MELBOURNE, FLA. — The Buccini/Pollin Group (BPG) has acquired Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place, a newly renovated, 238-room hotel in Melbourne. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly, Bob Tonnessen and Jason Deck of NKF Capital Markets arranged a $26.6 million acquisition loan through Ladder Capital on behalf of BPG. The hotel, located one mile from Melbourne International Airport, recently underwent a $5 million upgrade. Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place features more than 12,000 square feet of function space, a business center, meeting rooms, fitness center, pool, tennis court and a basketball court. Washington, D.C.-based PM Hotel Group will operate the hotel.
Florida
TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa-based Validus Senior Living has closed a $117.5 million syndicated revolving line of credit with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey for the acquisition of three seniors housing communities located in Louisiana, Florida and Georgia. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, a division of SunTrust Banks Inc. that provides investment banking services including mergers and acquisitions and private equity financing, served as the lead arranger and bookrunner for the deal, while SunTrust Bank acted as the lead participant and administrative agent. The five-year deal is renewable, and Validus will use the credit line to acquire Inspired Living at Ocoee in Ocoee, Fla., and Inspired Living at Kenner in Kenner, La. A third community, Inspired Living at Alpharetta in Alpharetta, Ga., is expected to close in the coming weeks. The communities offer both assisted living and memory care units. The two initial acquisitions will add more than 250 units to Validus’ existing portfolio.
BRANDON, FLA. — Dallas-based Lantower Residential has acquired Lantower Brandon Crossroads, a 450-unit apartment community in Brandon, for $94 million. Constructed in 2016, the community is located at 10440 Sanderling Shores Drive, roughly 12 miles east of downtown Tampa. Bainbridge Cos. developed and sold the property. Lantower Brandon Crossroads offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units with attached garages. Community amenities include two fitness centers, two resort-style pools with sundecks and two dog parks with pet washing stations.
WEST HIALEAH, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $32.5 million sale of West Hialeah Industrial Portfolio, a 376,016-square-foot industrial warehouse portfolio in West Hialeah, located roughly 11 miles northwest of Miami. The portfolio comprises 41 freestanding, multi-tenant buildings arranged in two separate clusters: one west of the Red Road corridor and north of the Hialeah Expressway and the other west of West 16th Avenue and north of Okeechobee Road. The buildings range in size from approximately 4,000 square feet to 28,000 square feet. Douglas Mandel and Benjamin Silver of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, The Realty Associates Fund VII, an affiliate of TA Realty. The team also procured the buyer, Cofe Cix West Hialeah LLC. According to IPA, 95 percent of the portfolio’s leases have triple-net structures with annual rent increases that average roughly 4.5 percent.
GREENWICH, CONN. — Starwood Property Trust Inc., an affiliate of Greenwich-based Starwood Capital Group, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 28-property affordable housing portfolio located throughout Florida for approximately $600 million. The portfolio includes 6,185 units predominately located in Orlando, with smaller concentrations in West Palm Beach, Tampa and Miami. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 99 percent occupied. The transaction is expected to close in phases due to timing of regulatory approvals and the assumption of in-place financing. The first phase, which includes 1,740 units, closed in December. Starwood Property Trust expects to complete the remaining phases by the end of the second quarter. Upon closing, the company’s portfolio will include more than 15,100 affordable housing units, located predominately in Florida.
MIAMI — Fifth Third Bank has provided a $43 million construction loan for the construction of 53,000 square feet of retail space and a 1,100-space parking garage at Miami Worldcenter, a 27-acre mixed-use project in downtown Miami. Miami Worldcenter Associates and CIM GROUP are developing the project, which at full build-out will feature 360,000 square feet of retail space, apartments buildings, a 600,000-square-foot office building, 1,700-room Marriott Marquis hotel and 350,000 square feet of convention space. The loan brings the total amount of financing secured to date to approximately $500 million.
HALETHORPE, MD. AND MIAMI — Ready Capital Structured Finance has arranged two loans totaling $20.4 million for an industrial property in Halethorpe and a mixed-use property in Miami. Ready Capital arranged a $14 million, three-year loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 313,000-square-foot industrial property in Halethorpe, a city roughly seven miles south of Baltimore. The borrower plans to upgrade the property with full interior unit renovations, exterior renovations and infrastructure upgrades, followed by re-tenanting the property. In Miami, Ready Capital arranged a $6.4 million, three-year loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 19,600-square-foot mixed-use property. The borrower plans to fully renovate unit interiors, build out new retail space and re-tenant the property. Both loans feature floating interest rates, two extension options and flexible pre-payment structures. The names of the borrowers were not disclosed.
MIAMI — Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC has provided a $102.3 million senior bridge loan for the recapitalization of Shorecrest Club, a 467-unit, waterfront apartment community in Miami. Canyon arranged the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Upper East Side Miami LLC, an affiliate of ECI Group, an Atlanta-based real estate development, brokerage and management company. The property is located roughly 10 miles from Miami International Airport and eight miles north of Miami’s Brickell district. Shorecrest Club offers a mix of one- to three-bedroom units, with rents starting at $1,535 per month for a one-bedroom, according to Apartments.com. In addition, the property features a resort-style pool with lap lanes, outdoor cabanas, fitness center with saunas, tenant lounges, storage units and a movie theater. ECI Group plans to further enhance the property with the addition of 12 boat slips for the planned Biscayne Bay waterfront, landscaping and a dog park.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Atlanta-based Cousins Properties has sold a three-building, 1 million-square-foot office portfolio in Orlando for $208.1 million. The portfolio includes Bank of America Center, Citrus Center and One Orlando Centre. The seller was not disclosed, but The Real Deal reports San Diego-based Southwest Value Partners acquired the assets in a single transaction. In addition to the portfolio, Cousins Properties recently sold its 20 percent interest in Courvoisier Center, a 343,000-square-foot office building in Miami’s Brickell Key district, to its joint venture partner for $33.9 million, which included its share of joint venture debt.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $40.4 million sale of Tri-County Business Park, a 676,735-square-foot industrial park located at 13300 McCormick Drive in Tampa. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, True North Management Group. A joint venture between Birtcher Anderson and JCR Capital acquired the asset. Tri-County Business Park includes 20 buildings constructed between 1980 and 1988. The buildings feature varying clear heights and both grade-level and dock-high loading. At the time of sale, the property was 75 percent leased to tenants including Leader Tech, Seven Seas Water Corp. and Clextral Inc.