TAMPA, FLA. — Newbond Holdings has acquired Aloft Tampa Downtown Hotel, a 130-room hotel located on the Riverwalk in downtown Tampa. Amenities at the property include a waterfront pool and gym, corporate meeting and event space and a bar and lounge. The acquisition brings Newbond’s footprint along the riverfront, which also includes the Hotel Tampa Riverwalk, to more than 700 hotel rooms. JLL arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Newbond, which plans to implement renovations to the guest rooms, public areas and pool deck. Plasencia Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — Terra has sold 16000 Pines Market, a 135,000-square-foot retail center located in Pembroke Pines, for $56 million. Situated on 13.2 acres and developed between 2020 and 2022, the property was fully leased at the time of sale. Publix anchors the center, whose other tenants include Crunch Fitness, Burlington, First Watch Café, Verizon Wireless, Everglades Family Dental, Tropical Smoothie Café, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Jersey Mike’s Subs and MD-Now Urgent Care Center. The property also features two standalone parcels that house a U.S. post office and Regions Bank. Mark Gilbert and Adam Feinstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented Terra in the transaction. Apollo Realty Income Solutions (ARIS) acquired the property.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Alvarez & Marsal Capital (AMC) has signed a lease at 300 Banyan, a 12-story office development currently under construction in West Palm Beach. Situated within Brand Atlantic and Wheelock Street Capital’s Banyan & Olive development, the property includes six floors of office space, as well as an 8,000-square-foot restaurant and six-story parking garage. The building features 20,000-square-foot floor plates with shaded private terraces on every other floor, floor-to-ceiling glass and ceiling heights of over 13 feet. Amenities at the building include an indoor-outdoor gym, loggia and lounge and golf simulator lounge.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Construction firm ANF Group Inc. has topped out the first phase of Parks at Delray, a 43-acre mixed-use development underway at 2100 S. Congress Ave. in Delray Beach. Upon completion, the property will feature residential, retail and office space. The 747-unit residential portion will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 580 to 1,400 square feet, as well as three-bedroom townhomes ranging from 1,670 to 1,770 square feet. Retail space at the development will total roughly 40,000 square feet, and the office building will comprise 68,000 square feet. ANF is completing the project on behalf of the developers, 13th Floor Investments, Key International, CDS International Holdings and Wexford Capital. MSA Architects is the architect, and CIBC Bank is providing construction financing. Construction began in March of this year, and Phase I is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2025.
TAMPA, FLA. — Eagle Property Capital (EPC) and Belay Investment Group have sold Captiva Club Apartments, a 361-unit multifamily community located at 4401 Club Captiva Drive in Tampa. Built in 1973, the property comprises apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities at the community include a clubhouse, two swimming pools, two dog parks, a business center and onsite laundry. The partners acquired the property in 2016 and implemented $4.3 million in capital improvements, including the addition of 17 new units. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.3 million sale of a freestanding store located at 8701 W. Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa. The 64,031-square-foot retail property is net leased to Publix. Situated on 6.3 acres at the intersection of Memorial Highway and Hillsborough Avenue, the store was built in 1977 as an Albertsons. Evan Cannan and Reid Thedford of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, a private investor whose family has owned the land for nearly a century. Dean Zang, David Crotts, and Josh Ein of Marcus & Millichap’s Washington, D.C., office procured the buyer, which provided a bid that was $1.3 million higher than the highest off-market bid.
Management has announced plans for The Mark at Tallahassee, an 859-bed student housing development located near the Florida State University (FSU) campus in Tallahassee. The three-building community will offer fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities are set to include a rooftop clubhouse with an outdoor swimming pool, sun shelf, lounge seating, a grill station, fire pits and a jumbotron; a fitness center overlooking the university’s Doak Campbell football stadium; 24-hour study lounge; collaboration space; and bike storage. The project, which is being built by Landmark’s in-house general contractor Landmark Construction, is expected for completion in August 2025.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — PEBB Enterprises and Falcone Group have signed three new restaurant tenants to join Beachwalk, a mixed-use project currently underway in Jacksonville. Starbucks Coffee, Fancy Sushi and Playa Bowls will occupy 2,500, 1,500 and 1,200 square feet, respectively. The new leases bring the retail and restaurant space at the development, which totals 170,000 square feet, to 55 percent occupancy. Other tenants at the project include Fysh Bar & Grill, Noire Nail Bar, F45 Fitness, BurgerFi, Supercuts, Kilwins, Bagels R Us, Island Fin Poke, The Covery and Union 76 Daybreak Market. Upon completion, the development will also feature a 130-room hotel and 348-unit apartment community.
MIAMI — Inter Miami FC has begun construction on Miami Freedom Park, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club’s new 131-acre entertainment district, the centerpiece of which will be a 25,000-seat stadium. The project is a redevelopment of the former site of the Melreese Country Club in the city’s Grapeland Heights neighborhood. In addition to the stadium, Miami Freedom Park will feature a 58-acre public park that will have soccer and youth athletic fields for the community, as well as office, hospitality, retail and restaurant uses. Leasing campaigns for the retail and restaurant components are already underway, as are efforts to cultivate corporate partnerships. Crews are now performing preliminary earthwork and sitework that will overlap with the start of vertical construction. A formal groundbreaking ceremony will take place later this year, and the development is slated for a 2025 completion. Redevelopment plans were previously approved by voters and the City of Miami Commission. A major impetus behind the development has been the club’s signing of international superstar Lionel Messi. The Miami Herald reports that the club intends for Messi, who previously signed a 2.5-year, $150 million deal that includes a future ownership stake in the team after he retires, to play at …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — American Landmark Apartments has acquired The Wimberly at Deerwood, a 322-unit multifamily community located at 9727 Touchton Road in Jacksonville. Built in 2000 and now dubbed The Drake at Deerwood, the property features residences in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts ranging from 659 to 1,300 square feet. Amenities at the community include a pool and sundeck, outdoor kitchen and barbecue grills, a volleyball court, two dog parks, garages and boat parking available for rent and a clubhouse with a resident lounge, media room, billiards lounge, game room and fitness studio. American Landmark plans to upgrade the clubhouse, fitness center, pool, outdoor kitchen, roofs, landscaping and exterior paint, as well as add electric vehicle charging stations, package lockers and a new camera system. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.