ORLANDO, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has secured a $176.6 million construction loan for The Place at Alafaya, a 1,395-bed student housing development located at 11600 MacKay Blvd. near the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus in Orlando. Mona Carlton, Elliott Throne, Joshua Odessky, Michael Romero, JJ Hovenden and Luke Maganas of JLL secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, Beachwold Residential. Upon completion, The Place at Alafaya will offer 484 units with bed-to-bath parity across three four-story buildings. The property will also feature a standalone, three-story clubhouse spanning 16,000 square feet. Amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool; fitness center with a cold plunge and sauna; private study rooms; pickleball and basketball courts; and a game lounge. A timeline for the development was not released.
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LAKELAND, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $67.7 million sale of three industrial buildings located within Lakeland Commerce Center in Lakeland, a city in Central Florida between Tampa and Orlando. Cody Brais, John Huguenard, Luis Castillo, Taylor Osborne, David Orta Jr. and Mia Gian of JLL represented the seller, Atlanta-based Stonemont, in the transaction. MDH Partners, also based in Atlanta, was the buyer. Positioned along the County Line Road corridor between I-4 and Lakeland Linder International Airport, Lakeland Commerce Center Buildings 100, 200 and 300 are three newly constructed, rear-load industrial buildings totaling 557,100 square feet. The property provides same-day delivery access to Florida’s residents, as well as logistics services throughout the Southeastern United States. Lakeland Commerce Center spans four buildings. MetLife purchased the fourth building, the 348,740-square-foot Building 400, for $50 million in March 2025.
PALMETTO, FLA. — General contractor Robins & Morton has topped out BayCare Hospital Manatee, a $563 million hospital underway in Palmetto, a city in Southwest Florida’s Manatee County. Situated one mile from the junction of I-75 and I-275, the 450,000-square-foot hospital will offer 154 beds in private patient rooms. Gresham Smith designed the hospital as well as the adjacent BayCare HealthHub clinic on behalf of BayCare. The Florida-based healthcare system plans to open BayCare Hospital Manatee, its 17th hospital, in 2028. The BayCare HealthHub facility is expected to open later this year.
MEDLEY, FLA. — NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale has brokered the $6.6 million sale of a 2.6-acre industrial site located at 7501 N.W. 72nd Ave. in Medley, about 14 miles northwest of Miami. Locally based Tekton Construction Corp. purchased the site from the seller, an entity doing business as 7501 Medley Civil LLC. Larry Gautier and Michael Holmquist of NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale represented the seller in the transaction. The site, which features an existing facility, fronts Milam Dairy Road (State Route 969) and provides convenient access to U.S. Highway 27. Future plans for the site were not released.
JLL Arranges $76.8M Construction Loan for Multifamily Development in Jacksonville Beach
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $76.8 million construction loan for a 415-unit multifamily development in Jacksonville Beach. Mark West led the JLL team in arranging the four-year, floating-rate loan through Ameris Bank on behalf of the borrower, Trevato Development Group. Located along Beach Boulevard, the community will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 989 square feet in size, as well as 1,800 square feet of retail space. Amenities will include multiple courtyards, a pool complex with cabanas and a sun shelf, fitness centers, coworking spaces, outdoor summer kitchens, bocce ball courts, hammock islands and a dog park with a washing station. Trevato broke ground on the property on July 1 and plans to deliver the first units by fourth-quarter 2028.
ISLAMORADA, FLA. — Bass Pro Shops, an outdoors retailer based in Springfield, Mo., has purchased Cheeca Lodge & Spa, a 27-acre resort in the Florida Keys city of Islamorada that was established in 1946. Northwood Investors sold the property to Bass Pro Shops but will continue to manage the 254-room resort and grounds, which includes multiple hotel layouts; several restaurants and bars, including the Pierre’s Restaurant and Beach Café & Bar and 25 South tiki bar; indoor meeting spaces and conference rooms; three swimming pools, including a zero-entry oceanfront pool; a fitness center and spa with treatment rooms; nine-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus; pickleball and tennis courts; the World Wide Sportsman Store & Marina; and the longest fishing pier in the Keys. The property also includes staff housing and operates under a mixed ownership structure comprising 169 fee-simple hotel rooms and 85 third-party-owned condominiums participating in the rental program. Daniel Peek, Andrew Dickey, Chris Drew and Maciej Polek of JLL represented Northwood Investors, which has owned and managed the Cheeca Lodge & Spa for the past 15 years. The sales price and future plans for the resort were not disclosed.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — NAI Hallmark has arranged the $14.7 million sale of Butler Pointe, a five-story, 151,815-square-foot office building located at 4500 Salisbury Road in Jacksonville. Daniel Burkhardt, Keith Goldfaden and Alex Caliel of NAI Hallmark represented the seller, an entity doing business as Acorn Butler Pointe LLC, in the transaction. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gabriel Elkaim purchased the multi-tenant office building, which is situated on approximately eight acres in Jacksonville’s Southpoint submarket.
ORLANDO, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $56.1 million sale of Cypress Park, a 256,838-square-foot industrial property located along Satellite Boulevard in Orlando. Luis Castillo, Cody Brais, Taylor Osborne, David Orta Jr. and Mia Gian of JLL represented the seller, Herbert Management Corp., in the transaction. The buyer was Midtown Capital Partners. Situated directly off Florida’s Turnpike and U.S. Route 441 interchange near the Orlando International Airport, the five-building industrial property sits on roughly 23.4 acres and features 45 dock-high doors, 18 drive-in and grade-level doors, clear heights ranging from 20 to 22 feet and up to 100-foot truck court depths. At the time of sale, Cypress Park was 99 percent leased to 26 tenants across nine industries such as technology, manufacturing, building materials, construction, retail distribution, food-and-beverage, financial services and third-party logistics. Suite sizes range from 1,000 to 34,000 square feet.
JLL Arranges $111M Construction Loan for Multifamily Development in Miami’s Edgewater District
by Abby Cox
MIAMI — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $111 million construction loan for the development of Sense22, a 328-unit multifamily project located in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. Max La Cava and Pier Barinci of JLL secured the three-year loan through S3 Capital on behalf of the borrower, HA Emprendimientos, a real estate development and construction company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. JLL also previously secured the land and predevelopment loan for the property in 2025. The project is slated for completion in 2028. Sense22 will comprise 36 stories and will offer a mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool deck, a furnished rooftop terrace with outdoor grilling areas, spa, a fitness center and coworking spaces, along with 372 parking spaces.
ORLANDO AND DAVENPORT, FLA. — Berkadia has secured a combined $85.4 million for the refinancing of two Orlando-area multifamily communities. Matt Robbins, Mitch Sinberg, Brad Williamson, Scott Wadler and Hugo Hernandez of Berkadia arranged the financing through Walton Street Capital on behalf of the borrower, Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings. The first property, known as The Summit at MetroWest, is located at 6500 Metrowest Blvd., and features 280 multifamily apartments with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Amenities include a swimming pool, game room, sun deck, golf course, a grilling and picnic area and a dog park, according to Apartments.com. The second property, named The Legends at ChampionsGate, is situated at 8101 Champions Circle in Davenport and comprises 252 apartments in one- to four-bedroom configurations. Amenities include a clubhouse, business center, swimming pool, fitness center, playground, sun deck, cabana and grills.
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