Florida

Wood Partners to Break Ground on $41.9M Apartment Community in Orlando

by John Nelson April 24, 2015

ORLANDO, FLA. — Wood Partners LLC will break ground this month on Alta Eastmar Commons, a 312-unit, $41.9 million apartment community in Orlando. The asset will be located on 29.3 acres at 159 Dean Road. The property is Wood Partners’ 12th apartment community developed in Orlando. Construction is expected to wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2016, and Wood Partners plans to begin leasing the residences in the first quarter of 2016. Upon completion, the property will feature a two-story clubhouse, pool, nature trails, 516 surface parking spaces and 54 detached garages. Eastmar Commons Partnership was the seller of the land, and Jay Ballard of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida was the broker. CBREGI is the equity partner. BB&T provided the construction loan. Chancey Design Partnership (architect), Mellich Blenden Engineering (civil engineer) and Libra Design Group (landscape architect) designed the project. Wood Florida Builders is the general contractor, and Wood Residential Services will manage the community once it’s complete.

April 24, 2015

Florida Retail Southeast

Devonshire REIT Acquires Two Southwest Florida Shopping Centers for $39.5M

by John Nelson April 23, 2015

TAMPA AND FORT MYERS, FLA. — Devonshire REIT Inc. has purchased two shopping centers in Tampa and Fort Myers for a combined $39.5 million. The privately held REIT purchased The Cypress Shopping Center in Tampa for $24.6 million and The Shoppes at Plantation in Fort Myers for $14.9 million. Built in 2009, the 111,228-square-foot Cypress Shopping Center was 97.5 percent leased to tenants such as Winn-Dixie, LA Fitness, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Scottrade, Nutrishop, Pita’s Republic and Eye Doctors Optical Outlet at the time of sale. The 71,429-square-foot Shoppes at Plantation was 96 percent leased to tenants such as Winn-Dixie, Great Clips, Jersey Mikes, Suncoast Federal Credit Union and China Dragon at the time of sale. With the two transactions, the REIT has surpassed $500 million in total assets under management.

April 23, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

CBRE Brokers $23.8M Sale of Boutique Office Property in Boca Raton

by John Nelson April 23, 2015

BOCA RATON, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $23.8 million sale of Glades Twin Plaza, a 98,312-square-foot boutique office building located at 2300 Glades Road in Boca Raton. Built in 1982 and renovated in 2010, the office property was 77 percent leased at the time of sale. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Michael Erickson of CBRE represented the seller, a fund managed by BlackRock, in the transaction. The buyer was Dallas-based L&B Realty Advisors.

April 23, 2015

Florida Retail Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $9.7M Sale of Shopping Center in Miami Gardens

by John Nelson April 23, 2015

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.7 million sale of Shoppes of Ives Dairy, a 24,597-square-foot shopping center located at 19801 N.W. 2nd Ave. in Miami Gardens. Constructed in 2006, the center’s tenant roster includes Chili’s Restaurant & Bar, Bank of America, Starbuck’s Coffee, Wells Fargo Bank, Amscot Financial and Foot Locker. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, a Miami-based limited liability company, and the buyer, an investment group based in New York.

April 23, 2015

Florida Retail Southeast

Williams Co. Southeast to Complete Phase I of $30M Retail Center in Orlando

by John Nelson April 22, 2015

ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based general contractor Williams Co. Southeast is on schedule to complete Phase I of The Crosslands, a $30 million retail center in Orlando. The 427,000-square-foot property will be located at Orange Blossom Trail and Osceola Parkway and is scheduled for a July 30 completion. The development team includes Tupperware Brands Corp., O’Connor Capital Partners, Peter Bergner and ELEVEN18 Architecture.

April 22, 2015

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $49.6M Sale of Orlando Multifamily Community

by John Nelson April 21, 2015

ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $49.6 million sale of Tortuga Bay Apartment Homes in Orlando. The Class A, 314-unit apartment property is located at 12932 Mallory Circle in Orlando’s East Orange/UCF submarket. Constructed in 2014, the property features a large clubhouse, fitness center and zero-entry pool. The interiors of Tortuga Bay’s units feature granite island countertops, built-in computer workstations, black-on-black appliances, microwave, nine-foot ceilings, crown molding, screened porches and washers and dryers in every unit. Ken Delvillar and Jay Ballard of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an unnamed REIT, in the transaction. The apartment community is the first Florida property for the buyer, Tortuga Multifamily Orlando LP.

April 21, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

Stiles Realty Brokers $21M Sale of Fort Lauderdale Office Building

by John Nelson April 21, 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Stiles Realty, a division of Stiles, has brokered the $21 million sale of a vacant Class A office property located at 2100 W. Cypress Creek Road in Fort Lauderdale. The 185,000-square-foot building, which was the former headquarters of BankAtlantic, was the largest single-tenant building sold in the Cypress Creek submarket in the past five years, according to Stiles Realty. Kimberly Barbar of Stiles Realty represented the seller, BB&T, in the transaction. Barbar will also lease the office building on behalf of the new owner, Integra Investments LLC. The office building was designed to serve a single tenant and features on-site amenities such as a fitness center with showers, 250-seat cafeteria and a wellness center.

April 21, 2015

Florida Hospitality Loans Southeast

Dockerty Romer & Co. Arranges $3.5M Loan for Holiday Inn Express

by John Nelson April 21, 2015

LANTANA, FLA. — Dockerty Romer & Co. has arranged $3.5 million in permanent mortgage financing for a 62-room Holiday Inn Express. The hotel is located on Hypoluxo Road in Lantana, a town in Palm Beach County. Michael McCleary of Delray Beach, Fla.-based Dockerty Romer arranged the 10-year loan with a fixed interest rate at 4.25 percent. McCleary arranged the loan through a South Florida-based bank on behalf of the borrower, Wahe Guru Group LLC.

April 21, 2015

Florida Mixed-Use Southeast

Axiom Capital Advisors Brokers $16.5M Sale of Mixed-Use Center in Coral Gables

by John Nelson April 16, 2015

CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Aventura, Fla.-based Axiom Capital Advisors has brokered the $16.5 million sale of Riviera Plaza, a 55,161-square-foot mixed-use development located at 1542 S. Dixie Highway in Coral Gables. Roberto Susi of Axiom Capital represented the buyer, Riviera Holdings Plaza LP, a partnership between Gadinsky Real Estate, Echion USA and 13th Floor Investments. The partnership purchased the asset in an off-market transaction. According to Susi, the new ownership is contemplating repositioning Riviera Plaza to include multifamily housing.

April 16, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

Crocker Partners Completes $15M Renovation of SunTrust International Center in Miami CBD

by John Nelson April 14, 2015

MIAMI — Crocker Partners has completed a $15 million makeover of its 31-story SunTrust International Center, a 449,000-square-foot office tower in Miami’s central business district (CBD). The renovation includes a redesigned lobby and streetscape, 4,000-square-foot bayview sky terrace, complimentary tenant fitness center and a new conference facility. The renovation also includes 20,000 square feet devoted to fully finished office suites for companies new to the market and for growing start-ups. The building is LEED Silver-certified, has 11 high-speed elevators and on-site amenities including a restaurant, pharmacy and banking. Among recent leasing activity at SunTrust Center, the Daily Business Review, Marcum LLP, US Legal and BastAmron recently renewed and/or expanded their leases along with several other long-time tenants totaling approximately 72,000 square feet. SunTrust Center will have the largest contiguous block of space available in the CBD — 116,000 square feet — when Akerman LLP vacates later this year. Jon Blunk, Cristina Glaria and Laurel Oswald of Cushman & Wakefield are the leasing agents for the office tower.

April 14, 2015

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