ENGLEWOOD, FLA. — Love Funding, a Washington, D.C.-based lender, has provided a $17.8 million construction loan to build Heritage Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 118-unit seniors housing community in Englewood, located between Tampa and Fort Myers. Tammy Tate of Love Funding secured the 40-year, non-recourse financing through the HUD 232 program. Heritage Oaks will include 86 assisted living units and 32 memory care units in a two-story building. The initial 10-acre site will be part of a larger 60-acre campus. Phase II of development will add independent living to the community. Georgia-based CDH Partners is design architect for the project, which Florida-based Core Construction Services will build. When complete, Beacon Communities will operate the community. No timeline for construction was disclosed.
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Kimco Realty Corp. has purchased the remaining 45 percent ownership interest in the Oakwood Plaza shopping center and the Dania Pointe mixed-use development in Hollywood for a gross purchase price of $299.2 million. Kimco acquired the interest and assumed $100 million of mortgage debt from its joint venture partner, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The adjacent properties have a combined two miles of frontage on I-95 and are near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the Port Everglades international cruise port. Oakwood Plaza is a 900,000-square-foot open-air retail center that is fully leased to tenants such as Home Depot, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Ross Dress for Less, Michaels, PetSmart, BJ’s and Regal Cinemas. Dania Pointe is a mixed-use, ground-up development project that will include approximately 900,000 square feet of retail stores and restaurants, 1,000 luxury apartments, two hotels totaling 300 rooms and two office towers. Phase I will be a traditional 318,000-square-foot open-air retail power center with construction expected to begin in the fall of 2016. Phase II will be a lifestyle center featuring 575,000 square feet of Main Street retail, residential towers and office buildings. Construction for Phase II is scheduled to start at the end of 2017.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Miami-based Ocean Bank has provided a $50 million construction loan that will fund the development of a 282-unit luxury apartment community at the Park at Broken Sound in Boca Raton. The project will be located on 14.1 acres at the southeast corner of Congress Avenue and Clint Moore Road, a few miles from Florida Atlantic University, Mizner Park, Boca Town Center and the beaches. The apartment complex, which includes a 5,500-square-foot clubhouse, is expected to open in 15 to 16 months. Ralph Gonzalez-Jacobo and Eddie Diaz of Ocean Bank originated the loan on behalf of the Miami-based borrowers, Sergio Rok and James Tate of TR Danburg Boca Holdings. The loan represents 70 percent of the estimated total cost of $71.4 million, or $177,000 per unit, for the development and construction of the property.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Blackhawk Properties & Investment LLC has selected Berger Commercial Realty to lease and manage the new seven-story 550 Building that is set to break ground in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Scheduled to begin construction this summer and open in fall 2017, the 70,000-square-foot, Class A office tower will be located at 550 S. Andrews Ave., the former site of the 32,500-square-foot Justice Building. The project will have an attached parking garage and ground-floor retail space. Roughly 10,000 square feet of 550 Building’s office space has been pre-leased. The development team includes Blackhawk, Collins Capital Partners, Craven Thompson & Associates, Douglas Management and Falkanger, Snyder, Martineau and Yates. Steve Hyatt, Joseph Byrnes and Stephanie Bernota of Berger Commercial Realty are the leasing agents for both the office and retail components at the 550 Building.
MIDDLEBURG, FLA. — NAI Avant has brokered the $2 million sale of a newly developed Family Dollar store in Middleburg. The 8,320-square-foot, freestanding store is located at 4249 County 218 Road. Dail Longaker of NAI Avant represented the buyer, Mid-Carolina Trading of Florida LLC, in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — JK2 Construction has wrapped up construction on the Hello Kitty and Betty Boop interactive retail experience at Universal Studios in Orlando. The project features 3,000 square feet of space dedicated to merchandise and interactive stations for Hello Kitty, the famous Japanese cartoon cat, and about 1,000 square feet for the iconic Betty Boop cartoon. The space was originally the home of an attraction centered on memorabilia from the TV show “I Love Lucy.” JK2 Construction, which also built the Universal Studios archway entrance, said the project costs exceeded $1.5 million and included changes to the building’s interior and exterior.
CAPE CORAL, FLA. — Stiles Realty has signed Starbucks Coffee and Chipotle Mexican Grill to lease outparcel space at Coralwood Center, a 349,205-square-foot retail center located at 2301 S. Del Prado Blvd. in Cape Coral. The two tenants will open at the 6,038-square-foot outparcel this fall. The retail center is currently 73 percent leased to tenants such as Ulta Beauty, LA Fitness, Bealls Outlet, JC Penney, Lenny’s Sub Shop and the newly opened HomeGoods. Jill Gull of Stiles Realty represented the landlord, Siles and GRE Coralwood LP, in the two lease transactions. Michael Daly of LandQwest Commercial represented Starbucks, and Michael Weiss of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Chipotle.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — LIV Holdings LLC, a joint venture between James Street Capital LLC and Warren Family Holdings I LLC, has purchased a 208-unit garden-style apartment complex in Gainesville for $8.8 million. The property was built in 1981 on nine acres at 1902 S.W. 42nd Way, roughly one mile from the University of Florida campus. The new ownership has teamed up with Gainesville-based management company AMJ Inc. to operate the property, and the joint venture will invest capital to improve community interiors, exteriors and common areas. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zach Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street Real Estate Services’ Tampa office represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
BRADENTON, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $10.2 million bridge loan for Centre Court Apartments, a 180-unit affordable housing community in Bradenton. The property operates under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LITHC) with 108 units reserved for renters earning 60 percent area median income (AMI) and 27 units restricted to 30 percent AMI. John Gilmore IV of KeyBank’s community development lending division originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Foundation for Affordable Rental Housing Holdings Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Delaware. Centre Court Apartments is sponsored by Harmony Housing, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
MEDLEY, FLA. — Ridge Development, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has broken ground on Airport North Logistics Center, a 182,057-square-foot speculative industrial facility. The distribution center will be located at the intersection of N.W. 87th Avenue and N.W. 90th Street in Medley, a suburb of Miami. Ridge Development expects to complete construction on the project in September 2016. The property will feature 32-foot clear heights, a 60-foot speed bay, 46 dock-high doors, two street dock ramps, 72 trailer spaces, security fencing and additional vehicle parking/outside storage. Ben Eisenberg, Walter Byrd, Thomas Kresse and Carlos Gaviria of Transwestern will provide leasing services for the project. Itasca Construction has been selected to oversee construction of Airport North Logistics Center.