Florida

Pelican Bay

NAPLES, FLA. — Steelbridge Capital has acquired Pelican Bay Executive Center, a three-building, 190,000-square-foot office complex in Naples. The park is located at Pine Ridge Road and Tamiami Trail. Tenants of Pelican Bay Executive Center include Wells Fargo Bank, Hahn Loeser LLP, Newsbank and Fischer International. The park was 71 percent leased at the time of sale. Michael Lynch of MLPA Realty Inc. represented Steelbridge Capital in the transaction. Christian Lee, Charles Foschini, Christopher Apone and Amy Julian of CBRE arranged acquisition financing for the transaction. CRE Consultants will handle the management and leasing of the office park.

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One East Broward

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — CBRE’s capital markets debt & structured finance team has arranged $56 million in first mortgage bridge financing for One East Broward Boulevard, a 343,551-square-foot, Class A office tower in Fort Lauderdale. The 19-story tower was 82 percent leased at the time of sale. Jason Gaccione, Charles Foschini and Chris Apone of CBRE arranged the three-year, floating-rate, interest-only loan through Blackstone on behalf of the borrower, Ivy Realty.

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FLORIDA CITY, FLA. — Hilton Worldwide has opened its first Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in the state of Florida: the Home2 Suites by Hilton Florida City. R.A. & R.E. Inc. owns the five-story, 96-suite hotel located at 77 N.E. 3rd St., situated off Exit 1 of the Florida Turnpike. The hotel represents the Home2 Suites by Hilton brand’s expansion into its 16th state since its first hotel opened in 2011. Amenities at the pet-friendly hotel include an indoor saline pool, gas barbecue grills, a combined laundry and fitness area called Spin2 Cycle, an Oasis lobby area and a complimentary continental breakfast for guests.

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AVE Aviation Commerce Center

MIAMI — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed $20.2 million in first mortgage construction loans for two new warehouse buildings at the AVE Aviation and Commerce Center, a 2.6 million-square-foot master-planned corporate business park in Miami. The warehouse properties, which are 32 percent pre-leased to an aircraft engine repair firm, will span 313,820 square feet. Phil Carroll of Grandbridge arranged the construction financing through BB&T.

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Sawgrass

SUNRISE, FLA. — HFF has arranged a $38.2 million loan for the refinancing of Sawgrass Lake Center, a 239,373-square-foot, Class A office building in Sunrise. The property is located south of Sawgrass Mills Mall at 13450 W. Sunrise Blvd. The office building was 84 percent leased at the time of the sale. Paul Stasaitis, Chris Drew, Jorge Portela, Jose Carrazana and Maxx Carney of HFF arranged the loan through Mesa West Capital’s Mesa West Real Estate Income Fund III, a $750 million debt vehicle. The loan was arranged on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between CNL Commercial Realty Estate and Long Wharf Real Estate Partners.

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NAPLES, FLA. — Investment Properties Corp. has brokered the sale of Goodlette Corners, a 46,000-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Goodlette-Frank and Pine Ridge roads in Naples. OREXCO purchased the asset from Goodlette Corners LLC for $13.3 million. David Stevens of Investment Properties Corp. represented the buyer in the transaction. Steve Hovland of Hovland Real Estate represented the seller.

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ATLANTA — HFF has closed on the sale of a retail portfolio consisting of seven Publix-, Kroger- and BI-LO-anchored shopping centers totaling 513,723 square feet in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas. The properties include Kingwood Glen in Houston; Doral Isles in Miami; Barclay Crossing in Tampa; Deltona Landings in Orlando; Parkway Centre in Columbus, Ga.; Publix at Powder Springs in Atlanta; and Sweetgrass Corner in Charleston, S.C. Richard Reid, Danny Finkle, Ryan West, Rusty Tamlyn, Jim Hamilton and Luis Castillo of HFF represented the seller, a joint venture between BVT Equity Holdings Inc. and WealthCap, in the transaction. The seven retail assets had a combined 96.5 percent occupancy at the time of the sale.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLA. — King Industrial Realty/CORFAC International has completed 183,000 square feet of industrial leases in two transactions in Lawrenceville and Green Cove Springs. Specialty Rolled Metals LLC has leased 83,000 square feet of space for five years at 975 Progress Center Drive in Lawrenceville. Jeff Graham and Jason McCart of King/CORFAC represented the landlord, Dietrich Gross Trust, in the transaction. Additionally, Graham represented U.S. Lumber Group in a five-year, 100,528-square-foot lease renewal at 4627 J.P. Hall Blvd., Suite 107 in Green Cove Springs. The building is owned by Green Cove LLC.

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) has recently designated five Duke Realty-owned and managed medical office buildings in Florida as BOMA 360 Performance Buildings. The five facilities, which are located on hospital campuses in Central Florida, include: Celebration Medical Plaza, Kissimmee Medical Plaza, East Orlando Medical Surgical Plaza, Sebring Medical Pavilion and the Wesley Chapel Wellness Center. The BOMA 360 Performance Program recognizes commercial properties that demonstrate best practices in building operations and management, according to BOMA.

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Gateway Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $22.5 million sale of The Gateway to Miami Beach, two net-leased retail buildings totaling more than 18,000 square feet in Miami Beach. The property is located at 1100 5th St. on the southeast corner of 5th Street and Alton Road in South Beach’s South of Fifth (SOFI) neighborhood. The two net-leased buildings are fully leased to Pier 1 Imports and Burger King. Scott Sandelin of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, a Miami Beach-based limited liability company, in the transaction. Jonathan Gerszberg of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office secured the buyer, a private investor based in New York.

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