MIAMI — Clearline Real Estate, a multifamily development firm with offices in New York City and Miami, has obtained $95 million in financing for the construction of Excel Miami, a 24-story apartment tower. Clearline is developing the 427-unit apartment community at 1550 N.E. Miami Place in the city’s Arts & Entertainment District. The financing includes a $68.5 million senior loan from Centennial Bank and a $26 million mezzanine loan from Southern Realty Trust Inc., which syndicated $13 million to affiliate firm Sunrise Realty Trust. Designed by Arquitectonica, Excel Miami will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as 13 townhouse loft units. Amenities will include a pool, yoga deck, fitness room, coworking space, screening room and podcast suites. The construction timeline was not released.
Florida
SARASOTA, FLA. — Boston-based Wilder has purchased Shoppes at Palmers Ranch, a newly built shopping center in Sarasota totaling 65,417 square feet. WMG Development sold the Publix-anchored center to Wilder and two undisclosed, long-term investment partners for an undisclosed price. Brad Peterson of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction, while Donald Jennewein of Colliers arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Wilder. In addition to the Publix anchor and a Publix Liquors store, Shoppes at Palmers Ranch was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dental Care at Palmer Ranch, Sherwin-Williams, Wellness Animal Hospital, Ann Volcano Nail Lounge and Fuji Sushi Steakhouse.
ODESSA, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $14.3 million ground lease sale of a newly built retail property in Odessa, a suburb of Tampa. Lowe’s Home Improvement occupies the 137,554-square-foot property on a 20-year absolute net ground lease. The freestanding store is situated on a nearly 12-acre site at 2317 Gunn Highway. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the California-based buyer, a private trust that paid for the store in all cash, in the transaction. Patrick Wagor of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the seller, a privately held development firm. Both parties requested anonymity.
Matthews Brokers Sale of 141,577 SF Crosswinds Shopping Center in St. Peterburg, Florida
by John Nelson
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of Crosswinds Shopping Center, a 141,577-square-foot retail center located in the Tampa suburb of St. Petersburg. Tenants at the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale, include Marshalls, Michaels, Bealls and Havertys. Wallace Enterprises and Crim & Associates acquired the center from an entity doing business as Crosswinds St. Pete LLC for an undisclosed price. Pierce Mayson, Kyle Stonis and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews represented the seller in the transaction.
Dalfen Signs HVAC Company to 96,000 SF Industrial Lease at Midpoint Miami Logistics Center in Hialeah
by John Nelson
HIALEAH, FLA. — Dalfen Industrial has signed Cooper & Hunter, a leading HVAC equipment company, to a 96,000-square-foot lease at Midpoint Miami Logistics Center in Hialeah. Wayne Ramoski, Skylar Stein and Ivana Leitner Perez of Cushman & Wakefield represented Dalfen Industrial in the lease transaction, while Cook Commercial Realty represented Cooper & Hunter (operating under the name Comfortside). Dalfen recently completed the 300,000-square-foot Midpoint Miami Logistics Center, which is located near the Florida Turnpike, I-75, Miami International Airport and the Port of Miami.
SRS Brokers $3.4M Sale of New Retail Building in Orlando Leased to Pacific Dental Services
by John Nelson
ORLANDO, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $3.4 million sale of a new retail property located at 7555 Narcoossee Road in Orlando. Pacific Dental Services has a 10-year, corporate-guaranteed lease in place at the 4,000-square-foot property. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based private developer, in the transaction. A private investment firm based in Colorado purchased the retail building at a 5.85 percent cap rate, according to SRS.
PLANTATION, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $68.2 million loan for the refinancing of Royal Palm I and II, a two-building office complex totaling more than 460,000 square feet in Plantation, a city in South Florida’s Broward County. Paul Stasaitis and Maddy McMillen of JLL arranged the fixed-rate loan through Barclays on behalf of the borrower, Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. Constructed between 2001 and 2007, Royal Palm consists of two towers standing eight and nine stories tall and a four-level, 1,927-space parking garage. The 25.4-acre campus was recently renovated and includes an amenity package comprising modern conference rooms, a full fitness center, a wellness room and other tenant services.
MIAMI — CP Group has executed nearly 30,000 square feet of leasing agreements at The Landing at MIA, a 1.1 million-square-foot office campus in west Miami. The 11-building complex is situated on 50 acres directly adjacent to Miami International Airport. Gordon Messinger and Randy Carballo of CBRE represented CP Group in all eight lease transactions. The deals include Butler, Buckley, Deets Inc. (new 5,886-square-foot lease); CVS Health (5,716-square-foot renewal); Trane Inc. (new 5,100-square-foot lease); Harding Retail (new 3,390-square-foot lease); Patagonia Sea Farms (expansion to 3,163 square feet); Nomi Health (new 2,641-square-foot lease); The Ashvins Group (new 1,460-square-foot lease); and FleetMasters (new 1,231-square-foot lease).
ATLANTA — CBRE has arranged a $171.4 million loan for the refinancing of an eight-property portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Southeast. The portfolio totals nearly 1.2 million square feet and was 96.6 percent leased at the time of financing to 194 tenants, including Kroger, Publix and Whole Foods Market. PGIM provided the loan to the borrowers, Branch Properties and Corebridge Real Estate Investors (formerly AIG Global Real Estate). Richard Henry, Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Taylor Crowder of CBRE arranged the loan, which refinanced the mortgages for shopping centers in Bradenton, Sarasota, Melbourne and Palm Coast, Fla.; Atlanta and Gainesville, Ga.; Lexington, Ky.; and Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn.
Berkadia Secures $42.5M Loan for Skye at Hunter’s Creek Apartments in Kissimmee, Florida
by John Nelson
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Berkadia has secured a $42.5 million loan for Skye at Hunter’s Creek, a 216-unit apartment community located at 1300 Santa Rosa Drive in the Central Florida city of Kissimmee. Brad Williamson, Wesley Moczul, Mitch Sinberg, Matt Robbins and Scott Wadler of Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, ZMR Capital, a Tampa-based real estate investment firm. Nuveen Real Estate provided the three-year, floating-rate loan, which was underwritten with two one-year extension options, full-term interest only payments, a 68 percent loan-to-value ratio, an interest rate cap and flexible prepayment terms. Built in 2015, Skye at Hunter’s Creek features newly renovated one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a new resident clubhouse, resort‐style swimming pool, outdoor pavilion, fitness center, bark park, business center, detached garages, a playground and electric vehicle charging stations.