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Encore Capital Management Receives $98.4M Loan for Refinancing, Expansion of Margaritaville Resort Orlando

by Kristin Harlow

KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Encore Capital Management has received a $98.4 million loan for the refinancing and expansion of Margaritaville Resort Orlando. Concord Summit Capital LLC arranged the loan with Starwood Property Trust. The loan refinances the existing construction senior and mezzanine debt and provides additional capital for the resort expansion. Encore plans to build 75 additional hotel rooms on the east wing of the resort, which is located in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando. Construction is expected to begin later this year, but a timeline for completion was not disclosed. The resort, which opened in January 2019, offers rooms, suites and cottage rentals. Resort guests can dine at Euphoria Fish House, an upscale seafood restaurant; Salty Rim Bar & Grill, a poolside grill; or On Vacation, a cocktail and comedian lounge. The property also offers space for hosting meetings, conferences and weddings. Kevin O’Grady, Justin Neelis and Daniel Rojo of Concord Summit arranged the loan on behalf of Encore. The team began marketing the opportunity to potential lenders in spring 2021. Concord Summit also arranged the original construction financing for Margaritaville Resort Orlando in 2017. “The owners have planned the resort’s expansion carefully and enhanced the brand significantly,” says O’Grady. …

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Valrico Commons
AcquisitionsFloridaRetailSoutheast

CBRE Arranges Sale of 138,887 SF Valrico Commons Shopping Center in Valrico, Florida

by Julia Sanders

VALRICO, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Valrico Commons, a 138,887-square-foot shopping center located at 1971 E State Road 60 in Valrico. Built in 1986 and redeveloped in 2011, Valrico Commons was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix, Ross Dress for Less and Five Below. Casey Rosen and Dennis Carson of CBRE represented the seller, which includes affiliates of North American Development Group and Primerica Group One. An affiliate of Phillips Edison & Co. was the buyer. The sales price was not disclosed.

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Warehouse
AcquisitionsFloridaIndustrialSoutheast

Easton Group, LBA Logistics Acquire Warehouse Property in South Florida for $19.5M

by Julia Sanders

DORAL, FLA. — The Easton Group and LBA Logistics have acquired a 105,365-square-foot warehouse in Doral for $19.5 million. Hani Jardack of Jardack Commercial Realty represented the locally based seller, Badia, a manufacturer of spices and herbs. Dalton Easton of Easton & Associates represented the Easton-LBA joint venture in the transaction. Located at 9880 NW 25th St., the warehouse property is equipped with air conditioning throughout, solar panels on the roof, 26-foot clear heights and 192 parking spots. Built in 1998, 12,000 square feet is dedicated to office space. Badia was the previous anchor tenant at the property but vacated the building to go to a new location. Easton will begin marketing the property for a new single-user tenant. This warehouse property is Irvine, Calif.-based LBA’s second joint venture with Doral-based Easton Group in South Florida. The two are also partnering on a ground-up development of a 266,760-square-foot warehouse in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., that is due to be delivered in the second quarter of 2022.

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Icon Central
AcquisitionsFloridaMultifamilyRetailSoutheast

JLL Arranges $149M Sale of Iron Central Apartment Tower in St. Petersburg, Florida

by Julia Sanders

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Icon Central, a 368-unit, 15-story, mixed-use residential tower in St. Petersburg. Matt Mitchell, Matthew Lawton and Zach Nolan of JLL represented the seller, Related Group, in the transaction. Camden Property Trust acquired the property for $149 million, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Completed in 2019 by Related Group, Icon Central includes about 35,000 square feet of rentable space of ground-floor retail. In July, Tricera Capital acquired the ground floor retail for $11.1 million, as well as the adjoining Union Trust Bank building. Right now, BurgerFi and Watts Dental lease about 7,000 square feet of the property’s retail space. Icon Central’s apartments feature private balconies, stainless steel appliances, kitchen islands, a full-size washer and dryer and electronic key-fob entry. Community amenities include a pool with lounge area, fitness center, sauna and steam room, spa with massage tables and Zen lounge, private clubroom and dining room, a movie theater, game simulator and a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen, dining, seating and firepits. Located at 855 Central Ave., Icon Central is situated within a half-mile of St. Petersburg’s Central Arts District and the Edge District, which have art galleries, museums, …

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Society Orlando
FloridaLoansMixed-UseRetailSoutheast

PMG, Raven Capital Secure $120M Construction Loan for Society Orlando Mixed-Use Tower

by Julia Sanders

ORLANDO, FLA. — Property Markets Group (PMG) and Raven Capital Management has secured a $120 million construction loan for the development of Society Orlando, a 26-story multifamily and retail project located at 434 N Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. Chris Peck and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the loan through a fund managed by Los Angeles-based CIM Group. PMG was represented internally by Lowell Plotkin, Andrew Warman, Jonathan Blank and Randy Marble. The loan will provide financing for the first phase of the development, which broke ground in 2020. Slated for completion in 2023, Society Orlando’s first phase will include 462 apartments and 33,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Society Orlando will offer a blend of traditional units as well as co-living options. With over 100,000 square feet of amenity space, the community amenities will include a pool deck, coworking lab, gym and fitness studio, entertainment lounges, yoga lawn, craft food and beverage operations, smart package lockers and app-based keys. Society Orlando is part of the Society Living brand, which focuses on primarily market-rate apartments along with making co-living apartments better by making it easier to find good roommates, splitting up the bills and eliminating shared bathrooms. Other Society …

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Oasis Grand II
AcquisitionsFloridaMultifamilySoutheast

Westside Capital Group Purchases Residential Tower in Downtown Fort Myers for $71M

by Julia Sanders

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Westside Capital Group, a Miami-based real estate investment firm, has purchased Oasis Grand II, a 32-story residential tower located in downtown Fort Myers. Westside acquired the property in an off-market transaction for $71 million, or approximately $268,000 per unit. Geosam, a Canadian-based developer, was the seller. Originally built by Related Group as a condominium in 2008, the Oasis Grand II features studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 629 square feet to 1,700 square feet. The property also includes several two-story, three-bedroom waterfront townhomes with up to 1,800 square feet of space. Located at 3040 Oasis Grand Blvd., the property is situated on a 1.3-acre site along the Caloosahatchee River. The tower was 98 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Westside Capital will invest in improvements to the property, including enhancements to amenities, common areas and individual apartments. Community amenities include gated-entry; a fitness center; clubhouse and social lounge with wet bar, TV and Wi-Fi; a private boat launch ramp; gated pet run; library; a pool deck with poolside cabanas and lounges; private barbecue and picnic areas; and men’s and women’s spa facilities with saunas and showers. As part of the purchase, Westside Capital …

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Industrial
FloridaIndustrialLoansSoutheast

Phillips Realty Capital Secures $57.5M Loan for Industrial Portfolio in Metro Miami, Tampa

by Julia Sanders

HIALEAH AND TAMPA, FLA. — Washington, D.C.-based Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $57.5 million bridge loan for HighBrook Investors, which is acquiring and repositioning a four-property, 740,400-square-foot industrial portfolio located near Miami and in Tampa. The portfolio includes three buildings in metro Miami and one in Tampa. The metro Miami properties were delivered between 1959 and 1968, and the Tampa warehouse was built in 1987. The Miami-area properties include three industrial warehouses totaling 306,000 square feet. These properties are located at 3455 NW 54th St., 5400 NW 32nd Court and 5530 NW 32nd Court in Hialeah, which is two miles northeast of Miami International Airport and less than six miles northwest of downtown Miami and Port of Miami. Building amenities include reinforced concrete buildings on approximately 10.9 total acres of land with onsite access to a CSX freight rail line. Located at 6708 Harney Road in the East Tampa submarket, the fourth property is a 434,000-square-foot warehouse situated one mile northwest of Interstate 4, six miles northeast of downtown Tampa and eight miles east of Tampa International Airport. The property is located within three miles of two new Amazon fulfillment centers. Additionally, the property includes 13.2 acres of vacant …

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Miami Worldcenter
DevelopmentFloridaRetailSoutheast

CIM Group, Miami Worldcenter Associates Break Ground on 78,000 SF Jewel Box Retail Building

by Julia Sanders

MIAMI — CIM Group and Miami Worldcenter Associates have broken ground on the 78,000-square-foot “Jewel Box” building, one of the last retail components within the $4 billion Miami Worldcenter project. Slated for completion in the second quarter of 2022, the Jewel Box building will feature two levels of retail space. The property will also include a rooftop overlooking the development’s World Square, a 20,000-square-foot public plaza and park. Located at 150 NE Eighth Street, the Jewel Box is situated directly west of the upcoming citizenM boutique hotel and north of apartment tower known as Bezel at Miami Worldcenter. Miami Worldcenter is a 27-acre, master-planned mixed-use project in downtown Miami. More than 150,000 square feet of retail space at Miami Worldcenter has already been completed, with another 130,000 square feet currently under construction and nearing delivery.

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Elevate Navarre
FloridaLoansMultifamilySoutheast

Cushman & Wakefield Secures $48.9M Construction Loan for Apartment Community in Navarre, Florida

by Julia Sanders

NAVARRE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured $48.9 million in construction financing on behalf of Atlanta-based Branch Properties LLC for Elevate Navarre Beach, a 332-unit apartment community located in Navarre. Michael Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Taylor Crowder of Cushman & Wakefield secured the five-year, floating-rate loan through IberiaBank. Elevate Navarre Beach will include 11 three-story residential buildings offering one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 894 square feet. Community amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations with private cabanas, dog park and spa and car care center. The property is slated to break ground before the end of the year, and construction is expected to be complete by late 2023. Located at 8250 Naverre Parkway, the property will be adjacent to Paradise Shoppes of Navarre, a Publix-anchored neighborhood center offering retail, restaurants and entertainment space. Elevate Navarre Beach will be situated approximately 20 miles from Pensacola Beach and 41 miles from Santa Rosa Beach.

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FloridaLoansMultifamilySoutheast

BLD Group, GMF Capital Receive $210M Refinancing for Three Multifamily Properties in Florida

by Julia Sanders

ORLANDO, MAITLAND AND FORT MYERS, FLA. — A joint venture between BLD Group and GMF Capital has received a $210 million loan for the refinancing of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Florida totaling 1,139 units. Eastdil Secured arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through Brookfield Real Estate Financial Partners on behalf of the joint venture. The three apartments include the 403-unit M2 at Millenia in Orlando, the 300-unit 400 North in Maitland and the 436-unit Venetian in Fort Myers. Lincoln Property Co. manages all three communities, which were 96 percent leased at the time of sale. M2 at Millenia offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Located at 4206 Eastgate Drive, the property is situated adjacent to Millenia Mall and close to Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 4. Community amenities include a private parking garage, clubhouse, business center, entertainment room, fitness center, outdoor dining and a Zen courtyard with a fireside lounge and waterfall. 400 North offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with features such as plank flooring, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, valet waste removal service and garage parking. Community amenities include a fitness center, elevators, pool, courtyard, outdoor grilling and dining area and onsite management. Located at 400 N Orlando Ave., …

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