Florida

DORAL, FLA. — HFF has arranged the sale of Bed Bath & Beyond Plaza, a 97,456-square-foot shopping center in Doral, a city in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County. Daniel Finkle, Luis Castillo and Eric Williams of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Retail Properties of America Inc. A joint venture between Schmier Property Group and Independencia Asset Management acquired the center. The sales price was not disclosed, but the South Florida Business Journal reports the property sold for $38.3 million. Nat Scarmazzi of HFF arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co. on behalf of the new owners. At the time of sale, Bed Bath & Beyond Plaza was fully leased to tenants including Bed Bath & Beyond, Office Depot, Petco, Party City, Pier 1 Imports, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Doral Dental Partners and Starbucks Coffee.

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — TerraCap Management LLC has sold Capital Commerce Center, a 260,900-square-foot office building located at 2601 Blair Stone Road in Tallahassee. Nashville-based CoreCivic, a publicly traded REIT, acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Joe Rossi and Bob Cottle of Colliers International arranged the transaction on behalf of TerraCap, which originally acquired the property, then vacant, in 2013. At the time of sale, Capital Commerce Center was 98 percent leased to tenants including the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), the Florida Department of Agriculture, CareerSource and TEKSystems. Constructed in 1990, the building underwent renovations during TerraCap’s ownership, with tenant improvements for DBPR continuing into this year. The property comprises three interconnected buildings, including a parking garage attached to the building by a covered walkway. In addition, the property is situated approximately two miles from the Florida State Capitol and three miles from Florida State University.

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BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has arranged a $6.4 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 100,000-square-foot office building located at 3301 Quantum Blvd. in Boynton Beach, a city in Palm Beach County. Ready Capital arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan with two extension options and flexible prepayment on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. Planned renovations include landscaping upgrades, HVAC replacement, parking lot repairs, common area modernization and roof replacement, followed by a re-tenanting of the property at market rental rates.

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DORAL, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $22.8 million sale of Transal Park, a six-building flex industrial campus located at 8200-8290 N.W. 27th St. in Doral. Mike Davis, Miguel Alcivar, Dominic Montazemi, Scott O’Donnell, Michael Lerner and Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield, in conjunction with Cushman & Wakefield leasing partners Wayne Ramoski and Gian Rodriguez, arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. SVF Acquisitions LLC acquired the property. Transal Park comprises six one-story buildings totaling 134,175 square feet. The buildings feature flexible bays with a combination of direct-access front office space and rear warehouse with grade-level entries to truck courts. Other features include tenant signage, on-site security, a restaurant and a parking ratio of 3.6 spaces per 1,000 rentable square feet. At the time of sale, Transal Park was 88 percent leased to tenants including United States Medical, South Florida Health Management, Office Bargain Center, Encore Optical, Miami Vet Center and Doral Digital Reprographics.

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TAMPA, FLA. — The Shopping Center Group has arranged the $8.4 million sale of Shoppes of Amberly, an 88,000-square-foot shopping center in Tampa. Anthony Blanco and Lynn De Marco of The Shopping Center Group represented the seller, a special servicer, in the transaction that was finalized through the RealINSIGHT Marketplace auction platform. Shoppes of Amberly LLC acquired the center. At the time of sale, Shoppes of Amberly was 86 percent leased to tenants including Crunch Fitness and Peabody’s Billiards. In addition, the center is home to local restaurants and medical, health and beauty services.

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SUNRISE, FLA. — Dallas-based Lincoln Rackhouse will break ground this month on a 35,000-square-foot build-to-suit data center in Sunrise. In a sales-leaseback agreement, Bo Bond and Ali Greenwood of JLL’s Data Center Solutions secured a 20-year prelease with an undisclosed U.S. mobile network provider. The telecom switch center will expand the network’s delivery platform in the region. Burr Computer Environments Inc. is the project’s engineer, Gensler is the architect and Smith Commercial Contracting Inc. is the general contractor. Lincoln Property Co.’s South Florida office will oversee development and management for the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter completion.

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INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH AND PALM BAY, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio located in Indian Harbor Beach and Palm Bay. Abacus Capital Group acquired the properties from CFH Group for an undisclosed price. Still Hunter, Chris Smiles, Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. The 594-unit portfolio includes two communities in Indian Harbour Beach: The Dunes, located at 201 Harbour City Parkway, and Harbour Pointe Apartments, located at 675 Rosewood Court. In Palm Bay, Abacus acquired The Vinings at Palm Bay, located at 1000 Palm Place Drive. The communities feature 24-hour fitness centers, resort-style pools, poolside kitchens, carports and business centers.

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DORAL, FLA. — Terra has sold Doral Commons, a 140,000-square-foot shopping center in South Florida, for $72 million. Jamestown LP acquired the asset, located at the intersection of N.W. 74th Street and 107th Avenue in Doral. Publix anchors the center, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including T.J. Maxx, Citibank, GNC, AT&T and McDonald’s. Doral Commons was initially part of a 100-acre tract acquired by Terra in 2012. The company subdivided the land into commercial and residential uses, completing construction of Doral Commons in 2015. Terra’s 319-home housing development Modern Doral is located adjacent to the retail center.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. —  Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has provided a $19.2 million construction loan for the redevelopment of the Gale Hotel, a 96-room boutique hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Howard Taft and Charles Penan of Aztec Group arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower and developer, a joint venture between Newgard Development Group and Merrimac Ventures. The Gale Hotel site was first constructed in 1948 as the Escape Hotel, and operated as a hotel until the 1980s. The property was then transitioned into Tiffany House, an assisted living facility, until it was closed in 2005. The redeveloped Gale Hotel is expected to open in the first quarter of 2019. Menin Hospitality will manage the new hotel. The site, located one block west of A1A and Fort Lauderdale Beach, sits adjacent to Gale Residences, a 129-unit condominium tower that Newgard and Merrimac Ventures are also co-developing. HSF provided a $35.6 million construction loan for the tower in 2016.

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