Florida

ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. — A venture led by Gencom has purchased the Grand Plaza Hotel and the Beachcomber Beach Resort and Hotel for $100 million. The hotels are located a quarter-mile apart from each other in St. Pete Beach, a barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Tampa. Situated on 3.7 acres at 5250 Gulf Blvd., the 156-room Grand Plaza Resort opened in 1975 as a Hilton hotel and was most recently renovated between 2014 and 2016. The hotel is home to Spinners Rooftop Revolving Bistro & Lounge, the state of Florida’s only revolving rooftop restaurant. Other restaurants at the property include Bongos Beach Bar & Grille, Level 11 Rooftop Lounge and The Palm Room Restaurant. Additional hotel features for the Grand Plaza Resort include direct beach access, beach cabanas, private balconies, water sports rentals, 8,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center, swimming pool and business center. The Beachcomber Beach Resort and Hotel is a 102-room beachfront property situated on 6.2 acres at 6200 Gulf Blvd. Restaurants include Jimmy B’s Beach Bar and Grill and Players Sports Bar and Grill. Additional amenities include two outdoor swimming pools, a business center and a central courtyard. Daniel …

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MIAMI — New York Life Real Estate has provided a $170 million loan for the refinancing of Wells Fargo Center in downtown Miami. The borrower, MetLife, owns the 47-story office tower, which was built in 2010 at 333 S.E. 2nd Ave. The loan has a 10-year term with an undisclosed fixed interest rate. Tenants in the 752,488-square-foot building include Wells Fargo Bank; McDermott, Will & Emery; Greenberg Traurig; and Deloitte. The property adjoins the JW Marriott Marquis and features an entertainment complex on the 19th floor, fitness center, spa, salon and meeting space.

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DAVIE, FLA. — Boardwalk Properties has bought a 394-unit apartment complex for $119 million in Davie, about eight miles west of Fort Lauderdale. Boardwalk will rename the complex to The Avenue from its current name, Elan Maison. Amenities include a three-story clubhouse, fitness center, yoga studio, billiards and a pool. Neil Rollnick of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP represented the buyer in the transaction. Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC and Greystar were the sellers.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Avison Young has arranged a $70.5 million bridge loan for CitiTower, a 25-story, 233-unit multifamily complex in downtown Orlando. George Vail of Avison Young arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, East SDG CitiTower LLC. Asia Capital Real Estate provided the three-year, floating-rate loan at an interest rate that was LIBOR plus 350 basis points. CitiTower was delivered in August 2017 and features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a rooftop pool, outdoor lounge and a 24-hour fitness center. CitiTower is located one block south of Lake Eola.

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SARASOTA, FLA. — Benderson Development has acquired a portfolio of 15 retail properties throughout the country that were formerly leased to Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us. The sales price was not disclosed for the 600,000-square-foot portfolio. Locations in the Southeast include five stores in Florida — Miami, Palm Beach Gardens, Naples, Fort Lauderdale and North Miami Beach — and one asset in Cary, N.C. In March, Toys ‘R’ Us announced it was closing all 735 of its stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. Founded in 1949, Benderson Development owns a real estate portfolio comprising more than 40 million square feet of retail, office, medical, industrial, lodging and residential properties in 39 states.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Bayside Ventures V LLC has sold The Avenue Apartments in Tampa for $23.3 million. The Avenue Apartments LLC, a partnership led by a local investor with Canadian equity partners, purchased the 216-unit property. The Avenue Apartments was built in 1984 and is situated about three miles from the University of South Florida. Amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, laundry facility and a resident clubhouse. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zachary Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street Real Estate Services in Tampa represented both parties in the transaction.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — McCraney Property Co. has chosen Lakeland, Fla.-based Macrobay Construction as the general contractor for a co-development project with Tavistock Development Co. in Orlando. The 1.3-million-square-foot project at Infinity Park is expected to break ground by the end of 2018. According to Tavistock, Infinity Park is a 200-acre mixed-use site located three miles from the Orange County Convention Center.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — ShipMonk, a logistics company for e-commerce businesses, has signed a lease to move its headquarters from Deerfield Beach to Bridge Point Riverbend in Fort Lauderdale. Starting next year, ShipMonk will occupy 170,477 square feet of the 221,542-square-foot industrial building that was completed in September. Tony Hoover of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease transaction, while Colliers International’s Steven Wasserman represented the landlord, a joint venture between Bridge Development Partners, Akard Street Partners LP, Banner Oak Capital Partners LP and Elion Partners. The terms of the lease were not disclosed. ShipMonk was originally launched in 2014 by then-26-year -old Jan Bednar at Florida Atlantic University’s Tech Runway. ShipMonk now employs more than 200 people in Florida and Los Angeles, with plans to double its workforce and open an office in New York City. Bridge Point Riverbend features 32-foot clear heights, rear-dock loading, ESFR sprinkler systems, and a 1.4/1,000 parking ratio.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $25 million acquisition loan for the purchase of Summit at SouthPoint, a four-building, 261,000-square-foot office complex in Jacksonville. Summit at SouthPoint is located seven miles southeast of the city’s central business district and offers community amenities such as an outdoor gazebo, lake views and access to hotels and restaurants in the area. Charles Foschini of Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The seller and sales price were also not disclosed.

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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — BRP Senior Housing Management has acquired a 15-acre site for $9 million in Delray Beach to build a $150 million, 279-unit assisted living community. SB Architects is designing the project, which will comprise a three-story building, courtyards and a central lobby. The property will offer multiple dining choices, a movie theater, fitness center, pool, yoga studio and game rooms. Trez Forman Capital of Boynton Beach, Fla., financed the land acquisition, and Al Rex of Walker & Dunlop is the project’s financing adviser. Construction is expected to begin in the summer, with opening slated for 2021.

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