Florida

DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — New York City-based Bout Boxing has signed a 2,047-square-foot retail lease at Central Island Square, a 4,000-acre master planned community in Daniel Island. Located roughly eight miles from Charleston International Airport, the new fitness studio is slated to open this spring at 50 Central Island St. Melissa Sweeney of Continental Realty Corp. and Lindsey Halter of Carolina Retail Experts represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Alex Kucich and Nell Kucich currently operate two Bout Boxing locations in New York City and are teaming up with Marc Nuccitelli for the Charleston expansion. Bout Boxing will join a mix of retail tenants at Central Island Square including Buck’s Deli, Par Paradise, Gloss, iCRYO, Tacos & Tequilas Mexican Grill, New York Butcher Shoppe and a pet boutique.

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GAINESVILLE, FLA. — A joint venture between Gilbane Development Co. and CBRE Investment Management has broken ground on Zaya, a 702-bed student housing development located near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. The community will offer 352 units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities will include a rooftop deck with a pickleball court, pool, clubhouse and fitness center; study rooms on each floor; a coworking lounge; leasing lobby with a coffee bar; and three courtyards with lawn games, outdoor cooking space and lounges. Site work has commenced for the development with completion scheduled for summer 2027.

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CELEBRATION, FLA. — JLL has brokered the $31.5 million sale of Celebration Office Center, a two-building office complex located at 1170 and 1180 Celebration Blvd. in Central Florida. Robbie McEwan, Hunter Smith and Blake Koletic of JLL represented the seller, Real Estate Value Advisors, in the transaction and procured the buyer, TMT Properties. Built in 2000 and 2001, the property is situated within the Celebration master-planned community and in close proximity to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. Celebration Office Center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale.

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LECANTO, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $9.3 million sale of a newly built gas station and convenience store located on a 1.8-acre site at 3045 W. Norvell Bryant Highway in Lecanto, a city in west-central Florida. 7-Eleven occupies the 4,500-square-foot property, which was delivered in August 2024, on a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed lease. The property is an outparcel to Black Diamond, a 29-acre retail development anchored by Target. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor from Kentucky. Both parties requested anonymity.

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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Delray Beach-based Basis Industrial has purchased a portfolio of five business parks in the metro Tampa area for $60 million. The 472,512-square-foot portfolio brings Basis Industrial’s Tampa-area holdings to more than 1 million square feet. The properties in the portfolio include Bryan Dairy Business Park in Largo (102,166 square feet); Starkey Center I and II in Largo (102,652 square feet); Turtle Creek in Clearwater (121,217 square feet); Cross Bayou in Largo (58,088 square feet): and ICOT IV & Condo in Clearwater (88,389 square feet). Anthony Scavo represented Basis Industrial in the transaction on an internal basis. Bob Anderson of Birtcher Anderson represented the undisclosed seller. Beach Point Capital Management provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing to Basis, which plans to invest capital improvements for the portfolio’s exteriors, roofs, parking area and signage.

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GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Prudent Growth Partners LLC, a private equity firm based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has purchased SouthGate Centre, a 24,025-square-foot retail center in Gainesville. The undisclosed seller sold the property for approximately $5.2 million. Built in 1989 within 1.5 miles from the University of Florida, SouthGate Centre was leased to 13 lifestyle and service retailers at the time of sale.

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SANFORD, FLA. — HLI Partners and Whitley Capital have partnered to develop a 116,000-square-foot industrial facility at the corner of West Airport Boulevard and McCracken Road in Logisticenter at Sanford. The project is a build-to-suit development for game distributer PHD Games, which signed a 10-year lease for the facility and will occupy 81,330 square feet. HLI Partners will market the remaining 34,600 square feet of available space. The new facility will house PHD Games and its sister company, Coqui Hobby, as a consolidation of its two existing locations. The facility is scheduled for occupancy in the second quarter of 2026. Additionally, HLI will lease both of PHD Game’s current properties at 623 Trestle Point (20,716 square feet) in Sanford and 390 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd. (21,881 square feet) in Longwood, Fla.

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LAKE WORTH, FLA. — Principal Asset Management has sold Pinewood Square Shopping Center, a 204,000-square-foot retail center in Lake Worth, roughly 35 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. Situated on the southeast corner of Lantana and Jog roads, the property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to 42 tenants including T.J. Maxx/HomeGoods, Ross Dress For Less, Five Below, Goodwill and Delray Medical Center. There are also six additional outparcel buildings that are leased to Chase Bank, PNC Bank, AutoZone, Outback Steakhouse, La Granja and Jiffy Lube. Mark Gilbert, Adam Feinstein and Mitch Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield’s Miami office represented Principal Asset Management in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.

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FORT MEYERS, FLA. — CBRE has arranged a $45 million construction loan for the development of Oriole Logistics, a 442,000-square-foot industrial project in Fort Myers. Billy Mork, Joel Torborg and Mike Vannelli of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team in Minneapolis secured the loan on behalf of the owner and developer, Capital Partners. Situated at 16815 Oriole Road, the property is near Southwest Florida International Airport, which in its second phase of a three-year, $1 billion terminal expansion. The Oriole Logistics project will comprise one 136,000-square-foot building and two buildings spanning 153,000 square feet each, according to the Business Observer. Upon completion, the three-building portfolio will feature 84 dock doors, 28 to 32-foot clear heights and a 580-space parking lot. Construction for the project is slated to break ground in April. Oriole Logistics marks the third industrial development for Capital Partners in South Florida since 2023.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Locally based development firm Gateway Jax plans to redevelop the historic Ambassador Hotel located at 420 N. Julia St. in downtown Jacksonville. The developer, along with hotelier The Indigo Road Hospitality Group, will restore the 1924-era property into a hotel with at least 100 guestrooms, a high-end restaurant and bar, conference space and other amenities for business and leisure travelers. In addition to the hotel, Gateway Jax purchased an adjacent land parcel where the company plans to deliver a 487-space parking garage, as well as the historic 404 N. Julia St. building that will be redeveloped in the future. The new hotel will be part of Gateway Jax’s eight-block, $2 billion Pearl Square mixed-use development. Gateway Jax, which is sponsored by DLP Capital and JWB Real Estate Capital, manages a private equity fund focused on downtown Jacksonville developments.

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