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BRW Floors Sells Industrial Warehouse in Metro Miami for $9.7M

by Alex Tostado

MEDLEY, FLA. — BRW Floors Inc. has sold a 69,834-square-foot industrial warehouse in Medley for $9.7 million. The facility includes 7,000 square feet of office space, 15 dock doors with room to add more, 24-foot ceilings and a 120-foot fenced and secured truck court. The warehouse is located at 12800 N.W. South River Drive, about 15 miles northwest of downtown Miami and next to U.S. Highway 27. Nick Wigoda and Steve Medwin of Newmark Knight Frank represented both the seller and the buyer, Denver-based Black Creek Group, in the transaction.

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Farewell Boom-Bust Cycle: Miami Office Market Ascends as the City Matures

by Alex Tostado

For decades, the real estate market in Miami has been either boom or bust. Lately, the market has been on an impressive expansion cycle, with new office development following aggressive lease rate increases that in some areas have risen as much as 20 percent in total the past few years. As investors and users witness the growth in South Florida, the market has seen a significant amount of new development as rental rates continued to climb. The quick expansion, and arguably over-development, has left some investors wondering if a bust is inevitable with such a crowded market. In many metro areas, a bust would be a logical result. However, South Florida has become more mature as a corporate center, leading many industry leaders to see Miami’s future as a more consistent, stable market of growth rather than one with a constant pattern of boom and bust. As South Florida matures with a diverse range of investors and users, adapts to industry disruptors and addresses transportation issues, the office market is moving into a pattern of more stable growth, with no bust on the horizon. Leasing, sales activity In the first quarter of 2019, the office market saw 1.1 million square …

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FloridaLoansMultifamilySoutheast

SunTrust Provides $75M Refinancing Loan for Waterfront Apartment Community in Tampa

by Alex Tostado

TAMPA, FLA. — SunTrust Bank has provided a $75 million refinancing loan to The Related Group for a 396-unit waterfront apartment community in Tampa. Town Westshore, located at 5001 Bridge St. fronting Old Tampa Bay, offers communal amenities such as a clubhouse with catering kitchen, bay-front health spa, swimming pool, water walkway, electric car charging stations and a controlled-access parcel room with refrigerated storage for grocery deliveries. The loan was provided to refinance an existing construction loan. First residents moved into the building in March of this year.

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JLL Arranges $29.4M Sale of Newly Renovated Office Building in Tampa

by Alex Tostado

TAMPA, FLA. — JLL has arranged the $29.4 million sale of Fountain Square II, a 133,887-square-foot office building in Tampa’s Westshore office submarket. The property is situated at 4925 Independence Parkway, eight miles west of downtown Tampa. Recently renovated in 2018, the four-story building features a fitness center, management office and a café with outdoor seating area. The building was 93.1 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including CarePlus, ConnectWise and the U.S government. Ike Ojala and Hermen Rodriguez of JLL represented the seller, Equus Capital Partners, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a joint venture between Owens Realty Capital and Galium Capital. Additionally, working on behalf of the buyers, Rebecca VanReken of JLL arranged a $20.4 million acquisition loan through TD Bank. The loan features a seven-year term with a fixed interest rate.

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IPIC Entertainment Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Will Remain Operational

by Alex Tostado

BOCA RATON, FLA. — Luxury movie theater company IPIC Entertainment (Nasdaq: IPIC) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware where it will seek approval of either a sale or financial reorganization plan. In July, the company missed a $10 million interest payment to Retirement System of Alabama (RSA) and notified investors that it might have to file for bankruptcy. IPIC borrowed $204 million from RSA, according to media reports. Hamid Hashemi, founder and CEO of IPIC, says that the company’s movie theaters will remain open and its employees and vendors are being paid. Hashemi notes that issues stemming from IPIC’s expansion plans for building 25 locations in four to five years are the principal culprit behind their missed payment to RSA. “Delays in development cycle combined with the high cost of capital depleted IPIC’s available resources before the company was able to reach critical mass and become self-funded,” says Hashemi. “Importantly, delays related to the Delray Beach location, resulted in unforeseen costs and a significant slowdown in circuit-wide development and new grand openings.” The Boca Raton-based company operates 16 dine-in theaters in nine states with plans to open locations in four more states, including …

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DevelopmentFloridaIndustrialSelf-StorageSoutheast

Gates Construction Breaks Ground on 849-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Fort Myers

by Alex Tostado

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Gates Construction has broken ground on The Lock Up Self Storage building located in Fort Myers. The three-story, 849-unit facility will span 106,016 square feet and offer climate-controlled units ranging from 25 square feet to 300 square feet. The property is located at 12700 University Drive, seven miles south of downtown Fort Myers. Partner in Design Architects designed the building. Completion is slated for this fall.

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AcquisitionsFloridaMultifamilySoutheast

Xavier Family Partnership Buys Multifamily Community in Metro Tampa for $44.4M

by Alex Tostado

TOWN ‘N’ COUNTRY, FLA. — Xavier Family Partnership has bought LakeBridge, a 400-unit multifamily community spanning 31 buildings in Town ‘n’ Country, for $44.4 million. The partnership, led by Randy Ferreira, will rebrand the community as The Park at Lake Como. The property is located at 8301 Sandstone Lake Drive, 12 miles west of downtown Tampa. The community was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. LakeBridge offers one- and two- and three-bedroom floor plans and communal amenities such as a business center, swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center and a playground. Blue Roc Premier Properties LLC, also headed by Ferreira, will manage the property. Jason Stanton and Cole Whitaker of Berkadia represented the buyer in the transaction. Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged an acquisition loan through BB&T Bank on behalf of the buyer. Insula Cos. was the seller.

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Distribution, Warehouse Demand Continues to Outpace Supply in South Florida

by Alex Tostado

Miami-Dade continues to be propelled by persistent economic growth, bustling port activity, positive investor sentiment and strong leasing, creating a perfect recipe for industrial demand. Following its most successful year ever in 2018, PortMiami broke records yet again in first-quarter 2019, recording its highest ever monthly cargo activity amount in January with a total of 104,183 twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) of containerized cargo, a 17 percent increase over January 2018. Meanwhile, a $437.5 million expansion project, the largest ever, is planned for Port Everglades in nearby Broward County. The positive fundamentals reverberate throughout the overall South Florida market. Despite the differing industrial inventories of each South Florida market with Miami-Dade County at 186.2 million square feet, Broward County at 96.9 million square feet and Palm Beach County at 39 million square feet, demand for space across the region has fueled unprecedented development activity. Logistics, e-commerce Net industrial absorption in Miami-Dade was impressive during the first quarter, posting positive 1.2 million square feet, a notable 45 percent increase from the net absorption recorded for first-quarter 2018. Several (mostly) preleased, speculative developments contributed to the spike in net absorption. Demand trends against development indicate healthy industrial markets in Broward and Palm Beach as …

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Miami Beach City Commission OKs $15M Ocean Terrace Project

by Alex Tostado

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — The Miami Beach City Commission has approved a two-block development of its Ocean Terrace Streetscape Plan. The City entered a private-public partnership with Ocean Terrace Holdings LLC, which will be responsible for the design, construction and full execution of the five-acre public space. The redevelopment will take four years or fewer to complete and cost $15 million. What is today an asphalt street will be converted into a pedestrian-focused green space with native trees that will provide shade, walking promenades, water features and public seating. The design was developed by landscape architecture firm Raymond Jungles Inc., the group behind the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens and the promenade in front of 1111 Lincoln Road. The redevelopment will also include a boutique residential building, an upscale hotel and repositioned retail. The City of Miami Beach will retain control of all the land.

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Balfour Beatty to Build $1B Broward County Convention Center Expansion in Fort Lauderdale

by Jeff Shaw

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — General contractor Balfour Beatty has signed a $780 million agreement with developer Matthews Southwest, making Balfour Beatty the design-build lead for the over $1 billion expansion of the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale. The project will add 525,000 square feet of meeting space to the complex, plus a 29-story, 800-room Omni Hotel. Located on Florida’s southeastern coast approximately 25 miles north of Miami, the completed convention center will total 1.2 million square feet. The expanded property will include 350,000 square feet of contiguous exhibition space, a 65,000-square-foot waterfront ballroom, modern technology, new dining concepts, enhanced water taxi access and a waterfront plaza with public access. The Omni Hotel will add 73,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space; multiple restaurant options including a rooftop bar; an 11,000-square-foot, full-service spa and fitness center; and over 30,000 square feet of pool decks. The hotel will be positioned along the city’s famed Intracoastal Waterway with a scenic view of the Atlantic Ocean. Matthews Southwest has called on London-based firm Balfour Beatty for projects in the United States before. The company was hired by Matthews Southwest to build the Omni convention center hotel in Dallas and a residential …

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