrick Dufour, Paul Grant and Ryan Moody of Newmark represented the seller, Waypoint Residential, in the transaction. Newmark also arranged a Freddie Mac loan assumption process and secured additional financing on behalf of the buyer, Houston-based Venterra Realty. Matt Williams, Kyle Schlitt, Rob Wright and James Maynard of Newmark arranged the $5.7 million supplemental loan.
