ORLANDO, FLA. — Brasfield & Gorrie’s Orlando office has completed construction on The Sevens, a 360,000-square-foot apartment building situated on a 2.5-acre lot between Park Lake Street and Colonial Drive in Orlando’s North Quarter district. The property features 333 luxury units, a seven-level parking garage and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The Sevens’ amenities include a rooftop pool deck with a lounge and bar, fitness center and a ninth-floor clubhouse. Units feature granite and quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and balconies in select units. The project team includes developer and owner The Pizzuti Cos. and architect Charlan Brock & Associates.
Florida
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Boca Raton, Fla.-based Office Depot Inc. (NASDAQ: ODP) announced Wednesday that the company plans to close an additional 300 stores over the next three years in an attempt to cut $250 million in costs by 2018. Office Depot closed 42 stores in the second quarter of 2016, completing the company’s previously announced “U.S. retail store optimization plan,” which called for the shuttering of 400 stores nationwide. The company now has a total of 1,513 stores open in the United States, with plans to close an additional 25 throughout the year. The company hopes to expand the pilot program for its smaller, 15,000-square-foot format to 24 stores by the end of 2016, with 100 stores targeted for 2017. The new, smaller footprint is designed to provide customers with easier shopping using a smaller, more curated assortment of products, while expanding in-store services. The announcement comes on the heels of the termination of a merger with Staples Inc. in May, which resulted in a cash payment from Staples of $250 million. As a result, Office Depot has initiated a dividend of 2.5 cents per share, payable on Sep. 15 to shareholders of record at the close of business …
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Real estate investment firm CollegePlace Partners has acquired The District, a 311-bed student housing portfolio located adjacent to Florida State University in Tallahassee. The company purchased the portfolio in an off-market transaction for $22.7 million. The District comprises eight townhome and flat-style buildings, featuring 90 three-, four-, five- and six-bedroom units. Andrew Kirsh and Serineh Baghdasarian of Los Angeles-based law firm Sklar Kirsh LLP represented CollegePlace Partners in the acquisition. CollegePlace Partners has engaged Asset Campus Housing, the nation’s largest third-party student housing management company, to manage the portfolio.
WEST MIAMI, FLA. — Chicago-based Waterton has purchased Soleste West Gables, a newly built, 206-unit apartment community located in West Miami. Waterton bought the asset from the development group comprising Estate Investments Group, Fortune Capital Partners and Mattoni Group for $57.4 million, or $278,000 per unit. The group’s other projects in the area include the 196-unit Soleste Club Prado, the 221-unit Soleste West Gables II, the 329-unit Soleste Alameda and the 290-unit Soleste Valentina View. Soleste West Gables began leasing in September 2015 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with amenities including a resort-style pool with an oversized sundeck, cabanas, poolside gymnasium, community entertainment lounge and Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the property.
Meridian Capital Group Arranges $19.5M Refinancing of Apartment Community in North Miami Beach
by John Nelson
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $19.5 million loan for the refinancing of Aventura Oaks Apartments, a 204-unit multifamily community located at 1572 N.E. 191st St. in North Miami Beach. The three-story property features a swimming pool, lounge and fitness center. Jonathan Zilber and Steven Halpert of Meridian Capital Group arranged the three-year loan with a fixed 3.1 percent interest rate and one year of interest-only payments through an unnamed balance sheet lender. The unnamed borrower is currently remodeling 75 percent of Aventura Oaks’ apartment units.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11 million sale of Harbour Pointe, a 34-unit luxury apartment building located at 2201 S.E. 18th St. in Fort Lauderdale’s Harbour Inlet neighborhood. Situated south of the 17th Street Causeway, the property features 350 of water frontage with rental boat slips. Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of Harbour Pointe in 2010 for $8.1 million and again in 2013 for $9.2 million. The property was renovated by a previous owner in 2010. Joseph Thomas, Adam Duncan and Derek Soven of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a joint venture between entities based in New York and California.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $13.5 million Fannie Mae loan for Caroline Square, a 356-unit apartment community in Jacksonville. The property was originally built in 1974. Tom Peloquin of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged the loan, which was used to refinance a bridge loan used to acquire the property in September 2015.
LAKELAND, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $3.5 million refinancing of Meadowood Apartments, a 40-unit multifamily property located on Brook Meadow and Pogonia drives in Lakeland. The property comprises duplex townhomes on contiguous individual parcels. Robert Hernandez of NorthMarq Capital’s Tampa office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through its Fannie Mae DUS program.
ROCKLEDGE, FLA. — Continental Realty Corp. has purchased Polo Glen Apartments, a 252-unit, garden-style apartment community located at 3603 Middleburg Lane in Rockledge. The Baltimore-based company acquired the asset from Pollack Shores via its Continental Realty Fund IV for $38 million. Built in 2008, Polo Glen is situated near cities such as Cocoa Beach, Melbourne and Viera and features units averaging 1,200 square feet. Unit interiors feature nine-foot ceilings, screened patios/balconies, cherry cabinetry and full-sized washers and dryers. More than 70 percent of the residences will feature ground-level entries. Community amenities include an interior lake with a lakeside walking path; clubhouse with a swimming pool and fitness center; car wash facility; outdoor barbecue area and fireplace; playground and tennis courts. Patrick Dufour, Scott Ramey, Kevin Judd and Ryan Crowley of ARA represented Pollack Shores in the transaction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — NGKF Capital Markets has brokered the $23.8 million sale of the Stein Mart Building, a 10-story, Class A office property situated along the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville. Retailer Stein Mart occupies more than half of the 197,000-square-foot building, which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Marks Gray PA and TD Bank. Built in 1985, the asset features a four-story atrium, pedestrian plaza, adjacent six-story parking garage, deli, laundromat, fitness center, conference room and banking facility. Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC purchased the property from Parkway Properties, which has owned the building since 2005. Michael Lapointe and Michael Lohmann of NGKF, along with Bryan Bartlett and Jim Sebesta of Phoenix Realty Group, represented Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners in the transaction.