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Alonzo Mourning, HTG Close Financing for New Miami Apartment Community

by John Nelson April 8, 2015

MIAMI — NBA Hall of Fame member Alonzo Mourning, now head of AM Affordable Housing, has teamed up with Housing Trust Group to develop the 84-unit Phase I of Courtside Family Apartments, an affordable housing development in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. The partnership recently closed on the property’s financing. Courtside’s Phase II will include 120 seniors housing units and Phase III will comprise 80 rental units. The property will include a multi-purpose community room with gaming tables, a theater/media room, computer lab and fitness center, as well as an outdoor basketball court, covered picnic areas and gardens. Located at 1700 N.W. 4th Ave., the property is expected to create roughly 150 jobs during the 14-month construction process. Development costs are estimated at $22.8 million, and the partnership is financing the project through RBC Tax Credit equity estimated at $9 million raised from the purchase of Florida Housing Finance Corporation low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC); construction and permanent debt financed by Citi Community Capital totaling $3.3 million; $7.5 million from the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency; Miami-Dade County Surtax loan for approximately $1.8 million; and developer equity.

April 8, 2015

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $21M Sale of Two Multifamily Properties in Tampa Bay Area

by John Nelson April 7, 2015

CLEARWATER AND TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $21 million sale of two apartment communities in the Tampa Bay area. The buyer, Montreal-based Groupe Mach Inc., purchased the 200-unit Royal Breeze Apartments in Clearwater for $13.9 million and the 168-unit Lenox Place Apartments in Tampa for $7.1 million. Casey Babb, Luis Baez and Moe Derbala of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, Tampa-based Hachem Investments, in the transaction. Groupe Mach was represented internally.

April 7, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

Crocker Launches $8M Renovation to Jacksonville Office Park, Signs 70,000 SF Lease

by John Nelson April 7, 2015

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Crocker Partners has launched an $8 million renovation of the 752,000-square-foot Prominence office park at Baymeadows Road and I-95 in Jacksonville. The capital improvement program will include a new main park entry with monument signage and landscaping, as well as exterior and common area renovations. Crocker Partners has also signed NGA Human Resources to a 70,000-square-foot lease in Building 400 of Prominence. The two-and-a-half floor office space for NGA will house roughly 450 employees. Jesse Shimp of JLL represented Crocker Partners in the lease transaction. Kaycee Gardner of JLL represented NGA Human Resources, a provider of payroll and HR services and software. The Jacksonville office park will serve as NGA’s North American headquarters.

April 7, 2015

Florida Industrial Southeast

Bristol Group, Butters Acquire 74 Acres in Broward County for 925,000 SF Business Park

by John Nelson April 3, 2015

DEERSFIELD BEACH, FLA. — Bristol Group Inc. and Butters Construction and Development have acquired the former Deerfield Country Club in Deersfield Beach from Gator Development Group LLC. Bristol and Butters will be co-developing a 925,000-square-foot business park at the site known as Hillsboro Technology Center. Plans for the 74-acre campus include a Class A warehouse/distribution center, office space and a limited service hotel. The park will be located adjacent to the four-way interchange of I-95 and Hillsboro Boulevard. Phase I of the park will also include a developer-donated recreation building for the city of Deerfield Beach and a public park with jogging and walking trails. Construction on the development will begin in the second quarter of 2015, and the developers plan to deliver the first two speculative industrial buildings in the first half of 2016. Upon completion in three to five years, Hillsboro Technology Center is expected to host roughly 1,500 permanent jobs, and the project is expected to create roughly 3,500 construction jobs. Tom Viscount and Tom Hotz of Butters Realty & Management have been selected to lease the project.

April 3, 2015

Florida Multifamily Southeast

CBRE Brokers $40.2M Sale of Multifamily Community in Central Florida

by John Nelson April 2, 2015

PORT ORANGE, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $40.2 million sale of Whitepalm Apartment Homes, a new 306-unit luxury apartment community located at 5400 S. Williamson Blvd. in Port Orange, roughly 45 minutes outside of Orlando. Built in 2014, the gated Class A community features a large clubhouse, resort-style pool with cabanas, serenity beach with hammocks and a fitness center. Nashville-based Carter-Haston Holdings purchased the community from Birmingham-based LIV Development. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

April 2, 2015

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Blue Rock Partners, Konover South Purchase Metro Orlando Apartments for $22.5M

by John Nelson April 2, 2015

WINTER PARK, FLA. — Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and partner Konover South have purchased Hunter’s Ridge Apartments in Winter Park for $22.5 million. The 238-unit apartment community is located at 3733 N. Goldenrod Road. Hunter’s Ridge is the partnership’s fourth Orlando-area multifamily acquisition in the past eight months. The new ownership plans to invest $2 million in exterior and interior upgrades and rebrand the community as The Park at Napoli. Michael Donaldson of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, Toronto-based Ebenezer Holdings Corp., in the transaction. Wells Fargo provided acquisition financing on behalf of Blue Rock Partners and Konover South. Hunter’s Ridge was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale.

April 2, 2015

Florida Retail Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $19.5M Sale of The George Buildings

by John Nelson April 2, 2015

DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19.5 million sale of The George Buildings, two adjacent corner retail assets totaling nearly 20,000 square feet in Delray Beach. The buildings are located on the southeast and southwest corners of Atlantic Avenue and S.E. 4th Street. Howard Bregman of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, a family corporation based in South Florida, and the buyer, a developer based in Palm Beach, Fla.

April 2, 2015

The Addison at Tampa Oaks Temple Terrace

Florida Multifamily Southeast

ContraVest Breaks Ground on Luxury Apartment Community in Metro Tampa

by John Nelson April 1, 2015

TEMPLE TERRACE, FLA. — ContraVest has broken ground on The Addison at Tampa Oaks, a 262-unit luxury apartment community in Temple Terrace, roughly 10 miles northeast of Tampa. Located on the southwest corner of Fletcher Avenue and I-75, the property’s floor plans will span from studio units to three-bedroom apartments. The community’s amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, cyber café, yoga room and resort-style pool. ContraVest will be providing general contracting and property management services for the project. Leasing is scheduled to begin in March 2016 and move-ins will begin in May 2016.

April 1, 2015

Florida Loans Multifamily Southeast

NGKF Arranges $33.5M in Financing for Two South Florida Multifamily Assets

by John Nelson March 31, 2015

WEST PALM BEACH AND MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged $33.5 million in financing for two multifamily properties in South Florida: the 192-unit Serrano in West Palm Beach and the 234-unit Park Plaza in Miami Gardens. Maury Zanoff, Joe Donato, Matthew Williams and Jamie Leachman of NGKF’s Washington, D.C., office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, AION Partners. The two loans have floating interest rates and interest-only periods. AION will repay existing debt and use the funds to make capital improvements on the two multifamily properties.

March 31, 2015

Florida Retail Southeast

Reichel Realty Signs Presidente Supermarket to 45,500 SF Lease in Palm Springs

by John Nelson March 31, 2015

PALM SPRINGS, FLA. — Reichel Realty has arranged the lease for Presidente Supermarket, a large Hispanic supermarket chain, to anchor Forest Hill Center, a 150,000-square-foot shopping center located at Forest Hill Boulevard and Congress Avenue in Palm Springs. Beginning in the spring, Presidente will occupy the 45,500-square-foot space that was recently vacated by Winn-Dixie. Presidente’s new 20-year lease is valued at $10 million. Reichel Realty represented the landlord, Four Florida Properties, a family trust, in the lease transaction. Final negotiations are also underway for a national fast food restaurant to develop an outparcel at Forest Hill Center. Presidente Supermarkets has nearly 40 locations from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach counties.

March 31, 2015

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