Florida

1111 Brickell

MIAMI — Millennium Management has signed a long-term lease for more than 74,000 square feet across three floors at 1111 Brickell, a 30-story office tower located in Miami’s Brickell submarket. CBRE represented the landlords, KKR and Parkway Property Investments LLC, in the lease transaction. Zach Wendelin and Tom Haughton of CBRE represented the tenant. The office building is a 524,000-square-foot waterfront office tower overlooking Biscayne Bay. Built in 2000, 1111 Brickell is part of a mixed-use project that includes the adjacent JW Marriot Hotel on Brickell Avenue. Since purchasing the property in 2018, KKR and Parkway have completed upgrades including redesigning the entrance and renovating the lobby, as well as adding multiple points of fiber entry and cellphone signal technology. The property’s meeting and entertainment spaces, as well as its 26,000-square-foot amenity deck with space for fitness classes, have been transformed to deliver a modern work environment centered on hospitality, community and wellness. Millennium plans to staff the office with investment professionals and technology teams. WorldQuant, a global quantitative investment firm, will occupy a section of the Millennium space for its employees. Wordquant is an affiliate of Millennium. Other tenants include Banco Sabadell, Industrious, Telefonica and Baker McKenzie.

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11842 Corporate Blvd.

ORLANDO, FLA. — Arbah Capital, in partnership with Hampshire Stateside, has purchased a 226,548-square-foot office building in Orlando. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Zach Eicholtz and Rick Colon of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale on behalf of the buyer. CBRE represented the seller, Real Capital Solutions, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Jason Hochman and Ron Granite of Cushman & Wakefield secured $35.1 million in acquisition financing through a regional bank. Located at 11842 Corporate Blvd., the four-story building features open floor plates, a full kitchen with seating, multiple breakrooms, conference and training rooms, lake views and access to hotels, restaurants, retail and housing. Built in 2003, the property is currently fully leased.

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Westwood

BRANDON, FLA. — Berkadia has secured $28.3 million in acquisition financing for two multifamily communities in Brandon. Mitch Sinberg and Brad Williamson of Berkadia secured a $15.7 million loan for Avenue at Creekbridge, a 112-unit apartment community, and a $12.6 million loan for Westwood at 60, an 88-unit apartment community. Berkadia is providing two Freddie Mac loans with seven-year terms, interest-only payment periods and fixed interest rates. Bayshore Investment Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm, acquired Avenue at Creekbridge for $22.5 million and Westwood at 60 for $18.1 million. The seller(s) was not disclosed. Built in 1987, Avenue at Creekbridge offers two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 950 to 1,175 square feet. Units feature vaulted ceilings, wood-plank vinyl flooring, stainless steel appliances, carpeted bedrooms, walk-in closets, stand-up showers and lake or pool views. Community amenities include a fitness center, bark park, swimming pool, business center, poolside grilling areas, a tennis court and a private fishing dock. Located at 1002 Creekbridge Road, the property is situated 3.7 miles from downtown Brandon and about 13.3 miles from Tampa. Avenue at Creekbridge was rebranded to Creekbridge Crossing Apartments. Built in 1986, Westwood at 60 offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 1,120 …

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Fresh Market Village

JUPITER, FLA. — A joint venture between JB Capital Management and Royce Properties has acquired Fresh Market Village, a shopping center in Jupiter, for $25.5 million. Justin Smith of Atlantic Retail represented the seller, an entity doing business as Adar Jupiter LLC, in the transaction. The Fresh Market Village is a 55,046-square-foot center that was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including The Fresh Market, 2 Vinez Restaurant & Wine Bar, Starbucks Coffee, Casa Mia and Gretchen Scott Designs. Located at 311 E. Indiantown Road, the center is about 2.6 miles from Jupiter Beach, approximately 16.3 miles from West Palm Beach and about 20.7 miles from Palm Beach International Airport.

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Icaria on Pinellas

TARPON SPRINGS, FLA. — DDA Development, in partnership with Backstreets Capital and Atlantic American Partners, has sold Icaria on Pinellas, a 236-unit, Class A apartment complex in Tarpon Springs. The sales price was $65.7 million, or $278,179 per unit. Washington, D.C.-based RSE Capital Partners was the buyer. Walker & Dunlop represented the sellers. Located on 6.5 acres at 1185 South Pinellas Ave., Icaria on Pinellas offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The apartments feature nine-foot ceilings, granite countertops, hardwood-style flooring, walk-in closets and stainless steel appliances. Community amenities include a clubhouse, outdoor grilling stations, pool with lounge and veranda spaces, 24-hour emergency maintenance, fitness center, bike storage and poolside yoga lawn and a fire pit. Built in October 2020, the property is fully leased.

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Offices at Plantation Walk

PLANTATION, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $57.5 million sale of Offices at Plantation Walk, a 173,193-square-foot office building in Plantation, to Vision Properties. Christian Lee, José Lobón and Marcos Minaya of CBRE, along with Jay Adams of Newmark, represented the seller, Encore Capital Management, in the transaction. Adams also handles the leasing for the property. Offices at Plantation Walk is a seven-story office building located within the Plantation Walk, a $350 million, 27-acre mixed-use development that includes a hotel, approximately 131,000 square feet of retail space and 404 multifamily units. Offices at Plantation Walk, which was 92 percent leased at the time of sale, has a five-story parking structure with a parking ratio of five spaces per 1,000 square feet. The office building recently underwent a $15 million renovation, which included a redesigned lobby, new windows, elevator modernization, new bathrooms, new corridors and modern tenant buildouts.

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As COVID-19 took hold in early 2020, the Orlando retail market only saw a modest dip in fundamentals where metro-wide rental rates fell by 5 percent and occupancy dropped 100 basis points during the second and third quarters. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020, rental and occupancy rates began an extraordinarily strong comeback, climbing 12 percent and 140 basis points, respectively, from the COVID-19 lows. According to data from CoStar Group, the metro’s average rental rate of $15.84 per square foot in the second quarter is more than 7 percent higher than the pre-pandemic peak. And occupancy rates are 40 basis point higher than the pre-COVID-19 peak, currently standing at 96.4 percent. With escalating land prices and shortages in raw materials and labor, we anticipate overall construction costs will continue to increase, stalling deliveries and further advancing rental and occupancy rates. Last year, some retail owners (sellers) and investors (buyers) focused on asset management within their portfolios and reevaluated the perceived investment risk due to the pandemic, which caused a sharp dropoff in 2020 investment activity, despite an abundance of capital available to invest. After a couple quarters of fundamentals bottoming out, owners and investors had confidence in their …

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Via Mizner

BOCA RATON, FLA. — Penn-Florida Cos. has received two loans totaling $335 million to finance the development of Via Mizner, a mixed-use development in downtown Boca Raton that will feature a hotel, apartments, golf course and retail space. Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc. provided a $195 million senior loan for Via Mizner’s multifamily component, 101 Via Mizner Luxury Apartments. Romspen Investment Corp., a Canadian-based lender, provided a $140 million senior construction loan for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Via Mizner Golf & City Club. Via Mizner is a three-phase, three-building project. The first phase comprises the 101 Via Mizner, which is fully leased. The second phase is the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Boca Raton, and the third phase includes the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental, Boca Raton. All three phases are expected to be completed by the end of 2022. “This closing represents the advancement of a very complex capitalization, which allowed us to significantly reduce our cost of capital as the first phase of the project achieved 100 percent occupancy and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel tower approaches completion,” says David Warne, chief operating officer of Penn-Florida. 101 Via Mizner is a tower that features 366 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. …

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Max's Landing

MIAMI — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has opened Max’s Landing Apartments, a 76-unit affordable housing community located in the West Kendall neighborhood of Miami. The development cost was $25 million. Located at 8905 SW 169th Court, Max’s Landing Apartments is a three-story building with 56 one-bedroom, one-bath units and 20 two-bedroom, two-bath units. The property has 11,388 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, and residential units on the second and third floors. Units range in size from 688 square feet to 1,108 square feet, and feature washer and dryer hook-ups, wide plank flooring and balconies. Community amenities include an elevator, clubroom with a kitchen and lounge seating, fitness center, business and computer room, community garden, smart storage lockers, electric car charging stations and bicycle racks. Apartments at Max’s Landing are reserved for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income (AMI), with monthly rent for qualifying residents ranging from $401 to $1,443. HTG purchased the 2.7-acre site in March 2019 and broke ground on the project in Feb. 2020. Earlier this year, the developer began leasing the property, and Max’s Landing is already fully leased. The project team includes Modis Architects, HSQ Engineers and …

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Southeast Financial Center

MIAMI — JLL has arranged an office lease for Reed Smith, an international law firm, for 22,495 square feet within Southeast Financial Center in downtown Miami. Barbara Liberatore Black and Jeff Gordon of JLL represented Reed Smith in the lease negotiations. Eric Groffman and Cameron Tallon, also with JLL, represented the landlord, Ponte Gadea Biscayne. Reed Smith, which is moving from Miami’s Brickell district, will be located on the 26th floor of Southeast Financial Center. The law firm first came to Miami in 2017 and now has 30 offices worldwide. The firm’s Miami office is home to lawyers whose practices focus on commercial disputes, entertainment and media, finance, insurance recovery and international arbitration. Situated in Miami’s central business district (CBD), Southeast Financial Center spans 1.2 million square feet and 55 stories, making it the city’s largest office tower, according to JLL. The office tower features a 30,000-square-foot outdoor plaza and café and dining options. The tower is situated less than a mile from Interstate 95.

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