ESTERO, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $14.4 million sale of a freestanding, single-tenant grocery store in Estero leased to Sprouts Farmers Market. Michael Brewster, Brad Peterson and Tommy Isola of JLL represented the seller, Brentwood, Tenn.-based developer GBT Realty, in the transaction. An undisclosed private investor purchased the property. The Sprouts store is located at 19990 S. Tamiami Trail in metro Fort Myers. The property is adjacent to a Walmart and is located close to a Texas Roadhouse, 9 Thai-Sushi and an Aldi. The 29,896-square-foot store is 14 miles from Fort Myers. Sprouts opened the Estero location in 2020.
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FORT MYERS, FLA. — ZMR Capital has acquired Park Place Apartments, a 338-unit multifamily community in Fort Myers, in an off-market transaction for $44.5 million. Park Place is ZMR’s seventh investment in Florida but marks the company’s first property in Fort Myers. Located at 4637 Deleon St., Park Place features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. More than 50 percent of the units are in its original condition. Park Place was originally built as two separate apartment communities and later was combined into a single property. The apartment property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. ZMR will launch a multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan that includes the installation of washers and dryers, new stainless steel appliances, upgraded countertops and cabinetry, modern backsplashes and new plank flooring. Improvements will be made as units turnover. Exterior renovations will include new paint, landscaping and new signage. ZMR also says it will renovate the property’s three pools and deck areas, as well as add outdoor kitchens, a playground and barbecue areas. Michael Regan, Francesco Carriera and Joseph Thavis of CBRE’s Tampa office represented ZMR and the seller, New York City-based NorthEnd Equities. ZMR Capital is a Tampa-based real estate …
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Avison Young has secured a $30 million construction loan with an undisclosed bank to develop MAX Daytona, a 72-unit vacation rental project at 1901 S. Atlantic Ave. in Daytona Beach. George Vail of Avison Young and his team sourced the loan on behalf of Bayshore Capital Inc., a Toronto-based real estate development and investment firm. Bayshore Capital acquired land with over 2,100 linear feet along the Atlantic Ocean, including the MAX Daytona site, as well as five acres of commercial property west of State Road A1A. MAX Daytona will feature a full-height glass exterior, open floor plans with private outdoor living space, rooftop terraces, mobile and contactless self-check-in and cloud-based operations.
MIAMI — Nuveen Real Estate is nearing completion of renovations at three of its office properties in Miami. The assets are located at 801 Brickell and 701 Brickell in the city’s Brickell financial district and at Waterford Business District, a 250-acre office hub that Nuveen co-owns with Allianz Real Estate. The capital improvements total $55 million in value and include digital, touchless features, new tenant amenities, building systems upgrades and other upscale renovations. The three office properties are slated to be complete by the first quarter of 2022. At 701 Brickell, an office tower in Miami’s Brickell financial district, JLL and Origin Construction are currently leading the remodel in progress. The renovations of the 685,835-square-foot tower comprises a complete remodeling of the main lobby with modern design features and furniture, the addition of a full-service fitness center, installation of touchless entry points and upgrades to the elevator port system to provide touchless access. As part of these capital improvements, an amenity floor was completed last year with a tenants-only lounge and conference center facility. Currently, 701 Brickell has tenants such as Holland & Knight, Kaseya, Expedia and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. The capital improvements on the other …
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $9.9 million sale of Hollywood Design Center, a fully leased, 57,383-square-foot industrial building in Hollywood. Dominic Montazemi, Mike Ciadella, Scott O’Donnell, Greg Miller and Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Avid Asset Properties Hollywood LLC, in the transaction. Larry Genet and Tom O’Loughlin of CBRE also assisted the seller in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as KD Properties Group LLC. Hollywood Design Center features two tenants on long-term leases. The center is the international headquarters for Silver Airways and houses the company’s training center, command center and executive offices. The other tenant is UHS Hardware, a national commercial and residential hardware supplier. UHS Hardware occupies the other half of the property and moved to Hollywood Design Center after outgrowing its old space nearby. Located at 2850 Greene St., the center features seven functional warehouse bays with 24-foot clear heights, LED lighting, air conditioning throughout and ESFR sprinkler systems. Built in 1968, the property features a new roof under warranty, multiple HVAC unit replacements, a resealed and restriped parking lot and cosmetic upgrades to the exterior façade.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Bristol Development Group and Hallmark Partners have opened Vista Brooklyn, an apartment community situated between Five Points and downtown Jacksonville. Located at 200 Riverside Ave. on the corner of Riverside Avenue and Jackson Street, Vista Brooklyn includes 308 units ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The community offers common and coworking spaces and views of downtown Jacksonville and the St. Johns River. Community amenities include a rooftop pool, beer garden and gathering space, a yoga and meditation suite, onsite dog park and grooming, a bike shop and storage area and a high-tech fitness center. The community also features over 13,000 square feet of new retail space on the ground floor lining Riverside Avenue. The property has opportunities for a restaurant concept, coffee shop or other retail uses. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were many health enhancements to the property, such as touchless faucets in the kitchen, antimicrobial quartz countertops throughout each unit and Bluetooth-enabled locks. Brasfield Gorrie served as the general contractor for Vista Brooklyn, ETM was the civil engineer and JDavis Architects as the architect. The property is currently open for leasing, and NAI Hallmark is the leasing agent of record for the development’s commercial …
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA. — CIP Miami Springs and LV Lending have broken ground on Miami Springs Town Center, a 120,225-square-foot mixed-use project located at 1 Curtiss Parkway in Miami Springs, about 10 miles outside of downtown Miami. The project is scheduled to be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Designed by Cabrera Ramos Architects, Miami Springs Town Center will feature a 50,725-square-foot, three-story residential building with 51 apartments, 23,500 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and a parking garage with 124 spaces. Additional on-street parking will be available. Situated on 1.1 acres, Miami Springs Town Center will house two- and three-bedroom units spanning 975 to 1,075 square feet. Rents will start in the $1,850s. Benito Carmona at US Century Bank originated a $14.6 million construction loan for the project. Orlando-based Crossman & Co. is the retail leasing broker for the project. Miami-based LV Lending is a private lender focused on investment purpose loans for acquiring and developing residential, commercial and land projects.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — PEBB Enterprises has acquired Delray Commons, a 71,000-square-foot shopping center located at 5024-5070 W. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company formed a joint venture dubbed KP Delray LLC with the center’s existing owner, Cincinnati-based Topvalco Inc., for the acquisition. The sales price was $10.5 million. Built in 1981, Delray Commons has 65,940 square feet of inline retail space, a 3,036-square-foot Burger King outparcel and an approximately 2,000-square-foot Taco Bell outparcel. Sprouts Farmers Market has committed to anchor the center with a 23,256-square-foot store. PEBB previously owned Delray Commons before selling the property to a local venture in 2015, Topvalco acquired the center three years later. The partnership plans to completely redevelop the center with a new façade, roof, parking lot, site lighting, signage and landscaping. The new ownership also has the ability to add another outparcel building along West Atlantic Avenue.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Los Angeles-based The Latigo Group plans to develop Infield Apartments, a 384-unit multifamily community in Kissimmee. The $82 million property will feature 192 one-bedroom, 168 two-bedroom and 24 three-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a two-story clubhouse, fitness center with a dry sauna, golf simulator and a resort-style pool. The property will be built on the site of a former county softball field at 1900 Ball Park Road. Construction will begin in July and initial occupancy is expected for late summer 2022. Greystar, a multifamily development and management firm based in Charleston, will manage the property. Principal Life Insurance Co. provided $45 million in construction debt for the project. Additionally, there was $22.6 million in investor equity, with $10 million coming from 207 individual CrowdStreet investors. There was also $15.7 million in preferred equity provided. The Latigo Group is a privately owned residential and mixed-use development and investment company. Latigo acquired the 25-acre site for Infield Apartments with an option to develop a second phase of apartments. The firm has two other ground-up projects under development in Central Florida, and currently owns an apartment property in Orlando.
SPRING HILL, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has secured a $15.9 million Freddie Mac loan for Ariel Springs, a garden-style multifamily property located at 3454 Suncoast Villa Way in Spring Hill, about 50 miles north of downtown Tampa. The apartment complex is currently 97.7 percent occupied and includes 470 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Elliott Throne, Mona Carlton, Jesse Wright and Kenny Cutler of JLL arranged the fixed-rate financing on behalf of the borrower, Beachwold Residential, which acquired the property in December 2018 using $44 million in acquisition financing, also through Freddie Mac. The financing is the first supplemental loan on the property. Since acquiring the property, Beachwold Residential has invested about $3 million in renovations to both the interior and exterior of the property. Ariel Springs’ community amenities include a clubhouse, community car wash, entertainment area with a full kitchen, fitness center, swimming pool, business center, shuffleboard and basketball courts and direct access to the 42-mile Suncoast Bike Trail.