Florida

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $8.5 million sale of Commerce Pointe Gold, a four-story, 43,433-square-foot office building in West Palm Beach. Commerce Pointe Gold sits on 2.8 acres at 1800 S. Australian Ave., two miles south of downtown West Palm Beach. Commerce Pointe Gold LLC acquired the building for $196 per square foot. The building was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Law Offices of Craig Goldenfarb; Sasser, Cestero & Sasser; AEG Live SE; and Scuttina Real Estate Group. Scott O’Donnell, Greg Miller, Dominic Montazemi and Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, KAS Gold LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based SF Partners, in the transaction. Jason Sundook and Neil Merin of NAI/Merin Hunter Codman Inc. represented the buyer.

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MIAMI — FM Capital has provided a $21 million refinancing loan for a cold-storage warehouse in Miami. The 235,758-square-foot warehouse was originally built in 1968 and is located near I-95 with access to the Florida Turnpike. The property was 82 percent leased at the time of the refinancing to South East Frozen Foods and Super Value. The undisclosed borrower will also invest $1.1 million in capital improvements with the option of selling the asset or refinancing within the loan term.

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LADY LAKE, FLA. — SRI Management LLC has opened Village Veranda, a 125-unit assisted living and memory care seniors community in Lady Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Orlando. Gordon Cos. developed the community for owner Village Veranda Lady Lake LLC. SRI Management is the operator. The 117,000-square-foot community offers 100 assisted living apartments up to 875 square feet and ranging from studio to two-bedroom options. In addition, the facility offers 25 memory care apartments between 350 and 449 square feet. Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc. was the designer on the project, while Core Construction led the building team.

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CRESTVIEW, FLA. — Rock Apartment Advisors has arranged the $14.9 million sale of Pinnacle Pointe Apartments, a 150-unit multifamily complex in Crestview. The three-story, garden-style apartment development was built in 2010 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a swimming pool, clubhouse, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations, garage, storage units and a dog park. Boston-based Stratford Management Co. acquired the property. Donald Gambril of Rock Apartment Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Park Partners Residential, a joint venture between Rosemurgy Properties and Giles Capital Group, has received $38.8 million in financing for two student housing communities near the University of Florida in Gainesville. Värde Partners has provided a $27.3 million loan for The Niche community and an $11.5 million loan for The Nook. Both properties recently underwent renovations and offer a combined total of 1,356 beds. Elliott Throne and Jesse Wright of HFF worked to place the financing on behalf of the borrower.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Hotel Motel Inc. has broken ground on Cambria Hotel Fort Lauderdale Beach, a 104-room hotel in Fort Lauderdale. The property is located at 2231 N. Ocean Blvd., which is within walking distance to North Beach. Amenities will include a swimming pool with ocean views, meeting space and a fitness center. The hotel is expected to open in 2020. Jai Motawni owns Hotel Motel Inc., which has developed several hotels in South Florida. This will be Cambria’s second hotel in Fort Lauderdale, joining Cambria Hotel Fort Lauderdale Airport South & Cruise Port.

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MIAMI — Aztec Group has provided an $11.9 million loan to 4141 Design LLC, an affiliate of JCube Development, to redevelop an office building in Miami. The borrower plans to fully renovate the 15,843-square-foot building to include 6,100 square feet of ground-level retail space, 4,400 square feet of office space on the second and third floors and 4,000 square feet of rooftop event space. The building, known as 4141 International Design Center, was built in 1961 and used to be used as a design hub housing more than 150 designers and architects. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — KBS Real Estate Investment has sold Emerald View at Vista Center, a two-building office property in West Palm Beach, for $40 million. A partnership including Vanderbilt Office Properties acquired the 139,471-square-foot property. Emerald View is situated near the Florida Turnpike and Okeechobee Boulevard within the 500-acre master-planned Vista Center. Vista Center is a mixed-use development that will include office, industrial, hotel and retail space. Emerald View was built to exceed hurricane requirements and provide 100 percent power for 25 days of “business as usual” operations. KBS made several upgrades and improvements to the property, including the construction of move-in ready speculative suites and enhancements to the building common areas and lobby. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Kevin Probel, Kevin McCarthy and Tyler Ploshnick of CBRE represented KBS in the transaction.

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TAMPA, FLA. — RS Tampa Industrial LLC, an affiliate of Redstone Investments, has acquired the Roth portfolio, a 17-building industrial portfolio that spans 466,460 square feet in Tampa’s Airport/North and East Tampa submarkets. Roth Investment Partnership sold the buildings for a total of $28.6 million. Included in the sale is a building situated at 4410 Crest Ave. which is adjacent to Air Cargo Road and Tampa International Airport. Six of the buildings are situated within Sunstate Industrial Park, which, according to a person familiar with the property, is located near Tampa International Airport’s cargo entrance.

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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $10.7 million sale of Serenity Creek, a 90-unit apartment community in St. Petersburg. Serenity Creek is located at 4201 49th St., 20 miles southwest of downtown Tampa. The property was built in 1980 and was renovated in 2007. Serenity Creek offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans across seven two-story buildings. Community amenities include a swimming pool with sundeck, multiple outdoor lounge areas with fire pits and barbecue grilling areas, a central clubhouse, mail kiosk and leasing center and an on-site laundry center. Casey Babb, Luis Baez and Shawn Rupp of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and undisclosed buyer in the transaction.

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