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MIAMI — Royal Palm Cos. (RPC) will develop Legacy Hotel & Residences, a 50-story mixed-use building featuring 256 hotel rooms and 274 apartment units, within Miami Worldcenter. The master developer of Miami Worldcenter, Miami World Center Associates, sold the 1.5-acre plot to RPC for $33.9 million. RPC plans to break ground on the tower in early 2021. The asset will feature a business lounge, pool, a one-acre pool deck and a 100,000-square-foot wellness center. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. Robert Given, Troy Ballard and James Quinn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the land transaction. Miami Worldcenter is a $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development that has been delivering in phases. Assets that are currently open include RPC’s 60-story Paramount Miami Worldcenter condo tower, which opened across the street from Legacy Hotel & Residences in November 2019; and Caoba, a 444-room apartment tower. Projects currently underway and planned include a 348-room CitizenM hotel, ZOM Living’s 434-unit Bezel apartments, Hines’ 500,000-square-foot office building and MDM Group’s 1,700-room Marriott Marquis and adjacent 600,000-square-foot expo center.

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MIAMI — Federal Realty Investment Trust, The Comras Co. and Grass River Property have welcomed eight new retailers to their CocoWalk development in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The three retailers that recently opened are vegetarian restaurant Planta Queen and women’s clothing and accessory retailers Free People Movement and Edite Mode. The five retailers that are expected to open this month are men’s beachwear retailer Europann, Mr. 01 Extraordinary Pizza, shoe retailer Sportive, Edward Beiner Eyewear and music store The School of Rock. The retail space at CocoWalk spans 150,000 square feet and surrounds the project’s courtyard. CocoWalk also includes a five-story, 185,762-square-foot office building that is 85 percent leased to tenants including Boyne Capital and American Land Ventures LLC.

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Starwood Property Trust, an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, has topped off construction at its two-building, 144,430-square-foot office building in Miami Beach. Starwood is developing the project in partnership with Integra Investments. Upon full completion, slated for late 2021, Starwood will occupy 55 percent of the six-story east building and part of the west building. The remaining space will be leased to third-party companies. Signed tenants were not disclosed, though the company said the property is “approaching full occupancy.” The asset will house 300 Starwood employees and feature 8,000 square feet of retail space and a 277-space parking garage with valet services. The headquarters is located at 2340 Collins Ave., one block from the beach and one mile north of downtown Miami Beach. Gensler designed the property, Clive Lonstein Inc. designed the interiors and CoastalBrodson is the general contractor. Citizens Bank provided Starwood and Integra with a $76 million construction loan.

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MEDLEY, FLA. — First Industrial Realty Trust has broken ground on First Park Miami, a 2.5 million-square-foot industrial campus in Medley. Phase I will comprise three buildings totaling 600,000 square feet. The facilities will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and 120- to 180-foot truck courts. Phase I is expected to be delivered in third-quarter 2021. Butters Construction & Development is the general contractor, while RLC Architects is the designer. At full buildout, First Park Miami will comprise 13 buildings spanning 2.5 million square feet. The property is situated on 126 acres along NW 87th Avenue between NW 80th and 90th streets, nine miles north of Miami International Airport and 14 miles northwest of PortMiami.

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NEW PORT RICHEY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $15.6 million sale of Worthington Court, a 152-unit multifamily community in New Port Richey. The property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, half basketball court, tennis court, playground and a clubhouse. The asset is situated at 7541 Highwater Drive, 32 miles northwest of downtown Tampa. Mike Donaldson and Nick Meoli of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, HKSK Corp., in the transaction. Birmingham, Ala.-based Engel Realty Co. acquired the property.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — The Laramar Group has purchased Creekfront at Deerwood, a 616-unit multifamily community in Jacksonville’s Baymeadows neighborhood. The property comprises 108 residential buildings offering one-, two and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include five pools, a 3,500-square-foot fitness center, theater room and a community center. The asset is situated at 9803 Creekfront Road, 11 miles southeast of downtown Jacksonville. The buyer plans to implement upgrades such as exterior enhancements to improve curb appeal and introducing smart home technology for residents. Further details of the sale were not disclosed.

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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Waypoint Real Estate Investments has acquired Tomoka Pointe, a 276-unit apartment complex in Daytona Beach, for $57.1 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a business center, pool, resident lounge, 24-hour fitness center and a clubhouse. The asset is situated at 1317 Tomoka Town Center Drive, five miles west of downtown Daytona Beach. The seller, Tomoka Pointe Housing LP, delivered the community in 2019. Scott Ramey, Erik Bjornson and Patrick Dufour of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.

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APOPKA, FLA. — JLL has arranged the $71.5 million sale of a 289,839-square-foot industrial facility in Apopka. The property is situated within the 180-acre Mid-Florida Logistics Park, 20 miles northwest of downtown Orlando. The seller, BlueScope Properties Group, delivered the asset in July on a build-to-suit basis for an undisclosed beverage company. The asset features 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED lighting, cold storage capacity with space for 6,200 pallets, five cold dock doors and 10 dry dock doors. John Huguenard, Sean Devaney, Julia Silva, Luis Castillo, Brian Walsh and Keith Largay of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Realty Income Corp. acquired the property.

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WESTON, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $20.5 million sale of Waterway Shoppes of Weston, a 36,000-square-foot shopping center in Weston. The asset was built in 1999 on five acres at the intersection of Weston Road and North Commerce Parkway, 18 miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Tenants at the property include Hooter’s, Posh Nails, CycleBar, Bank United, Baru Latin Bar, Lucille’s American Café and Offerdahl’s Off-the-Grill. Waterway Shoppes of Weston offers outdoor seating overlooking a body of water for its restaurant tenants. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of IPA represented the seller, a private investor based in Miami, in the transaction. Gordon Messinger of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, an undisclosed private investor also based in Miami.

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KISSIMMEE, FLA. — JLL has arranged the $26.3 million sale of Osceola Village, a 122,845-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Kissimmee. The center, which was delivered in 2008, was 82 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including DaVita Kidney Care, Orlando Health and Visionworks. The asset is situated on 20 acres at 3040 Dyer Blvd., 22 miles south of downtown Orlando. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Tommy Isola of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Glenborough LLC, in the transaction. New York City-based East Coast Acquisitions purchased the property.

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