DELAND, FLA. — Franklin Street has secured a 136,000-square-foot, full-building warehouse lease with trailer manufacturing company ALCOM LLC. The property is located at 2526 W. New York Ave. in Deland. Franklin Street’s industrial team negotiated the lease on behalf of the landlord, Blackmore Family Trust. ALCOM’s new facility is approximately 40 miles north of Orlando and is close to major highways such as State Road 44, Interstate 75, Interstate 95, Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 4. The facility features 24-foot clear heights, 3,600 square feet of office space, 21 dock doors and upgraded electricity and lighting. Previously occupied by a cabinet manufacturer, the property is currently being renovated to accommodate ALCOM’s manufacturing needs. The firm is expected to take occupancy of the property this month.
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MIAMI — Target has signed a 77,000-square-foot lease as part of Terra’s CentroCity mixed-use redevelopment located at 3825 NW 7th St. in Miami. Construction is expected to start this summer. Arquitectonica and RSP Architects are designing CentroCity. As part of the CentroCity project, Terra is redeveloping what was previously known as Central Shopping Plaza into a 38-acre mixed-use project. The plans for CentroCity includes up to 1,200 residential apartments, green space for residents, an office building and a shopping center with 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. CentroCity will be located 2.9 miles from Miami International Airport. CentroCity will feature three eight-story multifamily buildings with 460 rental apartments. Future phases with additional multifamily units and a 250,000-square-foot Class A commercial office building are also planned. The project’s plan includes seven new multifamily buildings lining the property behind the Target-anchored shopping center. The residential buildings will feature a series of courtyards, pool decks and landscaped sidewalks. Units will range from one- to three-bedroom apartments measuring between 500 and 1,250 square feet. Community amenities will include multiple pools, poolside cabanas, barbecue grill areas, a children’s playground, a dog park, resident lounges and game rooms.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Lexin Capital, a New York-based private investor, has purchased The Jamison, a 315-unit multifamily property located in Kissimmee, for $70.8 million. Jay Ballard, Ken DelVillar, Bailey Smith and Patrick Coley of JLL represented the sellers, DeBartolo Development LLC and Upshot Capital Advisors, in the sale. The co-developers completed the apartment community in November 2020. DeBartolo Construction Services was the general contractor, and Forum Architecture was the architect. The Jamison is located at 1040 Jamison Loop at the corner of US Highway 192 and Partin Settlement Road and is the first new multifamily construction in the area since 2008, according to DeBartolo Development. The apartment community includes seven, four-story buildings with studio, one-, two- and three- bedroom smart homes with an average size of 1,061 square feet. The apartment’s amenities include a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse with workspaces, a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor entertainment areas with a pool, grilling stations, tot lot, fire pits, dog park, covered social pavilion and reserved garage parking.
MIAMI — Time Century Holdings, a New York-based real estate investment and development firm, has received a $23.6 million construction loan to build a mixed-use project known as Time Century in downtown Miami. City National Bank of Florida provided the loan for the 225,000-square-foot project. Time Century Holdings will use the funds for Phase I, which consists of the wholesale retail space of the building, including the basement, ground, mezzanine and second floors. Phase II, planned for later this year, consists of four stories of office space. The renovations are expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Time Century has preleased more than half of the retail space. Formerly known as Metro Mall, Time Century is located at 1 NE First St. in Miami’s Jewelry & Diamond district, which has more than 400 jewelry stores in a four-block radius. Designed by Kobi Karp, the jewelry center’s amenities will include a three-story atrium with newly designed escalators and computerized directories, a valet parking service and public parking garages.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Olympia Hotel Management and Charleston-based developer Mountain Shore Properties have opened Hyatt House Tallahassee Capitol – University in Tallahassee. The 120-room hotel is located at 1100 Railroad Ave. in the city’s Railroad Square Art District. The five-story, 80,000-square-foot property features a large patio with outdoor bar service, an outdoor pool, fitness room, and an 846-square-foot meeting space. Additionally, 6,000 square feet of retail space is situated adjacent to the extended-stay hotel. Olympia Hotel Management is a Portland, Maine-based real estate firm focused on independent hotel management.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $1.7 million sale of a retail property located at 9760 San Jose Blvd. in Jacksonville. The property is triple-net leased to Curaleaf, a medical cannabis provider. Curaleaf, which operates approximately 100 stores, recently signed a 10-year lease at the 2,619-square-foot location. William Wamble and Patrick Nutt of SRS represented the unnamed seller, a national investment and development company, in the sale. Alex Wolak of Podium Realty Group represented the all-cash buyer, a Brazil-based investor.
Estate Cos. Secures $55.5M in Construction Financing for Soleste Cityline Multifamily Project in South Florida
by John Nelson
DANIA BEACH, FLA. —The Estate Cos., a multifamily developer based in Miami, has secured $55.5 million in construction financing for Soleste Cityline. The eight-story property will be a Class A, mixed-use community with 340 rental units and 12,800 square feet of retail at 4 North Federal Highway in Dania Beach. Soleste Cityline will be located on the northeast corner of Federal Highway and Dania Beach Boulevard, around 25 miles from Miami. Synovus Financial Corp. arranged the financing. The developer plans to break ground this quarter. Fort Lauderdale-based Merrimac Ventures is a partner in the project and will own the retail portion of the property, along with Miami-based Tricera Capital. The project will offer units ranging from approximately 600 to 1,200 square feet. Studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units include dual master suites, spacious walk-in closets, private balconies and a full-size washer and dryer. Soleste Cityline will feature a pool deck, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations, clubroom and private event space.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Lex Lakeland LLC, an affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust, has purchased a 222,134-square-foot industrial property at 5275 Drane Field Road in Lakeland for $22.3 million. The newly constructed, tilt-wall facility is located on 19.5 acres approximately 2.8 miles from Interstate 4. Ryan Vaught, Robyn Hurrell and Oliver de la Croix-Vaubois of Colliers International represented the seller, Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Bobeck Real Estate, in the transaction. The buyer, a New York-based real estate investment trust (REIT), was self-represented. At the time of the sale, the Lakeland property was 52.9 percent leased to Motion Industries, which occupies 117,440 square feet. Motion Industries is an industrial solutions company based in Birmingham, Ala.
Wendover Housing Partners Breaks Ground on $16.3M Affordable Housing Community in Sanford, Florida
by John Nelson
SANFORD, FLA. — Wendover Housing Partners, an Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based multifamily developer, has broken ground on Monroe Landings, a $16.3 million affordable housing community in Sanford. Wendover received $11.5 million in tax credit equity, $1.3 million from partner Orlando Housing Authority and a $2.8 million permanent loan from Neighborhood Lending Partners. Roger B. Kennedy Construction is overseeing the construction of the community. Located at 375 Oleander Ave. in Sanford, Monroe Landings will be a 60-unit, multifamily community with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a clubhouse with a gathering area and fireplace, resident computer center, pool, tot lot, gazebo with picnic tables, outdoor grills and a community gardening area. Rent is expected to start at $766 per month for one-bedroom units, $908 per month for two-bedroom units and $1,041 per month for three-bedroom units. Wendover expects to move residents in by the end of 2021 or beginning of 2022. In November 2013, HUD demolished an existing affordable housing community at the site after being deemed uninhabitable. Several hundred residents were displaced at the time the community was demolished. Wendover will offer the former residents the option to live at Monroe Landings when completed. The property will serve …
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $14.5M Sale-Leaseback for Industrial Facility in Orlando
by John Nelson
ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $14.5 million sale-leaseback for a distribution facility in Orlando. GES, a Las Vegas-based marketing and logistics partner for the exhibition and convention industry, is the seller and the sole tenant of the property. Skye Cook, Brad Torell, Jared Bonshire, David Perez, Taylor Zambito, Rick Colon, Mike Davis and Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield represented GES in the transaction. An affiliate of Coral Springs, Fla.-based Eisenberg Investment Group acquired the property. Located at 4805 W. Sand Lake Road, the 192,700-square-foot property is situated on 17 acres and is used for GES’ regional and international operations. The property includes 44,167 square feet of two-story office space, a trailer storage yard, onsite weigh station, clear heights of 21 feet to 29 feet, 38 dock doors and 254 parking spaces. The GES facility is located 12 miles from Walt Disney World Resort.