CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Blanca Commercial Real Estate (Blanca CRE) has negotiated three office leases at The Plaza Coral Gables, a mixed-use development in the Miami suburb of Coral Gables that includes two Class A office towers exceeding 450,000 square feet. The latest round of leases brings the property’s office component to full occupancy. These deals include Baycrest Partners (1,800 square feet), ALTI (6,000 square feet) and Marcum (9,600 square feet), which are joining existing tenants including Apple, Bacardi and Hinshaw & Culbertson. Max Rossi of Newmark represented Baycrest Partners, Thomas Haughton of CBRE represented ALTI and Carlyle Coffin of Stream Realty Partners represented Marcum in the lease negotiations. Tere Blanca, Danet Linares and Andres del Corral of Blanca CRE lead the office leasing team at The Plaza Coral Gables on behalf of the landlord, Agave Holdings. In addition to office space, the mixed-use development features the 242-room Loews Coral Gables Hotel, 165,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, the 170-unit The Reserve apartments and a 2,000-space parking garage.
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has facilitated a $68.28 million loan for the acquisition of Arcadia Jacksonville, a 333,725-square-foot cold storage facility in Jacksonville. Melissa Rose, Michael Klein, Wells Waller, Nicole Barba and Preston Bacon of JLL secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan through an insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Manulife Investment Management. Completed in 2024, Arcadia Jacksonville is located within Imeson Industrial Park, which is 10 miles from Jacksonville International Airport. The facility is fully leased to Arcadia Cold Storage & Logistics, a major third-party logistics provider in North America. Arcadia Jacksonville features flexible temperature zones ranging from -20 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit, 50-foot clear heights and 210-foot truck court depths.
Continuum Advisors Arranges Sale of Five-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio in Florida
by John Nelson
TAMPA, FLA. — Continuum Advisors has arranged the sale of a five-property senior living portfolio totaling 340 units in Clermont, Ocala, Brandon, Lecanto and Niceville, Fla. The sales price was not disclosed. David Kliewer and Jay Jordan of Continuum represented the seller, Healthcare Management Partners (HMP), in the transaction, where three separate buyers acquired the five communities.
MIAMI — Los Angeles-based Metrobloks has purchased four acres at 500 N.W. 137th Ave. in Miami’s Airport West submarket. The firm plans to develop a 15.2-megawatt data center at the site, which is situated at the intersection of Northwest 6th Street and 137th Avenue. Matthew Bittel and Stuart Gordon of Cushman & Wakefield represented Metrobloks in the land sale. Carlos Gaviria of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the previous land owner, Sagard Real Estate. Metrobloks plans to begin operations at the new multi-tenant, AI-ready data center by the end of 2026.
Gazit Horizons Buys Galt Ocean Marketplace Shopping Center in Fort Lauderdale for $35.4M
by John Nelson
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Miami-based Gazit Horizons Inc. has purchased Galt Ocean Marketplace, a 105,589-square-foot shopping center situated on a linear 8.6-acre site along A1A in Fort Lauderdale. The seller, an affiliate of a joint venture between Evergreen Investment Advisors and Kitson & Partners, sold the grocery-anchored property for $35.4 million. Casey Rosen, Dennis Carson, Sriram Rajan and Michael Etemad of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Galt Ocean Marketplace was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Winn-Dixie, CVS, Holy Cross Hospital, McDonald’s, Flagstar Bank and Sherwin-Williams, among others.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CP Group has signed General Dynamics Corp., a publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation, to a 50,368-square-foot office lease renewal in Orlando. The Reston, Va.-based tenant will continue to occupy Resource Square III, an office building located within Central Florida Research Park. Diane Drobia and Chris Sproles of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Madison Kimbell of JLL represented CP Group. In addition to General Dynamics, other recent leases at Resource Square III include American Electronic Warfare Associates Inc. signing a 10,420-square-foot lease and Florida Office Group renewing its 4,249-square-foot lease. Central Florida Research Park is situated adjacent to the University of Central Florida (UCF). CP Group has owned Resource Square I and III within the park since January 2020.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of Retail Property in Leesburg, Florida Leased to Heartland Dental
by John Nelson
LEESBURG, FLA. — Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group in Atlanta have brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 27417 US Highway 27 in Leesburg, about 45 miles northwest of Orlando. Built on 1.1 acres in 2002, the property was leased to Heartland Dental, which operates the 4,296-square-foot building as South Leesburg Dental Care. The dental practice recently opened at the property, which is an outparcel to a Winn-Dixie grocery store. Heartland Dental has a 10-year corporate lease at the property with rent increases and extension options. McMinn and Koriwchak represented the seller, a Florida-based developer, in the transaction. The locally based buyer purchased the property for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash transaction. “Investor demand for single-tenant medical properties remains strong, driven by the stability of the healthcare sector and quality of the locations,” says McMinn. “We are currently marketing additional Heartland Dental properties in Cape Coral, Fla., and McDonough, Ga.”
MIAMI — The Miami-Dade County Commission has granted final approval for Little River District, a $3 billion mixed-use development in Miami’s Little River and Little Haiti neighborhoods. SG Holdings, a joint venture between Swerdlow Group, SJM Partners and Alben Duffie, is the developer. Spanning 63 acres, the project is slated to include more than 5,700 affordable and workforce housing units alongside big box retail stores, small businesses, a major grocery operator, green public space and transit infrastructure with the addition of a new train station. Construction is expected to begin in 2026, with a projected development timeline of eight years. Little River District is considered the largest affordable housing development in Miami-Dade County’s history, according to a news release. Plans call for 2,284 affordable housing units for residents earning up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), 1,398 workforce rental units for those making 120 percent of AMI and 2,048 potential workforce condo units, which would allow the buyers to obtain significant subsidies to meet the purchase price at up to 140 percent AMI. Current residents of existing public housing complexes situated within the development site are guaranteed the right to return to new units at Little River …
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Footwear and apparel retail giant Foot Locker Inc. has officially moved its corporate headquarters from New York City to the Tampa Bay city of St. Petersburg. The Feil Organization has signed the retailer to a 110,998-square-foot office lease at 570 Carillon Parkway, a Class A office building within Carillon Business Park. Feil recently renovated the office building’s lobby and common areas. Amenities at the five-story, 250,000-square-foot office building include a café and a fitness center. Lee Winter and Caleb Lewis of JLL represented Foot Locker in the lease negotiations. Barry Hanerfeld and Molly Molloy Catlett of CBRE represented Feil alongside in-house representative Andrew Wiener.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Miller Construction has broken ground on a new 112,000-square-foot warehouse at 5711 N. Pine Hills Road in Orlando. The $20.7 million project is dubbed First Pine Hills and will serve as a build-to-suit facility for Addison HVAC LLC. Miller Construction is the general contractor for the project, which First Industrial Realty Trust is developing. Other members of the design-build team include C4 (architect and MEP engineer), Mendieta Structural Consulting Inc. (structural engineer) and Oxbow Engineering (civil engineer). Situated west of I-4, the new facility will feature tilt-wall construction, structural steel and a TPO roof. The project is expected to deliver in the third quarter.