PLANTATION, FLA. — Chetu, a provider of custom software solutions, has opened its new office headquarters in Plantation. Chetu will occupy the top floor of a three-story building located at 1248 N. University Drive, nine miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. As the anchor tenant, the company will occupy 21,000 of the building’s 63,600 square feet. The office building features a reception area, multiple conference rooms, a community dining area and break lounges.
SUNRISE, FLA. — Fairstead has acquired Federation Sunrise Apartments, a 123-unit seniors housing community in Sunrise, for $29.5 million. Fairstead plans to upgrade the property, including new kitchens, baths, flooring, windows and air conditioning units. The New York City-based buyer also plans to upgrade the landscaping, community room and other existing amenities. The community is located at 5010 N. Nob Hill Road, 13 miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. The Housing Finance Authority of Broward County provided the buyer with federal low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt bonds for the acquisition. The seller was not disclosed.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $3.1 million sale of Beneva Oaks, a 40-unit affordable housing community in Sarasota. The property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 521 to 702 square feet. Communal amenities include a community room with a fully equipped kitchen. Beneva Oaks is located at 650 N. Beneva Road, three miles east of downtown Sarasota. Luis Baez, Miles Tombrink, Casey Babb and Shawn Rupp of Marcus & Millichap’s The Babb Group represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Though neither was disclosed, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports the buyer was Beneva Redevelopment LP and the seller was an affiliate of Goodwill Manasota.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Watercrest Senior Living Group and Titan Development Real Estate Fund I have opened Watercrest Winter Park Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 107-unit seniors housing community in Winter Park. Watercrest Winter Park features 75 assisted living and 32 memory care apartments. The property is located at 1501 Glendon Parkway, seven miles north of downtown Orlando. This is the second senior living development partnership between Watercrest and Titan Development. Titan Development Real Estate Fund I is a $200 million private equity real estate fund established in 2017 to raise and invest equity in approximately $600 million of Titan Development’s investment opportunities.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Easton Group will develop a 266,000-square-foot warehouse in Hialeah Gardens near Miami. An affiliate of Easton acquired an 8.5-acre site for $8.2 million. In September, a different Easton affiliate bought an adjacent 8.5-acre site for $5.6 million. Easton will develop the 266,000-square-foot property across the entire 17-acre site, which is located on NW 107th Street near the Florida Turnpike. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights and 75 trailer parking spaces. Construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2021, and leasing efforts are already underway. Ware Malcomb designed the property. Dalton Easton internally represented the buyer in both land transactions. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
DAVENPORT, FLA. — JLL has provided a $32.3 million loan through Freddie Mac for the refinancing of Lake House, a 240-unit apartment complex in Davenport. HFF, a JLL company and Freddie Mac Optigo lender, will service the 10-year, floating-rate loan. Lake House offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, fishing lake, tennis court, outdoor grill area, pool, fitness center, storage space and a car wash area. The asset is situated at 200 Village Blvd., 29 miles south of downtown Orlando. Mona Carlton, Elliott Throne, Jesse Wright, Amit Kakar and Michael DiCosimo of JLL originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Beachwold Residential.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Regency Centers Corp. reported that it collected 58 percent of base rent from its tenants in May. The Jacksonville-based company released the data during its June 2020 presentation, which also reported that Regency collected 68 percent of base rent in April. The presentation broke its tenants down by category. Of the essential retailers, which includes grocers, drugstores, mass merchandisers, banks, pet stores, office supplies and medical tenants, 92 percent were able to pay May rent. Essential, quick-service restaurants paid rent at a 48 percent clip, while 31 percent of essential, full-service restaurants paid May rent. Additionally, other tenants in Regency’s portfolio, including soft goods, personal service providers and fitness centers, paid at a 28 percent rate. In April, every rent rate by category was higher than May. Regency said that as of May 31, approximately 75 percent of its tenants were open for business across the 408-property portfolio.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Westside Capital Group has purchased The Residences at Veranda Park, a 150-unit multifamily community in Orlando, for $45 million. The five-story building was built in 2008. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,239 square feet. Communal amenities include two fitness centers, two spas, a clubhouse, 482 parking spots and 48,385 square feet of commercial leasable space on the ground floor. Westside Capital aims to update common areas and perform targeted management initiatives. Evan Kristol, Jason Hague and Duane Anderson of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. Additionally, Charles Foschini of Berkadia originated a $31.5 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $13.8 million sale of Brandywine Centre I, a 69,954-square-foot office building in West Palm Beach. The three-story property comprises 60,854 square feet of office space and a 9,100-square-foot restaurant outparcel. Notable tenants at the time of sale included Divine Blalock Martin Sellari LLC, Renegades Country Western Bar, Online Trading Academy, Landcastle Title Group and DBA Trident Title. The asset is located at 580 Village Blvd., four miles west of downtown West Palm Beach. Greg Miller, Scott O’Donnell, Dominic Montazemi, Mike Ciadella and Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, KAS Brandywine LLC and KAS Hags CUP LLC, in the transaction. John DeMarco of ReMax 5 Star Realty represented the buyer, Palm Beach Business Center GP.
PLANTATION, FLA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $53.5 million sale of a two-property, 398-unit multifamily portfolio in Plantation. The communities, Hamlet Plantation and The Continental Apartments, are located less than one mile from each other and six miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Each property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and each was recently renovated to include new roofs, paint and impact glass windows. Tal Frydman, Avery Klann, Hampton Beebe, Tyler Minix and Jonathan Senn of NKF represented the seller, Jenco Properties, in the transaction. Canadian investment firm Prism Multifamily Group acquired the assets.
