Florida

Concord Hospitality to Open Marriott Autograph Hotel in West Palm Beach

by John Nelson November 9, 2016

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Concord Hospitality Enterprises Co. plans to open a new hotel under the Marriott Autograph Collection brand at the former City Hall site in West Palm Beach. The 200-room hotel will anchor the $135 million redevelopment of the three-acre site. Navarro Lowrey Properties is the master developer of the redevelopment, which will include 27,000 square feet of retail space, up to 7,000 square feet of restaurant and outdoor dining space, 255 multifamily residences and a public park. The new hotel will overlook the Intracoastal Waterway and Palm Beach and offer views of the Atlantic Ocean. Concord Hospitality plans to break ground on the hotel in 2017.

November 9, 2016

Florida Loans Southeast

Eastern Union Funding Arranges $10.6M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in Jacksonville

by John Nelson November 9, 2016

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Eastern Union Funding arranged a $10.6 million acquisition loan for Southwind Townhomes, a 184-unit apartment community in Jacksonville. Ira Zlotowitz and Marc Belsky of Eastern Union Funding arranged the two-year loan with an 85 percent loan-to-cost ratio through Ladder Capital on behalf of the borrower, Blue Rock Partners LLC. The loan features an interest rate of 5.25 percent over LIBOR.

November 9, 2016

Florida Office Southeast

Megastron Development Breaks Ground on Office Park in Orlando

by John Nelson November 8, 2016

ORLANDO, FLA. — Megastron Development LLC has broken ground on Kirkman Point II, a Class A, 134,000-square-foot office building located at the intersection of International Drive and Kirkman Road in south Orlando. The building is the second phase of development for Kirkman Point, an office park that will consist of four Class A office buildings and two parking decks upon completion. Megastron Development has selected Jay Dixon and Tom Rich of CBRE as the leasing agents for the entire Kirkman Point development. Megastron plans to deliver Kirkman Point II in the fourth quarter of 2017.

November 8, 2016

Affordable Housing Florida Multifamily Southeast

Berkadia Brokers $14M Sale of Affordable Housing Complex in Miami

by John Nelson November 8, 2016

MIAMI — Berkadia has brokered the $14 million sale of Cutlerwood Apartments, a 161-unit affordable housing community located in Miami’s Cutler Bay neighborhood. Asden Realty purchased the Section 8 property from American Federated Tile Corp. for roughly $134 per square foot. Berkadia arranged a six-year, $11.4 million Freddie Mac loan on behalf of Asden Realty to fund the acquisition. Tal Frydman, Fernando Polanco and Yoav Yuhjtman of Berkadia’s South Florida office brokered the sale, and Mitch Sinberg and Matt Robbins from the same office arranged the financing.

November 8, 2016

Florida Retail Southeast

NGKF Capital Markets Brokers $13.5M Sale of Shopping Center in South Florida

by John Nelson November 7, 2016

COOPER CITY, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) Capital Markets has arranged the $13.5 million sale of Stirling Town Center, a 53,857-square-foot shopping center located on a 5.9-acre site at 8637-8861 Stirling Road in Cooper City. Built in 2005, the shopping center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Subway, Tijuana Flats, Starbucks Coffee, Smoothie King, Cold Stone Creamery, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s and Aroma Kosher Market and Catering. Michael Lapointe and Michael Lohmann of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller, LNR Partners LLC, in the transaction.

November 7, 2016

Florida Office Southeast Top Stories

Joint Venture Purchases Park Tower in Downtown Tampa for $79.8M

by Nellie Day November 7, 2016

TAMPA, FLA. — A joint venture between City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners has acquired Park Tower, a 475,000-square-foot office building in downtown Tampa, for $79.8 million. The 36-story tower is located at 400 N. Tampa St. The joint venture plans to make a substantial investment in the property to modernize the building. The building is approximately 86 percent leased. Notable tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office, Level 3 Communications and Lykes Insurance. The tower boasts views of Hillsborough Bay, the Hillsborough River and the Tampa skyline. Park Tower was built in 1973. It was the tallest building in Tampa until 1981 when One Tampa City Center was constructed. Park Tower has previously served as the headquarters for the First National Bank of Tampa, the Lykes Brothers Corp. and Colonial Bank. Park Tower is situated near the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts and Lykes Gaslamp Park, about two blocks from the Hillsborough River and the Tampa Riverwalk entertainment district. Mike DiBlasi of Feldman Equities will lead the building’s leasing efforts. The seller was Sterling American Property. City Office REIT currently owns about 1 million square feet of office properties …

November 7, 2016

Florida Market Reports Multifamily Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Orlando’s Job Growth Allows Multifamily Sector to Continue Strong Performance

by John Nelson November 7, 2016

To those outside Orlando, the Central Florida metro of just over 2.3 million residents has long been a vacation destination with its major theme parks and top attractions including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld and the I-Drive corridor, home to the new Orlando Eye. In fact, Orlando welcomed over 66 million visitors who spent more than $60 billion in 2015, a new all-time local and U.S. travel industry high. However, tourism is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to Orlando’s emergence as a top target for multifamily investment. The metro is experiencing exceptional growth across multiple sectors of the economy, and in 2015, the Orlando MSA led the nation in employment gains, coming in at 4.6 percent. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the metro added 52,200 new jobs. Of these new jobs, the highest percentage was in professional business services, medical, transportation and general services. Looking forward, data from CBRE-Econometric Advisors projects that Orlando will lead the U.S. in employment growth over the next five years by a wide margin (2.3 percent compared to 0.8 percent for the nation overall). The rapid employment growth driven by numerous corporate relocations and expansions including Verizon, Mitsubishi-Hitachi, …

November 7, 2016

Florida Industrial Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $50.1M Sale of Industrial Portfolio in Palm Beach County

by John Nelson November 4, 2016

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $50.1 million sale of an industrial portfolio in northern Palm Beach County totaling 915,887 square feet. Located within a 3.5-mile radius in West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Magnonia Park and Lake Park, the fully leased portfolio spans 38 buildings on 16 sites totaling nearly 54 acres. The portfolio houses 218 tenants with an average unit size of 4,200 square feet. Scott O’Donnell, Greg Miller, Dominic Montazemi and Mike Davis of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a private trust. Cushman & Wakefield co-marketed the portfolio with Robert Smith of CBRE. The buyers were SL Florida Small Bay Portfolio LLC and SL Florida Small Bay Portfolio II LLC.

November 4, 2016

Florida Mixed-Use Retail Southeast Top Stories

CNL Lifestyle Properties Sells Resort Retail Portfolio in U.S., Canada for $103M

by John Nelson November 4, 2016

ORLANDO, FLA. — In a move to further liquidate the company, CNL Lifestyle Properties Inc., a REIT specializing in the acquisition of resort properties, has sold a seven-property portfolio of international trophy retail assets located within luxury resorts for $103 million. A private real estate consortium between The Imperium Cos., MMG Equity Partners and Blue River Family Office Partners was the buyer. The portfolio consists of 423,482 square feet of ground-floor retail in the mixed-use villages of six ski resorts and one golf and beach resort in the United States and Canada. The properties include: • Whistler Creekside Village in Whistler, British Columbia • The Village at Mammoth in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. • Village at Snowshoe in Snowshoe, W.Va. • Village at Cooper in Frisco, Colo. • Stratton Mountain Village in South Londonderry, Vt. • Blue Mountain Village in Blue Mountains, Ontario and • The Village of Baytowne Wharf in Miramar Beach, Fla. Lori Schneider of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) division arranged the sale. Schneider, along with the Marcus & Millichap’s brokers of record for each state in the portfolio, exclusively represented the seller and procured the buyer. “These stabilized yet dynamic assets are unique in location, …

November 4, 2016

Florida Mixed-Use Retail Southeast

Swire Opens $1.05B Brickell City Centre’s Open-Air Shopping Center to the Public

by John Nelson November 3, 2016

MIAMI — Hong Kong-based Swire Properties, along with co-developers Whitman Family Development and Simon Property Group, has opened the first group of retail stores at Brickell City Centre, a $1.05 billion mixed-use destination in downtown Miami’s Brickell district. The project’s 500,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center housing more than 100 retailers and eateries, including a flagship Saks Fifth Avenue, Victoria’s Secret, Suit Supply, lululemon athletica, Cinemex, Coach, LIVE! and Porsche Design. Opening in 2017 will be a three-story Italian food hall that will feature a market, wine shop, gelato, cheese bar and restaurant. Swire Properties is integrating the Miami Metromover transit system with Brickell City Centre with a stop that exits directly onto the shopping center’s third floor. About 20 percent of the retail center at Brickell City Centre will feature retailers exclusive to the area and/or entering the United States for the first time from Europe and Latin America. The development, which also features two condo towers, two Class A office towers and the EAST, Miami hotel, are linked together by Climate Ribbon, a $30 million elevated trellis of steel, glass and fabric that is designed to harness Miami’s bay breezes while deflecting direct sunlight. The shopping center is currently 92 …

November 3, 2016

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