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SARASOTA, FLA. — Aztec Group has arranged a $54.5 million bridge loan for Alloro at University Groves, a seniors housing community located in Sarasota. An affiliate of United Group of Cos. is the borrower, and Mortgage REIT provided the debt. Developed in 2023, Alloro at University Groves features 183 units for residents aged 55 and older. Amenities at the community include a 12,587-square-foot clubhouse, fitness center, yoga room, salon, movie theater, pickleball and bocce courts, a spa, community garden, dog park and onsite dining facilities. 

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FORT MYERS, FLA. — Benderson Development has acquired Cypress Trace, a 280,000-square-foot shopping center located in Fort Myers. Grocer Winn-Dixie anchors the property, which spans 29 acres. Other tenants at the center include Five Below, Burlington and Ross Dress for Less. Benderson’s other recent acquisitions in the state include Carillon Place in Naples, North River Marketplace in Venice, Glengary Shoppes in Sarasota and Linton Commons in Delray Beach. 

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LAKELAND, FLA. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has acquired a two-building industrial property located at 900 and 920 N. Chestnut Road in Lakeland, about 35 miles east of Tampa. An affiliate of High Street Logistics Properties sold the 299,241-square-foot property for $38 million. Frank Fallon and Jose Lobon of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Equus Capital purchased the property on behalf of a programmatic joint venture between one of its affiliates and a domestic public pension plan. The two industrial buildings were built in 2021 and were fully leased at the time of sale to two tenants: Gruma and Safelite. The property sits 1.5 miles from I-4 and a little over four miles from Lakeland Linder International Airport.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $6 million sale of Orange Avenue Plaza, a retail center located in Orlando’s Ivanhoe Village. Situated near Orlando’s downtown business district, the property comprises seven units leased to tenants including White Wolf Café; Fluent, a cannabis dispensary; Miscellaneous Market, a local boutique shop; Better Than Sex, a dessert eatery; the Savoy Orlando nightclub; El Cigarro smoke shop; and Rare Earth gift shop. Tarek Chbeir of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed, privately held seller in the transaction.

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LONGBOAT KEY, FLA. — Unicorp National Developments Inc. has completed the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort & Residences, a 1.1 million-square-foot project located on a barrier island near the southwestern Florida beach city of Sarasota. The project carried a total price tag of $376 million. The 18-acre resort and residential complex consists of five six-story buildings. The hotel houses 168 guestrooms, including 26 luxury oceanfront suites that offer one- to four-bedroom options. Each suite features separate living rooms, private terraces and butler service. Additionally, the property includes 69 for-sale condo residences. Resort amenities include an 800-foot private beach and 42 water features, including a winding river and a 500,000-gallon saltwater lagoon where guests can swim with tropical fish and interact with the resident giant tortoises. The St. Regis Spa spans 20,000 square feet and features a eucalyptus steam room, a snow shower and hot and cold plunge pools. Additional amenities include a fitness center and a children’s club. The St. Regis also offers 10 indoor and outdoor meeting/event spaces totaling 36,285 square feet, with one ballroom capable of accommodating up to 600 people in a theater-style setting. The food-and-beverage component entails seven different bar and restaurant concepts. Moss Construction served …

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DAVENPORT, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $8 million sale of Legacy Shoppes, a 10,744-square-foot, multi-tenant strip retail center located at 942 Heritage Pass in Davenport. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a private development firm based in Florida, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor that is also based in Florida. Legacy Shoppes was fully leased at the time of sale to three tenants — Another Broken Egg, Orlando Health and Encore Nails — all of which have 10-year triple-net leases in place. The property was delivered earlier this year and sits on a 3.4-acre site roughly 26 miles southwest of Orlando.

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SANFORD, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $15.8 million sale of a 109,610-square-foot industrial building located at 2963 Stonewall Place in Sanford, roughly 28 miles north of Orlando. The buyer, Harvest Valley, a leading foodservice distributor specializing in Asian cuisine, plans to convert the property to a cold storage facility to serve its Central Florida clients. Wayne Schuchts, Michael Palmer and Andrew Lehrer of SRS’ industrial team represented Harvest Valley in the sale. The seller was not disclosed. The property was built in 2018 and sits on nine acres.

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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — A joint venture between Certares and TMGOC Ventures has purchased The Ray Hotel, an upscale, 141-room hotel in Delray Beach, a coastal city in South Florida’s Palm Beach County. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Alexandra Lalos Church, Zak Brodstein and Lauren Habig of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller in the transaction. Delivered in September 2021, The Ray is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection of high-end hotels. The property offers amenities including a rooftop restaurant and bar, rooftop pool deck, 1,800-square-foot fitness center and a modern event space. The Ray’s three full-service eateries include restaurants from Michelin-star chef Akira Back and Campi Italian, a concept from New York-based Host Restaurants.

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Women’s undergarment apparel retailer Victoria’s Secret has signed a lease to occupy 8,000 square feet on Lincoln Road, a high street retail corridor in Miami Beach. Jonathan Carter and Ryan Brodsky of Colliers represented the landlord, ALTO Real Estate Funds, in the long-term lease negotiations. Brandon Nocella of Strategic Retail Advisors represented the tenant. The store at 900-904 Lincoln Road will serve as the new flagship location in the city for Victoria’s Secret, which is relocating from an adjacent location at 901 Lincoln Road. The specialty retailer is backfilling space formerly occupied by Aerie and Express.

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Orlando’s multifamily market has experienced softened conditions lately due to a record amount of new supply being built, as well as economic challenges impacting commercial real estate as a whole. Yet, green shoots have emerged as insurance costs continue to ease and interest rates remain steady with downward pressure. Both overall sentiment and renter demand have steadily improved as well.  Properties in the multifamily space seeing the most interest these days are those that are high-quality and well-located. Two key multifamily sale transactions that occurred in the second quarter of 2024 were in the Southwest Orlando submarket. This includes the 424-unit Osprey Links at Hunter’s Creek property that sold for $100.6 million, which marked Orlando’s largest multifamily sale this year, and the 296-unit Sonceto Apartments property that sold for $71 million.  Investors are flooding back into the market with increasingly more aggressive offers and heightened competition as a result of the still limited available multifamily inventory and notion that supply levels have peaked.  However, additional supply will still enter the market in the years to come as developers maintain a positive outlook on Orlando with just over 2,000 units across six buildings delivered by the end of the second quarter …

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