Florida

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $22.5M Sale of Gateway to Miami Beach

by John Nelson October 1, 2014

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.

October 1, 2014

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Related Development Breaks Ground on Four Multifamily Projects

by John Nelson October 1, 2014

MIAMI — Related Development LLC has begun construction on four multifamily projects in Florida totaling 1,129 units. The four developments include SOFA-Delray, Town-Pembroke Pines, Doral View II and Town-University Drive. Related Development has more than 4,700 units in the development pipeline for completion and/or groundbreaking in the next 12 months.

October 1, 2014

Florida Office Southeast

Riviera Point Development to Build EB-5 Funded Office Building in South Florida

by John Nelson October 1, 2014

MIRAMAR, FLA. — Riviera Point Development Group plans to develop the $18 million Riviera Point Corporate Center, a 72,000-square-foot office building located at Southwest 145th Avenue and Southwest 27th Street in Miramar. This is the third office building funded through the U.S. Immigrant Investor program, also known as EB-5. Riviera Point Development has retained Stiles Realty to lease the project, which was designed by Corrales Group Architects. Under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) program, the EB-5 program allows a foreign national interested in obtaining permanent U.S. residency to do so by investing in a commercial enterprise that generates at least 10 jobs for U.S. workers for two years. The qualifying investment for a project like Riviera Point Corporate Center is $500,000.

October 1, 2014

Florida Industrial Southeast

McCraney Property Inks Lease with FedEx Ground in Orlando

by John Nelson October 1, 2014

ORLANDO, FLA. — McCraney Property Co. has signed a lease with FedEx Ground to occupy 60 percent of the 142,638-square-foot Building 3 in the John Young Business Park in Orlando. The 25-acre John Young Business Park consists of a three-building portfolio totaling 393,000 square feet. Construction was recently completed on Buildings 2 and 3, which were built speculatively. JLL represented FedEx Ground in the lease transaction, and David Murphy of CBRE represented McCraney.

October 1, 2014

Florida Office Southeast

Berger Arranges $24M Sale of Palm Beach Office Portfolio

by Jaime Lackey September 30, 2014

BOYNTON BEACH AND DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has brokered the $24 million purchase of a portfolio of office buildings in Palm Beach County. Kendall Properties purchased the 280,000-square-foot portfolio from LouJA Realty. The portfolio consists of the Delray Office Park in Delray Beach; Woolbright Corporate Park in Boynton Beach; Gulfstream Professional Building in Delray Beach; and Woolbright Professional Building in Boynton Beach.

September 30, 2014

Florida Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Changing Renter Dynamics Boost Orlando Apartment Development

by admin September 15, 2014

With a booming tourism industry driving economic expansion and a new owner/renter paradigm impacting apartment renter dynamics, Orlando is experiencing continued expansion in apartment development. Currently, development for more than 22 apartment communities totaling over 6,000 units is underway in just three hot submarkets. Demand has continued to keep up with this new supply, surging to a 10-year high in the second quarter of 2014, with market-wide occupancies topping 95 percent. Job Creation Metro Orlando is predicted to have an average annual growth rate of 4.1 percent from 2013 to 2020, putting it 13th for growth among American cities, according to a report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. With an unemployment rate of 5.7 percent — well below both state and national unemployment averages — Orlando is outpacing much of the country in job creation and economic growth. Orlando’s $50 billion tourism industry has undeniably distinguished itself as the leader for growth in Central Florida, with the largest theme parks currently undergoing historic expansions. This will add thousands of jobs to Central Florida’s employment market over the next few years. For example, Disney World announced in early July that it is actively hiring for 1,000 new local jobs, and …

September 15, 2014

Florida Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Job Growth, Limited Supply Helps Central Florida's Industrial Rebound

by admin August 25, 2014

The Central Florida industrial market (comprised of Seminole, Orange and Lake counties) is currently undergoing a transformation, one that will make the majority of property owners very happy. After suffering crippling vacancy rates from early 2008 through the end of 2011, Central Florida has rebounded solidly and the good news is that there is still time to capitalize on the opportunities. The current rebound can be attributed to several items, not in any particular order: • Increased employment opportunities: Orlando’s unemployment peaked in September of 2010 at 11.7 percent and it has steadily decreased. In April of 2014, the unemployment was at 5.2 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Lack of new product / inventory: Since 2008, there have only been a handful of new, speculative industrial buildings built as demand was not there and rental rates were depressed due to the massive amount of vacancy. This has resulted in there being very few choices for companies desiring new, first generation product and led to the current new building pipeline of over 2.4 million square feet under construction as of July. • Absorption and rental rates: In 2012, we experienced positive market absorption slightly better than …

August 25, 2014

Florida Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Miami's International Vibe Appeals to Investors

by admin June 9, 2014

Miami’s residential boom is not the only red-hot segment of South Florida real estate market. While the world’s attention may be fixated on Miami’s next crop of “starchitect”-designed condo towers and their sky-high penthouses, the city’s commercial office sector is also surging. Growing interest among domestic and multi-national tenants, coupled with diminishing supply and a lack of new office product set to deliver in the coming years, have given way to new confidence in Miami’s office market and initial talk about the need for future commercial development. This would have seemed unlikely as recently as 2010, when three new Class A office towers prepared to deliver 1.9 million square feet of new space in downtown Miami. The first of those buildings to deliver, 1450 Brickell, has been 100 percent leased and occupied since the first quarter of 2013 and is home to a number of global firms, including JPMorgan Chase, American Express, SAB Miller, H.J. Heinz Co. and BBVA Compass. The other two buildings are also experiencing positive absorption as demand for downtown Miami office space grows. This activity is taking place as Miami’s urban core emerges as an international destination for commerce, investment, residential living and travel. What was …

June 9, 2014

Florida Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Dipping Vacancy, New Retailers Boost Tampa Retail

by admin May 19, 2014

Although the Tampa Bay economy may not have improved as much as everyone would like, the retail market is experiencing incredible activity. Many positive trends — redevelopment, new retailers, expansions, higher rents and, soon, new development — are driving the market upward: • The retail vacancy rate was back down to 7 percent for the first time in almost five years, according to CoStar Group. • Retail rents, which plunged between mid-2006 and mid-2012, finished the year at $13.69 per square foot and show signs of strength. • The number of square feet of retail space delivered to the market hit its lowest level in the past five years, according to CoStar Group. • Land is becoming scarce, especially in growing communities south of Tampa. Considering these conditions, it looks as though it’s a landlord’s market again. We can chalk this phenomenon up to the enthusiasm of restaurants, retailers and professional service firms demanding space due to a slight but steady rise in consumer confidence. Hillsborough County collected $14.7 million on its local option sales tax in November, the latest month for which state figures are available as of this writing. That figure changed very little in 10 of the …

May 19, 2014

Florida Market Reports Southeast Market Reports

Demand Remains Strong as Miami Readies for Trade Growth

by admin September 30, 2013

Demand for industrial space remains strong in Miami’s commercial real estate market as enhancements and improvements to the city’s airport and seaport — along with the expansion of the Panama Canal — promise to bring a boom in trade to the South Florida area. In July, Miami’s industrial real estate vacancy rate stood at 5.8 percent, nearly four percent below the national average of 9.4 percent, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Experts agree that Miami’s industrial real estate vacancy rate will continue to shrink as local infrastructure enhancements and improvements near completion, leading many companies that already utilize industrial space to vie for a slice of the 220 million square feet of storage and warehouse space presently available in Miami-Dade County. The new tunnel, rail and the deep dredge at the port, along with terminal improvements at the airport, have increased demand for millions of additional square feet of industrial space from users and offshore investors from South America, Canada, Europe, and China, both to lease and purchase property. Investors and users realize Miami will experience an increase in trade and commerce once the Panama Canal expansion is finished and they want a stake in it. Once …

September 30, 2013

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