Florida

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TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Tampa City Center, an office tower located at 201 N. Franklin St. in downtown Tampa. A partnership between affiliates of Miami-based Banyan Street Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management acquired the 38-story property for $110 million. An affiliate of Alliance Partners HSP, the East Coast operating arm of the Shilder Group, sold the property. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Masonite, Morgan & Morgan, FieldCore (a division of GE), CDW, PNC Bank and The University Club are tenants at the 757,425-square-foot, Class A office building. Via a skybridge, the tower is connected to the 520-room Hilton Tampa Downtown, with 30,000 square feet of meeting and conference space; 211 Restaurant; Starbucks Coffee; and Fort Brooke parking garage, a covered parking facility owned by the City of Tampa. Jason Hochman, Chris Lentz, Michael Ryan and Brian Linnihan of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance Group assisted the buyer in securing an $84 million acquisition loan. Funded by HSBC Bank, the loan includes proceeds at acquisition plus future funding for capital improvements to …

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MELBOURNE, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has secured the $24 million refinancing of an office and manufacturing property located at 100 N. Babcock St. in Melbourne. Leonardo DRS Inc. occupies the 311,287-square-foot facility. The company is a developer of mission-critical products and services that support military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors. Robert Hernandez and Lauren Hanley of NorthMarq’s Tampa office arranged the 11-year loan through an unnamed life insurance company.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Lindemann Multifamily Management has purchased The Addison on Millenia, a Class A multifamily property located at 4673 Garden Park Blvd. in Orlando. A partnership between Contravest, Case Pomeroy and BBX Capital sold the asset for $63.7 million. Completed in 2017, Addison on Millenia features 292 apartments equipped with high-end finishes, including nine- and 10-foot ceilings, granite countertops, tile backsplashes in the kitchen, pendant lighting, stainless steel GE appliance and full-sized washers and dryers. The community is located 3.7 miles from downtown Orlando and adjacent to Mall at Millenia, a 1.2-million-square-foot upscale retail destination. CBRE’s Shelton Granade, Luke Wickman and Justin Basquill represented the seller in the transaction. Paul Ahmed, Erin Efstahion and Mackenzie Fry of CBRE arranged a $38.2 million, 10-year loan with Fannie Mae on behalf of the buyer.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Transwestern has closed the $16.6 million sale of Sand Lake Corners North, a community shopping center located at 8115-8379 S. John Young Parkway in Orlando’s tourist corridor. Situated on 15 acres, the retail center features 151,487 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 95.3 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Old Time Pottery, PetSmart and Dollar Tree. The property is also shadow-anchored by Walmart and Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse. John Bell of Transwestern represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Birmingham, Ala.-based Capstone Development Partners has completed the second phase of the Village, an on-campus student housing development at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The second phase of the 2,171-bed mixed-used community features 1,300 beds in three residential buildings. Community amenities include living-learning and activity spaces, classrooms, study rooms and community kitchens, as well as retail space occupied by Starbucks Coffee and BurgerFi. The Village primarily serves first-year students.

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NORTH MIAMI, FLA. — Berkadia has secured $46.5 million in refinancing for the recapitalization of Causeway Square, a 168,956-square-foot mixed-use development located in North Miami. The borrower is Taubco, a real estate developer and manager based in South Florida. 3650 REIT, a Miami-based real estate lending, investment and services firm, provided the 10-year loan. Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Robert Iudice of Berkadia arranged the financing. Built in 2009 and 2010, Causeway Square features 86,877 square feet of Class A office space, a 5,000-square-foot TotalBank branch, 4,000-square-foot Vitamin Shoppe and a 43,679-square-foot LA Fitness, as well as a 416-spot parking garage. The property is currently 96 percent leased, according to Berkadia.

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NORTH PORT, FLA. — A joint venture between West Villages and The Sembler Co. has broken ground on West Villages Marketplace, a grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center at the corner of West Villages Parkway and U.S. 41 in North Port, a city in south Sarasota County. A 47,000-square-foot Publix will anchor the 105,000-square-foot retail plaza, which is slated to open in fall 2019. Additional tenants will include a mix of services and restaurants. The shopping center is the first retail node to be integrated into the West Villages Florida, a master-planned community that features single-family neighborhoods, schools, State College of Florida-Venice, a wastewater treatment plant and the new $125 million spring training facility for the Atlanta Braves.

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Birmingham-based Capstone Development Partners has opened five on-campus student housing communities totaling 3,000 beds, including two in California and one in Seattle. Development costs reached $350 million, $150 million of which was financed using private equity, with the remaining $200 million financed through a 501(c)3 nonprofit owner or a university using tax-exempt debt. Properties include Montage on College at San Diego State University in San Diego; Calaveras Hall at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif.; Vi Hilbert Hall at Seattle University in Seattle; The Village Phase 2 at The University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.; and the University of Massachusetts Boston Residence Hall and Dining Center in Boston. Montage on College at San Diego State University was built through a ground lease with the San Diego State University Real Estate Foundation. The property offers more than 300 beds of apartment-style housing. Community amenities include a resort-style spa, barbecue area, outdoor lounge and fire pit, community kitchen, fitness center, gaming and media room, and various study spaces. Capstone Development Partners’ management entity, Capstone Management Partners, operates the property. Calaveras Hall at the University of the Pacific offers 380 beds tailored to upper-level students. Shared amenities …

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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Eyzenberg & Co. has arranged financing for the acquisition of Park Plaza, an apartment community in Miami Gardens. A joint venture between Coastline Management and Tower Capital Group purchased the 234-unit property from an undisclosed seller. Robert Ginsberg and Mila Babenko of Eyzenberg & Co. arranged a $7.5 million equity investment from JCR Capital, an alternative investment manager based in Denver, for the value-add opportunity. Additionally, Eyzenberg & Co. helped to structure $25.4 million in Freddie Mac financing that capitalized the acquisition. The buyers plan to add a swimming pool and renovate the individuals units at the property, which was built in 1972. Additional onsite community amenities include a fitness center, laundry facilities, a grill and picnic area and business center.

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Savlan-Capital-Jacksonville-FL

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Savlan Capital has purchased Exchange South, a multi-tenant flex business property on Philips Highway in Jacksonville’s Southside. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $18.3 million, or $94 per square foot. Built from 1990 through 1996, the 194,400-square-foot building features 16 dock-high doors and 35 drive-in doors. At the time of acquisition, the property was 75 percent leased to 25 tenants, including Omnicare, Univar, ALS Group, Orion Energy Systems, Schindler Elevators, Konica Minolta, Lab Corp. and LendingTree. Savlan Capital plans to invest $2 million in upgrades to the property to improve the interiors of vacant units, exterior repainting and upgraded landscaping and curb appeal. Keith Goldfaden and Christian Harden of NAI Hallmark were retained to lead the leasing initiative for the property.

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