Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has brokered the $4.7 million sale of Bay Pines, a 9,110-square-foot retail strip center located along Bay Pines Boulevard in St. Petersburg. The property serves as an outparcel to a Walmart Supercenter and was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Starbucks Coffee, Supercuts and Jimmy Johns. Jeff Berkezchuk and Jim Michalak of Plaza Advisors represented the seller, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Kitson & Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed REIT. The transaction completes a three-property disposition that Plaza Advisors brokered on behalf of Kitson & Partners that includes adjacent Texas Roadhouse and Village Inn properties, which were sold to separate 1031 investors.

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BRADENTON AND MELBOURNE, FLA. — Berkadia has originated two loans totaling $110.7 million for two multifamily developments in Bradenton and Melbourne. Alec Fox of Berkadia’s Tampa office secured the financing on behalf of the sponsor, Charlotte-based Madison Capital Group. Berkadia secured $60 million in construction financing for Madison Bradenton, consisting of a $47 million senior loan provided by Peachtree Group and a $13 million mezzanine loan from Hickory CRE. The second transaction was $50.7 million in aggregate financing for Madison Midtown in Melbourne, consisting of a $33.5 million senior loan provided by First Citizens Bank and $17.2 million in preferred equity from Forum Capital Advisors. Both properties will consist of 240 units and are slated for completion in 2026.

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — Birmingham, Ala.-based construction firm Robins & Morton has completed the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Medical Office Building in Panama City Beach. Robins & Morton served as the general contractor for the 80,000-square-foot project on behalf of The St. Joe Co. and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH). Designed by HuntonBrady, the four-story facility will house TMH Physician Partners – Primary Care, TMH Urgent Care Center, Coastal Tides Surgical Center, TMH Physician Partners – Cardiology and additional space for pulmonary and orthopedic services. Robins & Morton will also break ground on a 100-bed hospital on the same campus, which is scheduled to be complete before the end of 2027.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $10.8 million sale of Turkey Lake Plaza, a retail center located at 7858 Turkey Lake Road in Orlando. Built in 2010, the property totals 19,719 square feet. Turkey Lake Plaza was leased to 12 tenants at the time of sale, including Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ. Tarek Chbeir of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer, a local investor, in the transaction. The seller was also not disclosed.

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MIAMI — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has begun construction on Courtside Apartments II, a $58 million affordable housing community project located in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami. Upon completion, the property will total 120 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. This marks the second and final phase of a two-phase development that began with the opening of Courtside Apartments in 2016. Apartments at Courtside II will be reserved for residents earning at or below 50, 60 and 70 percent of the area median income (AMI), and monthly rents will range from $985 to $3,092. The property will feature a North and South Building, situated at 1698 N.W. 3 Ave. and 1501 N.W. 4 Ave., respectively, with both buildings spanning seven stories. Amenities at the community will include a clubhouse with a media center, fitness center, dog park and bike storage. Completion of construction is scheduled for the first quarter of 2026, with leasing scheduled to begin in fall 2025. The project team includes Corwil Architects, general contractor BDI Construction, civil engineer Kimley-Horn, interior designer Builders Design and landscape architect Witkin Hults + Partners.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team has secured a $61.3 million loan for Florida Gateway Logistics Park – Building 800, a new 1 million-square-foot warehouse located at 9909 Pritchard Road in Jacksonville. Brian Linnihan, Mike Ryan, Richard Henry and Taylor Crowder of CBRE’s Atlanta office arranged the loan through KKR on behalf of the borrower, Dallas-based Hillwood Investment Properties. Other teams of the financing were not disclosed. Built in 2023, the warehouse sits on 52 acres and is fully leased to an undisclosed third-party logistics company. The cross-dock building features 40-foot clear heights, 290 trailer spaces and 511 auto parking spots. Building 800 is situated within Florida Gateway Logistics Park, which at full build-out will span 3.1 million square feet across seven buildings.

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MIAMI — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $443 million sale of 701 Brickell, a trophy office building totaling 685,279 square feet in the heart of downtown Miami’s Brickell financial district. The sale marks the second-largest office transaction in Florida history, according to JLL. Morning Calm Management and its partner purchased the asset from Nuveen Real Estate. Manny de Zarraga, Matt McCormack, Ike Ojala and Hermen Rodriguez of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Fronting Brickell Avenue and Biscayne Bay, the property is home to tenants such as Bank of America and Holland & Knight LLP. Amenities include a fitness center, onsite café, in-house beauty salon and conference facilities. The 33-story building was constructed in 1985. Nuveen Real Estate, formerly TIAA Real Estate, acquired 701 Brickell in 2002. Charles Russo led the sale effort on behalf of Nuveen, which completed a $30 million capital renovation plan in 2021. Miami’s Brickell submarket is currently the top performing office market in the United States in terms of occupancy and rent growth, according to JLL. Nuveen Real Estate is one of the largest investment managers globally with $147 billion of assets under management. Morning Calm Management is an …

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KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $54.6 million sale of Osceola Logistics Center, an industrial property located at 5010 and 5030 Industrial Lane in Kissimmee. InLight Real Estate Partners and Black Salmon developed and sold the property to Principal Asset Management. Developed earlier this year, the Central Florida facility comprises two distribution facilities totaling 280,800 square feet: Building 200 (147,420 square feet) and Building 100 (133,380 square feet). Osceola Logistics Center was fully leased to a grocery and food service supply chain services company at the time of sale. Mike Davis, Rick Colon, Rick Brugge, Dominic Montazemi, Jared Bonshire and David Perez of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the transaction.

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GOULDS, FLA. — Resia has sold Resia Old Cutler, a 390-unit apartment community located at 22555 S.W. 107th Ave. in Goulds, roughly 30 miles southwest of Miami. Kayne Anderson Real Estate acquired the property — which was completed in 2023 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom residences — for an undisclosed price. Amenities at Resia Old Cutler include a multipurpose room, fitness center, children’s play area and a swimming pool. Resia will continue to serve as property manager for the community, overseeing day-to-day operations.

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PLANT CITY, FLA. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired a 15-acre parcel in Plant City, approximately 25 miles northeast of Tampa, with plans to develop a new multifamily project at the site. Dubbed Prose Carmina, the development will total 360 one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 746 to 1,078 square feet. Amenities at the community will include a swimming pool with sun-shelf seating, a playground, dog park, clubroom with a catering kitchen and entertainment lounge, fitness center and a business center with coworking spaces.  Move-ins are scheduled to begin in early 2026. The project team includes architect Hensley Lamkin Rachel and civil engineer Halff Associates.  Mark Eilers and John Ruscigno of Colliers brokered the land sale.

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