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JLL Arranges $44.2M Sale of Cypress Financial Center in Fort Lauderdale

by John Nelson February 3, 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $44.2 million sale of Cypress Financial Center, a 201,305-square-foot, Class A office tower in Fort Lauderdale. JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Square2 Capital and Steelbridge Capital. JLL also procured the buyer, Vision Properties. Cypress Financial Center is located at 5900 N. Andrews Ave. and is 13 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The building has 250 feet of frontage along Interstate 95 and is situated across from the Cypress Creek Tri-Rail station and adjacent to the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The 11-story office tower features a six-level, 785-space parking garage. At the time of sale, Cypress Financial Center was approximately 90 percent leased to tenants including Hayes Medical Staffing, which anchors the office tower. Hermen Rodriguez, Ike Ojala and Matthew McCormack of JLL represented the seller, which recently completed a multi-year renovation of the property. Square2 Capital is an investment management company based in Miami that invests and operates throughout Florida and the Southeast, Steelbridge Capital is a Miami-based private equity firm that invests in single- and multi-tenant real estate properties nationwide and Vision Properties is a commercial real estate firm …

February 3, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast

Tricera Capital Acquires Office Building in Sarasota, Florida for $35M

by John Nelson February 3, 2021

SARASOTA, FLA. — Tricera Capital has acquired a nine-story, Class A office building in downtown Sarasota known as BB&T Financial Center. The Miami-based real estate investment firm purchased the office building for $35 million. Tricera Capital partnered with private investor Alex Karakhanian and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based investment firm Merrimac Ventures on the acquisition. The seller was private real estate investor George Spector. BB&T Financial Center is located at 1800 Second St. The 550,000-square-foot building spans across two towers and features 500 covered parking spaces. Originally developed in the 1980s, the building underwent more than $1 million in capital improvements over the past three years, including upgrades to the roof, lobby and elevator systems. The property spans an entire city block between Links and North Osprey avenues. The building was approximately 70 percent occupied at the time of sale. Douglas Mandel of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, marketed BB&T Financial Center for sale. Scott Wadler of Berkadia’s Miami office arranged acquisition financing through Prime Finance.

February 3, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Hospitality Southeast

Casa Hotels Group Purchases Eva Hotel in Miami Beach for $8.1M

by John Nelson February 3, 2021

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — An affiliate of Casa Hotels Group has purchased a 30-room hotel in Miami Beach known as the Eva Hotel. CBRE facilitated the $8.1 million sale of the property, which features a fast-casual restaurant and covered parking. Natalie Castillo and Joshua Beene of CBRE represented the seller, Lender West LLC, in the transaction. The Eva Hotel is located at 1506 Collins Ave., between the shopping and entertainment enclaves of Lincoln Road and Española Way and just across the street from the northernmost point of Ocean Drive. The property is situated a half-block from the beach and five miles away from Miami International Airport. The Eva Hotel was originally built in 1962 and last renovated in 2016. The Casa Hotels Group plans to renovate the property before reopening in 2022.

February 3, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Loans Lument Multifamily Southeast

Lument Provides $22M Acquisition Loan for Daytona Beach Apartment Community

by John Nelson February 2, 2021

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Lument has provided a $22 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for a multifamily community in Daytona Beach. The 288-unit property, The Park at Via Roma, was acquired by an unnamed sponsor that has a multifamily portfolio of approximately 2,800 units located throughout the Southeast. Trey Palmedo of Lument’s Nashville office originated the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule, 75 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and five years of interest-only payments. The Park at Via Roma has 56 studio units, 56 one-bedroom units, 96 two-bedroom units and 80 three-bedroom units across 29 buildings. Common amenities include two swimming pools, tennis courts, a fitness center, clubhouse and onsite laundry. The community was originally built in 1974 and was renovated in 2017.

February 2, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Hospitality Southeast

Coldwell Banker Arranges $23.5M Sale of Gulf Beach Resort Motel in Sarasota, Florida

by John Nelson February 1, 2021

SARASOTA, FLA. — Coldwell Banker Commercial and Coldwell Banker Realty in Florida have represented the sellers of the former Gulf Beach Resort Motel in a transaction valued at $23.5 million. Elliot Rose with Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT and Judy Kepecz-Hays with Coldwell Banker Realty’s Longboat Key, Fla., office co-listed the property. The undisclosed buyer plans to redevelop the 2.3-acre site as a beachfront luxury condominium tower. The Gulf Beach Resort Motel is located at located at 930 Benjamin Franklin Drive in the Lido Key area of Sarasota. It was built in 1950 and was part of the post-World War II motel construction boom that addressed the needs of a growing number of tourists to the area. In 1977, the motel was converted into a condominium form of ownership containing 43 units.

February 1, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Loans Multifamily Southeast

Berkadia Provides $41.4M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in Tampa

by John Nelson January 27, 2021

TAMPA, FLA. — Berkadia has provided a $41.4 million loan for the acquisition of Bainbridge Ybor City, a 240-unit apartment community in Tampa’s Ybor City Historic District. Mitch Sinberg and Matthew Robbins of Berkadia’s South Florida mortgage banking team originated the Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the borrower, GMF Capital. Berkadia provided the 10-year, floating-rate loan, which features five years of interest-only payments. Wellington, Fla.-based Bainbridge Cos. developed Bainbridge Ybor City in 2017. The property is located at 1512 E. 12th Ave. in Ybor City, which is the only neighborhood on Florida’s west coast to be designated a National Historic Landmark District. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a pool and sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, yoga studio and personal training room, clubroom with arcade and catering kitchen, elevator access and secure parking garage and greenways.

January 27, 2021

Development Florida Loans Mixed-Use Southeast Walker & Dunlop

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $43M Financing for Mixed-Use Development in Miami’s Brickell District

by John Nelson January 26, 2021

MIAMI — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $43 million in construction and acquisition financing for 1 Southside Park, a mixed-use development spanning a full city block in Miami’s Brickell district. The borrower is JDS Development Group, a development firm based in New York City. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Michael Diaz, Michael Ianno, Sean Bastian and Ian Hawk arranged the fixed-rate, interest-only loan through Atalaya Capital. Designed by SHoP Architects, 1 Southside Park will feature a 64-story apartment tower comprising 1,175 units, as well as 190,000 square feet of office space, a 200-room hotel, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 1,400 parking spaces. The project will be located near the Miami-Dade Metrorail Brickell Station as well as The Underline, a newly delivered linear park stretching from Brickell to Dadeland. Landscape architect James Corner Field Operations is working with JDS to integrate 1 Southside Park with The Underline, which was formerly a Metrorail line. The new development will feature 90,000 square feet of wellness-centric amenities such as a fitness center and spa to complement The Underline. JDS plans to break ground in the near future, according to founder and CEO Michael Stern.

January 26, 2021

Development Florida Multifamily Southeast

Klotz, KABR Near Completion of $95M Multifamily Community, The Reef, Near Jacksonville

by John Nelson January 25, 2021

ATLANTIC BEACH, FLA. — The Klotz Group of Cos. and KABR Group are nearing completion for The Reef, a $95 million apartment community underway in Atlantic Beach, one of metro Jacksonville’s beaches. The 456-unit community will span 530,000 square feet across two five-story buildings and a two-story, 13,500-square-foot clubhouse. Rooftop amenities will include a bar, lounge and a resort-style pool. Other amenities will include party patios, a yoga lawn, fitness center, game room, car wash center, dog park and access to nearby Hanna Park. Tierra Linda Development LLC, a subsidiary of Klotz, is the developer of the community and expects to deliver The Reef’s clubhouse in October, with apartments opening in phases afterward. The design team includes architect Dwell Design Studio, civil engineer Connelly & Wicker Inc. and general contractor Live Oak Contracting LLC.

January 25, 2021

Affordable Housing Development Florida Multifamily Seniors Housing Southeast

Wendover Breaks Ground on $27.6M Affordable Seniors Housing Community in Orlando

by John Nelson January 25, 2021

ORLANDO, FLA. — Wendover Housing Partners has broken ground on Hawthorne Park, an affordable seniors housing community in Orlando’s Pine Hills neighborhood. The 120-unit development will replace a former shopping center and become the new anchor for the neighborhood’s town center. Designed for senior residents 55 and older, rents for Hawthorne Park apartments are expected to start at approximately $740 per month for one-bedroom units and $880 per month for two-bedroom units. Hawthorne Park will cost an estimated $27.6 million to develop. Financing includes a $250,000 grant from Orange County, a $317,500 loan from Orange County and $2.3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from Florida Housing Finance Corp. Slocum Platts Architects is designing the complex, and Roger B. Kennedy Inc. is the general contractor. Construction is expected to take 11 months to complete, with rental applications starting in June 2021. Hawthorne Park will serve as one of the key projects in the Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District — an initiative to revitalize the area and its working-class community of more than 60,000 residents.

January 25, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Retail Southeast

SRS Real Estate Partners Arranges $5.8M Sale of Naples Retail Property Leased to 7-Eleven

by John Nelson January 25, 2021

NAPLES, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $5.8 million sale of a freestanding retail property occupied by 7-Eleven at 4704 Golden Gate Parkway in Naples. The newly renovated property includes a 3,500-square-foot building and 16 gas pumps. Michael Carter and Frank Rogers of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based merchant-developer, in the transaction. Brad Thessing, Roger Massell and Chris Twist of Thessing Commercial Properties represented the buyer, a private investor that purchased the property in a 1031 exchange.

January 25, 2021

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