LANTANA, FLA. — Bridgewater Lake Osborne LLC, an entity owned by Index Investment Group and Eastwind Development, has sold Bridgewater at Lake Osborne, a 108-unit apartment community in Lantanta. BLO Investors LLC purchased the asset for $24 million. Fronting Lake Osborne on a 9.6-acre lot, the apartment community was delivered in May 2014. The community features two- and three-bedroom units with rents starting at $1,579. The property features a boat ramp, resort-style pool, sunset pavilion and a children’s playground.
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CARTERSVILLE, GA. AND RIVERVIEW, FLA. — Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has purchased two grocery-anchored shopping centers in Cartersville and Riverview. The properties include the 375,067-square-foot Bartow Marketplace in Cartersville and the 78,442-square-foot Bloomingdale Hills in Riverview. Bartow Marketplace’s tenant roster includes a 204,170-square-foot Walmart Supercenter, and a 130,497-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement. Other tenants include Cricket Wireless, CPR Cell Phone Repair, Rue 21, World Finance Loans, Dollar Tree, Metro PCS, Pearle Vision, Gamestop, Peachstate Auto Insurance, Sally Beauty Supply and Payless Shoe Source. Bloomingdale Hills’ tenant roster includes a 57,756-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market, Happy’s Home Centers, Great Clips and Great Expressions Dental. As of April 14, 2016, Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II owns and manages 66 grocery-anchored centers totaling roughly 7.9 million square feet.
DECATUR, GA. — Venture West Funding Inc. has arranged an $11.6 million loan to refinance Chapel Hill Commons, a Kroger-anchored shopping center located at 4919 Flat Shoals Road in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta. Built in 1999, the 108,000-square-foot shopping center is also leased to H&R Block, Nationwide Insurance, Dollar Tree and Blimpie. Bill Hain of Venture West Funding arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan through Goldman Sachs.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. — Noble Investment Group has agreed to buy a five-hotel portfolio in Orlando, Atlanta and New Jersey for $142 million. The portfolio includes a total of 1,396 rooms. The acquisition includes three Marriott-managed properties in the Orlando suburb of Lake Buena Vista: the 312-room Courtyard Lake Buena Vista, the 388-room Fairfield Inn Lake Buena Vista and the 400-room Springhill Suites Lake Buena Vista. The remaining two properties, both operated by Remington Lodging, are the 146-room Courtyard Edison in Edison, N.J., and the 150-room Residence Inn Buckhead in Atlanta. The hotels achieved an average RevPAR (revenue per available room) of $84, with a 79 percent occupancy rate and ADR (average daily rate) of $106 over a 12-month basis. The portfolio has an existing debt balance of about $98 million. The seller, Ashford Hospitality Trust, expects the net proceeds from the disposition to be about $37 million after debt repayment and transaction costs. Ashford will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including net debt reduction, stock buybacks or the acquisition of other full-service hotels. The transaction is scheduled to close during the current quarter. “We are pleased to announce this sale as it provides a positive first step …
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — A joint venture between New York-based EL Group and Fort Lauderdale-based InSite Group purchased the Sagamore Hotel, a historic 93-room hotel in Miami Beach’s South Beach neighborhood. The venture purchased the asset for $63 million, according to The Real Deal. The property is situated on Collins Avenue and 16th Street near Lincoln Road. The two-building hotel features indoor/outdoor function space, a swimming pool, pool bar and a full-service restaurant. The beach building, which features two-story suites, was added during a property restoration in 2001. EL Group and InSite Group plan to fully renovate the property and add new food and beverage options.
TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $47.9 million sale of a three-property, 2,291-unit self storage portfolio in the metro Tampa area. The properties are situated in Saint Petersburg, Palm Harbor and Tampa. Michael Mele and Luke Elliott of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, a New York-based REIT, and the buyer, a Pennsylvania-based REIT. The 223,903-square-foot portfolio includes climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units ranging in size from 12 to 600 square feet.
Love Funding Provides $17.8M Construction Loan for Assisted Living Community in Florida
by John Nelson
ENGLEWOOD, FLA. — Love Funding, a Washington, D.C.-based lender, has provided a $17.8 million construction loan to build Heritage Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 118-unit seniors housing community in Englewood, located between Tampa and Fort Myers. Tammy Tate of Love Funding secured the 40-year, non-recourse financing through the HUD 232 program. Heritage Oaks will include 86 assisted living units and 32 memory care units in a two-story building. The initial 10-acre site will be part of a larger 60-acre campus. Phase II of development will add independent living to the community. Georgia-based CDH Partners is design architect for the project, which Florida-based Core Construction Services will build. When complete, Beacon Communities will operate the community. No timeline for construction was disclosed.
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Kimco Realty Corp. has purchased the remaining 45 percent ownership interest in the Oakwood Plaza shopping center and the Dania Pointe mixed-use development in Hollywood for a gross purchase price of $299.2 million. Kimco acquired the interest and assumed $100 million of mortgage debt from its joint venture partner, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The adjacent properties have a combined two miles of frontage on I-95 and are near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the Port Everglades international cruise port. Oakwood Plaza is a 900,000-square-foot open-air retail center that is fully leased to tenants such as Home Depot, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Ross Dress for Less, Michaels, PetSmart, BJ’s and Regal Cinemas. Dania Pointe is a mixed-use, ground-up development project that will include approximately 900,000 square feet of retail stores and restaurants, 1,000 luxury apartments, two hotels totaling 300 rooms and two office towers. Phase I will be a traditional 318,000-square-foot open-air retail power center with construction expected to begin in the fall of 2016. Phase II will be a lifestyle center featuring 575,000 square feet of Main Street retail, residential towers and office buildings. Construction for Phase II is scheduled to start at the end of 2017.
Ocean Bank Provides $50M Construction Loan for Upscale Apartment Community in Boca Raton
by John Nelson
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Miami-based Ocean Bank has provided a $50 million construction loan that will fund the development of a 282-unit luxury apartment community at the Park at Broken Sound in Boca Raton. The project will be located on 14.1 acres at the southeast corner of Congress Avenue and Clint Moore Road, a few miles from Florida Atlantic University, Mizner Park, Boca Town Center and the beaches. The apartment complex, which includes a 5,500-square-foot clubhouse, is expected to open in 15 to 16 months. Ralph Gonzalez-Jacobo and Eddie Diaz of Ocean Bank originated the loan on behalf of the Miami-based borrowers, Sergio Rok and James Tate of TR Danburg Boca Holdings. The loan represents 70 percent of the estimated total cost of $71.4 million, or $177,000 per unit, for the development and construction of the property.
Blackhawk Selects Berger Commercial to Lease, Manage Future Office Tower in Fort Lauderdale
by John Nelson
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Blackhawk Properties & Investment LLC has selected Berger Commercial Realty to lease and manage the new seven-story 550 Building that is set to break ground in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Scheduled to begin construction this summer and open in fall 2017, the 70,000-square-foot, Class A office tower will be located at 550 S. Andrews Ave., the former site of the 32,500-square-foot Justice Building. The project will have an attached parking garage and ground-floor retail space. Roughly 10,000 square feet of 550 Building’s office space has been pre-leased. The development team includes Blackhawk, Collins Capital Partners, Craven Thompson & Associates, Douglas Management and Falkanger, Snyder, Martineau and Yates. Steve Hyatt, Joseph Byrnes and Stephanie Bernota of Berger Commercial Realty are the leasing agents for both the office and retail components at the 550 Building.