Florida

ARA Newmark Brokers $10M Sale of Waterfront Development Site in Fort Lauderdale

by John Nelson May 19, 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — ARA, A Newmark Company (ARA Newmark) has brokered the $10 million sale of a 0.6-acre waterfront development site at 321 N. Birch Road in Fort Lauderdale. The site has more than 200 feet of frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway and is steps away from the beach and the Atlantic Ocean. The site is approved for an 11-story, 22-unit condominium project, as well as a marina with four 70-foot boat slips. Troy Ballard, Avery Klann and Marc deBaptiste of ARA Newmark represented the sellers, Jeremy Bedzow and Grand Birch LLC. An affiliate of Sobel Co. known as 321 Birch LLC purchased the development site. According to ARA Newmark, the sales price of $454,000 per unit is the new record for land pricing per unit for a non-oceanfront site in South Florida.

May 19, 2015

Florida Loans Retail Southeast

CIT Group Provides $41M in Refinancing for Shopping Center in Palm Beach Gardens

by John Nelson May 18, 2015

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — CIT Group Inc.’s subsidiary CIT Real Estate Finance has provided a $41 million secured credit facility to refinance PGA Plaza Shopping Center in Palm Beach Gardens. The shopping center is anchored by Trader Joe’s and Ulta Beauty. CIT provided the loan through CIT Bank on behalf of the borrower, Menin Development. In November 2013, CIT provided $26 million in financing to a joint venture headed by Menin Development to support PGA Plaza’s renovation, which included adding 5,646 square feet of retail space, a redesigned façade, upgraded parking lot, landscaping, site lighting and updated signage.

May 18, 2015

Florida Loans Retail Southeast

CIBC Provides $20.9M CMBS Loan for Shopping Center in South Florida

by John Nelson May 18, 2015

SUNRISE, FLA. — The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has provided a $20.9 million CMBS loan to refinance Sawgrass Landings, a 64,500-square-foot shopping center in the Broward County city of Sunrise. The retail center’s tenant roster includes LA Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and FedEx Office. The mall is shadow anchored by Sawgrass Mills Mall. Steven Weiss, Romano Tio and Marc Sznajderman of RM Capital arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Trikon Sunrise LLC, which is managed by Jon Samuel. The loan features four years of interest-only payments.

May 18, 2015

Florida Retail Southeast

May Realty Advisors Brokers Sales of Two Petco Stores in Florida to Foreign Investors

by John Nelson May 18, 2015

PLANTATION AND PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — May Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of two net leased Petco stores in Plantation and Pembroke Pines to investors based in Venezuela and Portugal. Matthew May and Richard Huelsman of May Realty represented a U.S.- and Columbian-based family office in the sale of the two stores, which both had roughly four years remaining on their initial lease. The store at 12251 Pines Blvd. in Pembroke Pines sold for $5.9 million and the store at 8111 W. Broward Blvd. in Plantation sold for $7 million. The buyers purchased the assets in all cash. Alexandria Escudero of Miami-based Fortune Realty represented both buyers in the two transactions.

May 18, 2015

Celebration Pointe Regal Cinemas Gainesville

Florida Mixed-Use Retail Southeast

Regal Cinemas to Open 10-Screen Theater in $200M Celebration Pointe in Gainesville

by John Nelson May 15, 2015

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Knoxville, Tenn.-based Regal Entertainment Group plans to open a new 10-screen, reserved-seating luxury theater at Celebration Pointe in Gainesville. The theater will feature upscale recliners, a lobby with a full-service bar and lounge seating. Located at the intersection of I-75 and Archer Road and anchored by Bass Pro Shops, the $200 million, 1 million-square-foot Celebration Pointe will feature a mix of approximately 400,000 square feet of entertainment, outlet retail and restaurants uses. Phase I of Celebration Pointe is slated to open in fall 2016.

May 15, 2015

Florida Mixed-Use Office Retail Southeast

Prudential Real Estate Investors Purchases The Mercato in Naples

by John Nelson May 13, 2015

NAPLES, FLA. — Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has purchased the office and retail portion of The Mercato, a 456,359-square-foot mixed-use development in Naples, on behalf of institutional investors. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mercato’s retail portion is anchored by Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom Rack, a 12-screen Silverspot Theatre, The Capital Grille, McCormick & Schmick’s, Sur La Table and The Paper Source. The office portion is leased to tenants such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and regional law and financial service firms. PREI has retained Madison Marquette to manage and lease the office and retail portions of Mercato. Daniel Finkle, Manuel De Zárraga, Luis Castillo and Kim Flores of HFF marketed The Mercato on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Madison Marquette, Barron Collier Cos. and The Lutgert Cos. In late November 2013, GE Capital Real Estate provided a $145 million refinance for The Mercato.

May 13, 2015

Florida Industrial Southeast

AEW Capital-Led JV to Develop Two Distribution Centers in Lakeland

by John Nelson May 13, 2015

LAKELAND, FLA. — AEW Capital Management LP has purchased two land parcels totaling 46.6 acres at Lakeland Logistics Center, an existing business park in Lakeland. A joint venture between AEW, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (MassPRIM) and Ridge Development Co. plans to develop two Class A distribution centers on the land parcels. The facilities will each span 245,000 square feet and feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, cross-dock configurations, 185-foot private truck courts, 45 trailer parking spaces and a 200-foot shared truck court. AEW, MassPRIM and Ridge Development plan to develop the facilities in two phases with construction slated to begin in June. Upon completion, Julia Silva Rettig, Jeff Lamm, Jared Bonshire and David Perez of Cushman & Wakefield will provide leasing services for the two distribution centers.

May 13, 2015

Florida Multifamily Southeast

CBRE Brokers $54M Sale of Apartment Community in Central Florida

by John Nelson May 12, 2015

WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $54 million sale of The Park at Laurel Oaks, a 552-unit apartment property located at 1 Laurel Oaks Drive in Winter Springs, about 15 minutes outside of Orlando. New York-based White Eagle Property Group purchased the gated community from Laurel Oaks LLC. The property’s amenity package includes a fitness center, business center, tennis court, car care center, private garages and two swimming pools. The asset was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquil of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

May 12, 2015

Civic Florida Southeast

Suffolk Construction Opens Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse

by John Nelson May 11, 2015

MIAMI — Suffolk Construction has delivered the Judge Seymour Gelber and Judge William E. Gladstone Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse to Miami-Dade County and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. The 14-story, 371,500-square-foot courthouse is located at 155 N.W. 3rd St. The LEED Silver-certified courthouse features a multi-colored glass façade that was designed by HOK design. The building will be one of the only in the nation to house all court partners, as well as support agencies for the Juvenile Justice Community.

May 11, 2015

Bay Meadows Ashford at Feather Sound Clearwater

Florida Multifamily Southeast

RADCO Buys Clearwater Apartment Community for $34.2M

by John Nelson May 8, 2015

CLEARWATER, FLA. — The RADCO Cos., a value-add multifamily investment firm based in Atlanta, has purchased Bay Meadows, a 276-unit apartment community in Clearwater, for $34.2 million. The property is RADCO’s third acquisition in 2015 and its second property in the state of Florida. The apartment community features a 2,500-square-foot leasing center that has a fitness facility, office space and meeting areas. The property also has a pool that overlooks a lake situated in the center of the community. RADCO financed the acquisition using a mixture of Freddie Mac debt and private capital. Built in 1985, the apartment community is located within the master-planned Feather Sound Country Club. The property was 97.1 percent occupied at the time of sale. RADCO plans to invest $3.6 million to upgrade the apartment community and rebrand the community as Ashford at Feather Sound. Since August 2011, RADCO has raised more than $230 million of private capital to fund its purchases.

May 8, 2015

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