JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Greystone’s Real Estate Advisors group has arranged the $21.5 million sale of Wyndham Lakes, a 245-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Jacksonville. A private equity group purchased the property from a publicly traded REIT. Formerly operated by Brookdale Senior Living, Wyndham Lakes is situated on 14 acres of land. The community consists of 12 residential buildings and one common area structure. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone represented the seller in the transaction. Tremper also arranged non-recourse acquisition financing through a regional bank.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Capital One Financial Corp. has provided a $162.5 million senior secured credit facility for Palm Garden Healthcare. The Sarasota-based company owns a total of 1,931 beds across 14 skilled nursing facilities and an assisted living facility. The company also operates home care agencies and provides outpatient therapy. Palm Garden locations can be found in cities throughout Florida, including Aventura, Clearwater, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Largo, Ocala, Sun City Center, Orlando, Pinellas, Port St. Lucie, Tampa, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach and Winter Haven. The credit facility consists of a real estate term loan, a capital expenditure line of credit and an asset-based revolver. Palm Garden will use the proceeds to refinance existing debt and provide capital to expand and improve its facilities. Mclean, Va.-based Capital One is a leading provider of financial services to the healthcare industry, with over $11 billion in total outstanding balances. — Katie Sloan
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Madison Capital has acquired a retail and parking development located at 2000 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach’s South Beach district for $57.3 million. The property features a six-story parking deck and about 40,000 square feet of retail space leased to luxury retailers and upscale restaurants. The property is part of a mixed-use development built in 2010 that houses the Boulan South Beach hotel and occupies an entire city block between 20th and 21st streets and Collins and Liberty avenues. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank was the sole broker of the deal. Dockerty Romer arranged a five-year, $30.3 million acquisition loan through Wells Fargo on behalf of Madison Capital.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $29 million sale of Calibre Bend Apartments, a 212-unit multifamily community located at 3924 Calibre Bend Lane in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. Built in 1987, Calibre Bend features a clubhouse and leasing center, business center, resort-style swimming pool, a lighted tennis court and a car wash station. Units include built-in bookcases, full-size washers and dryers and private balconies or patios. Steve Witten, Frank Carriera, Victor Nolletti and Michael Regan of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, which plans to upgrade the property’s interiors.
NEW YORK — Greystone Affrodable Housing Initiatives LLC has closed a $130.8 million transaction to help preserve 1,058 affordable housing units in Florida. The 24 aged properties are located in 12 counties throughout the state. Completed on behalf of owner and operator The Hallmark Cos. Inc., the financing included $41.6 million in tax-exempt bonds by Osceola County; Boston Financial purchasing $28.1 million in 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; HUD’s assumption of $26.7 million of original USDA Section 515 debt, which provides subsidized financing to developers of affordable housing in rural markets; $29.9 million in senior debt; and $4.5 million in additional capital. Greystone worked closely with the USDA’s Rural Housing Service, as well as Osceola County Housing Finance Authority and Florida Housing Finance Corp. in the transaction. Hallmark will use the funds to rehabilitate the interior and exterior of the 24 properties over the next 12 months at an average of $32,000 per unit. The redevelopment team includes Columbia, Mo.-based architect Wallace Architects LLC and Roswell, Ga.-based general contractor Formula Construction Group.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $113 million sale of 110 Tower, a 394,830-square-foot trophy office tower located at 110 S.E. 6th St. in Fort Lauderdale’s CBD. Built in 1988, the 30-story, Class A office tower features 22 stories of office space, five stories of structured parking, two levels of mechanical space and ground-floor retail space. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Michael Lerner, Scott O’Donnell and Dominic Montazemi of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team represented the seller, Dallas-based Genesis Capital Partners XI Ltd., a GenCap Partners Inc. investment fund. Boca Raton-based IP Capital Partners LLC purchased 110 Tower for $286 per square foot. Amenities at 110 Tower include Subway, 110 Fitness, That’s A Wrap, Dunkin’ Donuts, Sabadell Bank, a car wash, wraparound outdoor terrace, ballroom and conference facilities. The previous owner invested $15 million in capital improvements at 110 Tower in 2011.
MIAMI — BB&T Bank has provided a $103 million construction loan to Miami-based Melo Group for Square Station, a multifamily development located at 1424 N.E. Miami Place in downtown Miami’s Arts and Entertainment district. Set for completion in 2018, the property will include two 34-story high-rise towers comprising 710 apartment residences and 15,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space. Situated adjacent to the Miami-Dade Metromover School Board Station, the apartment project will include one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rental rates ranging from approximately $1,650 to $2,500 per month. Interiors will include granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, laminated wood floors, porcelain tile and full-size washer and dryers in all units. Community amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool and pool deck, Jacuzzi, fitness center, valet service, covered garage parking, security control remote access and a social room for residents.
WESLEY CHAPEL AND PLANT CITY, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $28.4 million sale of two affordable housing communities in the Tampa Bay metro area. The properties include Pasco Woods Apartments, a 200-unit community in Wesley Chapel, and Park Springs, a 200-unit community in Plant City. The assets sold for cap rates of 5.9 percent and 5.34 percent, respectively. Both properties were built in 2000 under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, and both properties were 100 percent occupied at the time of sale and have long histories of high occupancy. Ray Turchi, Chris Travis and Kristin Boekhoff of Marcus & Millichap’s Orlando office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The trio also secured the out-of-state institutional buyer.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Creative Village Development LLC (CVD) has selected JLL to oversee the marketing of select sites available for sale at Creative Village, a $1 billion, 68-acre master-planned development in downtown Orlando. The Creative Village project is a public-private partnership between the city of Orlando and CVD, the project’s master developer. CVD is a joint venture between a local entity led by Ustler Development Inc. and Bank of America Community Development Corp. (BACDC). JLL will market select parcels of Creative Village in multiple phases, with Phase I comprising three parcels. The three parcels are programmed for at least 250 multifamily residences, an office building of at least 120,000 square feet and commercial, multifamily or hotel space spanning at least several hundred thousand square feet. Aaron Gray and Bret Felberg of JLL are leading the marketing efforts. Creative Village will transform the former Amway Arena into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development comprising University of Central Florida’s downtown campus, which is set to open in August 2019; office space; a $90 million, 600-bed student housing community developed by Ustler and KUD International LLC; a $62.5 million, 250-unit multifamily community developed by Ustler and a joint venture partner; and a 116-unit, $29 million …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — IKEA plans to break ground in November on its fifth Florida location in Jacksonville. Set to open in the fall of 2017, the new 290,000-square-foot IKEA store will join existing Florida locations in Orlando, Tampa, Sunrise and Sweetwater. IKEA Jacksonville will be situated on a 25-acre site along the northwestern corner of I-295 and Gate Parkway, roughly 10 miles southeast of downtown Jacksonville. The project team includes Lakeland, Fla.-based Marcobay Construction Inc.; CBRE; Driver McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne; Prosser Inc.; Bushra Tsai Inc.; RPM Engineers Inc.; Universal Engineering Sciences; Environmental Services Inc.; Gemini Engineering; and Ware Malcomb. IKEA Jacksonville is expected to create 500 construction jobs and 250 permanent jobs.