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Bauman & Co. Buys Three Medical Office Buildings in the Southeast for $25M

by John Nelson May 3, 2016

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Bauman & Co. has purchased three medical office buildings in Orlando; Macon, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., for a combined $25 million. The properties include the Lake Lurna Professional Center in downtown Orlando, the Coliseum Cancer Center in Macon that is being renamed the Coliseum Drive Physicians Building and the Spring Creek Medical Center in Chattanooga that is being renamed the Spring Creek Physicians Building. The Orlando and Macon buildings were fully leased at the time of sale and the Chattanooga property was 82 percent leased. Bauman & Co., Siemens Financial Services, Capital One Healthcare and a small group of private investors provided acquisition financing for the portfolio transaction.

May 3, 2016

Florida Retail Southeast Top Stories

Whitman Family Development Submits Plans for $400M Expansion of Bal Harbour Shops Near Miami Beach

by Katie Sloan May 3, 2016

BAL HARBOUR, FLA. — Whitman Family Development has submitted updated plans for a $400 million expansion of Bal Harbour Shops, an upscale, 450,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center located in Bal Harbour Village near Miami Beach. Expansion plans include the addition of the first Barneys New York flagship store in the Southeastern U.S., as well as significant upgrades to longtime anchor tenants Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. The expansion will also include the addition of new luxury boutiques and restaurants, expanded vehicle entryways and exits with improved traffic signals, and wider sidewalks with increased landscaping and tree canopy around the shops on 96th Street and Collins Avenue. The new plans are the result of a Bal Harbour Village Council meeting on April 13 during which all council members expressed support for the expansion, but deadlocked 2-2 on the sale of the current Village Hall site that was central to the proposal. The revised plan reduces the proposed footprint by approximately 19 percent, according to reports by the Miami Herald, and will be built entirely on land already owned by Whitman Family Development. “The updated plan meets all of our goals, albeit in a different configuration,” says Matthew Whitman Lazenby, president and CEO of …

May 3, 2016

Florida Multifamily Seniors Housing Southeast

Allegro Senior Living Breaks Ground on $45M Luxury Seniors Community in Central Florida

by John Nelson April 29, 2016

CASSELBERRY, FLA. — Allegro Senior Living has broken ground on an unnamed luxury seniors housing community in the northern Orlando suburb of Casselberry. Development costs are estimated at $45 million. Located on a 17.3-acre site, the new community will include 158 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in 175,000 square feet of space. Allegro expects the first residents to move in sometime in summer 2017. Besselo Design Group provided architectural design services, and Welbro Building Corp. will provide construction services. Allegro is a developer and operator based in St. Louis with 10 communities in Florida and Kentucky.

April 29, 2016

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $41M Sale of Multifamily Portfolio in Tampa Bay Area

by John Nelson April 29, 2016

TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $41 million sale of a five-property, 735-unit apartment portfolio in the Tampa Bay area. The properties include the 176-unit Palms at Cedar Trace, 212-unit Palms at Sand Lake and the 130-unit Palms at Ashley Oak in Tampa; the 125-unit Palms at Palisades in Brandon; and the 92-unit Palms at Cortez in Bradenton. Frank Carriera and Michael Regan of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller and procured the buyer.

April 29, 2016

Civic Florida Southeast

Williams Co. Building Division Breaks Ground on $60.7M School in Downtown Orlando

by John Nelson April 28, 2016

ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based Williams Co. Building Division has broken ground on a new $60.7 million school located at 701 W. Livingston St. in downtown Orlando on behalf of Orange County Public Schools. The unnamed school will serve roughly 1,211 preschool to eighth grade students on its 14-acre campus. The preschool wing is being supported by the Harris Rosen Foundation and a branch of the Boys & Girls Club. Construction on the 190,526-square-foot facility is slated for completion in summer 2017 in time for the school’s fall 2017 opening. Orlando-based Baker Barrios Architects designed the project.

April 28, 2016

Florida Loans Seniors Housing Southeast

SunTrust Provides $39M Loan for Seniors Housing Expansion in Orlando

by John Nelson April 28, 2016

ORLANDO, FLA. — SunTrust Bank has provided a $39 million loan to Orlando Senior Health Network, which the owner-operator will use to expand Orlando Lutheran Towers in Orlando. The project will add 33 skilled nursing beds to the continuing care retirement community, along with 45 new full-time employees to serve the new residents. The $39 million loan includes both funds for capital improvements and refinancing of existing debt. Renovations are scheduled to begin this summer with the project scheduled for completion in 2018.

April 28, 2016

Florida Retail Southeast

Ram Realty Services Sells Publix-Anchored Center in Metro Fort Lauderdale for $29.3M

by John Nelson April 27, 2016

PLANTATION, FLA. — Ram Realty Services has sold Jacaranda Plaza, a 173,044-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center, for $29.3 million. Epic Real Estate Partners purchased the property, which is located on 16.2 acres at 8249 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Plantation, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. Jacaranda Plaza was 86 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Stein Mart, Regions Bank, T-Mobile, GNC and Game Stop. Daniel Finkle, Luis Castillo and Nat Scarmazzi of HFF represented Ram Realty Services in the transaction. Additionally, Paul Stasaitis and Adam Herrin of HFF arranged a five-year, $19.9 million acquisition loan with a fixed interest rate through BankUnited on behalf of Epic Real Estate Partners.

April 27, 2016

Florida Loans Multifamily Southeast

KeyBank Provides $24.4M Freddie Mac Loan for Apartment Complex in Central Florida

by John Nelson April 27, 2016

KISSIMMEE, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $24.4 million Freddie Mac loan for Arrow Ridge Apartments, a 320-unit multifamily community located at 4100 Arrow Ridge Place in Kissimmee. Built in 1999, the property features a fitness center, swimming pool and a playground. The loan was used to refinance an existing KeyBank bridge loan, which allowed the sponsor to purchase the property in February 2016. Charlie Williams of KeyBank’s commercial mortgage group arranged the financing.

April 27, 2016

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Franklin Street Brokers $7M Sale of Apartment Community in Central Florida

by John Nelson April 26, 2016

WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — Franklin Street has arranged the $7 million sale of Tuskawilla Park Apartments, a 41-unit apartment complex located at 154 Tuskawilla Road in Winter Springs, roughly 15 miles north of Orlando. Originally built as a condominium development in 2009, the apartment complex features elevators and 6,377 square feet of ground-floor commercial space that is fully leased by two local engineering firms and the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zachary Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street represented the seller, California-based Pathfinder Landology ISIS Holdings LLC, and the buyer, Virginia-based CIG Tuskawilla Park LLC, in the transaction.

April 26, 2016

Florida Restaurant Retail Southeast

Italian Food Hall Concept to Open at Brickell City Centre in Miami

by John Nelson April 25, 2016

MIAMI — Swire Properties Inc. and its retail co-developers Whitman Family Development and Simon Property Group have inked a lease for a 38,000-square-foot Italian indoor food hall concept at Brickell City Centre in Miami’s Brickell district. The three-level dining space and market will anchor the 500,000-square-foot open-air shopping center at the 5.4 million-square-foot development. The food hall will offer several eateries, market fare such as produce and artisanal cheeses, gifts, live cooking demonstrations, cooking classes with Italian chefs and educational programming on wine pairings and other topics. Other dining and entertainment retailers already signed on at Brickell City Centre include Cinemex, Pubbelly Sushi, Pasion del Cielo, Quinto La Huella and Sugar, a rooftop bar that will be situated at the Brickell City Centre’s upscale hotel — EAST, Miami.

April 25, 2016

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