TAMPA, FLA. — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has brokered the $10.7 million sale of Cedar Cove Apartments in Tampa. The 180-unit apartment community is located at 8741 Grove Terrace. The buyer, Delaware-based Southeast Residential Recovery Fund VIII LLC, plans to renovate unit interiors and upgrade the site and common areas. Matt Kesterson and James Reed of Franklin Street’s Jacksonville office represented the buyer in the transaction. Darron Kattan, Robert Goldfinger, Kevin Kelleher and Zach Ames of Franklin Street’s Tampa office represented the seller, Metis Brentwood LLC.
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ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $51.9 million sale of Arium Barber Park, a 526-unit apartment community located at 5300 Lake Margaret Drive in Orlando. White Eagle Property purchased the property from Carroll Organization. Completed in 1989 and 94 percent occupied at the time of sale, Arium Barber Park features two pools, a large fitness center, game room, tennis courts and a business center. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented Carroll Organization in the sale.
TAMPA, FLA. — The Altman Cos. has sold Altis Highland Park, a mixed-use apartment development in Tampa’s Westchase district, for $46 million. Located at 11571 Fountainhead Drive, the development comprises 239 apartment residences and 5,000 square feet of retail space. Utah-based Cottonwood Residential purchased the asset from The Altman Cos., which developed the project in 2014. Altís Highland Park offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with average monthly rents ranging from $1,193 to $2,028. Community amenities include a poolside lounge with a demonstration kitchen and fireplace, 24/7 club-class fitness center, yoga and aerobics studio with on-demand virtual fitness programs, game center, dog park and private community garden. The main street of Altís Highland Park includes Kahwa Coffee and a self-service auto detail facility. Volume Hair Studio will move in later this year.
BRADENTON, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $34.6 million acquisition loan for Vista at Palma Sola, a 340-unit apartment complex located in Bradenton. Situated one mile from Palma Sola Bay, the property features a clubhouse, two tennis courts, fitness center, pool, volleyball court, playground and a movie theater. Dennis Jimenez of CBRE’s Orlando office arranged the loan through NXT Capital on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tanger Factory Outlets Center Inc. has sold the company’s 198,877-square-foot outlet mall in Fort Myers to Dahlmann Properties for $26 million. Built in 1993, the property’s tenant roster includes Brooks Brothers Factory Store, Crocs Outlet, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, Nike Factory Store, Under Armour, Island Java Café, Coach, Bath & Body Works and Zales The Diamond Store Outlet. Dahlmann Properties plans to rename the outlet mall Sanibel Outlets, due to its proximity to Sanibel Island.
MIAMI — Taubman Centers Inc. has decided not to move forward with an enclosed regional mall that was slated to be part of the Miami Worldcenter mixed-use development in Miami. Instead, Taubman, in conjunction with The Forbes Co. and Miami Worldcenter Associates, is now pursuing a high street retail plan that will better utilize the characteristics of the site and the market. Taubman expects to recognize a charge of $11 to $12 million for the write off of previously capitalized costs related to pre-development of the enclosed mall plan. Taubman and Forbes have agreed with Miami Worldcenter Associates on preliminary terms to lease the retail portion of the street level project with an option to purchase the retail component for a pre-determined price once it opens.
Ready Capital Structured Finance Closes $8.8M Acquisition Loan for Orlando Office Building
by John Nelson
ORLANDO, FLA. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has provided an $8.8 million acquisition loan for a six-story, 82,892-square-foot Class B office building in Orlando’s central business district. The unnamed sponsor purchased the asset to renovate and upgrade the lobby and common areas, and to lease up the remaining vacant office space. The non-recourse loan features a three-year term with a one-year extension, which is inclusive of a facility to provide for future tenant improvements, leasing commissions and capital expenditures.
OCALA, FLA. — Crossman & Co. has brokered the $4.4 million sale of Pearl Britain Plaza, an 82,216-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in northeast Ocala. A private investor based in Coral Gables, Fla., purchased the shopping center and its 18.5-acre site from Troy, Mich.-based Pearl Britain Development. The property was 70 percent leased at the time of sale. Mark Thompson of Crossman & Co. represented the seller in the transaction. Thompson has recently negotiated the sale of two other Central Florida shopping centers: the Shoppes at Andover in Orlando and the Plaza Del Sol in Longwood.
MIAMI — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged the $40 million sale of Advance Tower, an eight-story, 100,798-square-foot office building in Miami. The seller, JW Advance LLC, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based company that developed and managed Advance Tower since 1986, sold the property to USAA Real Estate Co. Advance Tower will remain the office headquarters of Interval International Inc., a global lodging provider. Adam Greenberg, Michael Lapointe and Michael Lohmann of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
TAMPA, FLA. — PCCP has provided a $70 million loan to Carter for the development of a 23-story residential tower in downtown Tampa. The 362-unit development will be situated atop a six-story parking garage and 6,500 square feet of ground-level retail space. Community amenities will include a pool deck and terrace, ground-level fitness center and a clubroom on the top floor. The project will comprise a full city block bordered by North Franklin, North Florida, East Tyler and East Cass streets. Construction is anticipated to be completed in late 2017.