JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners has acquired Riverplace Tower, a Class A, 28-story office building in Jacksonville’s central business district. The 425,223-square-foot tower is located at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. The property was built in 1967 and renovated in 1994 and 2005. Gate Riverplace Co., a subsidiary of Gate Petroleum, sold the office tower to Lingerfelt CommonWealth. Riverplace Tower’s tenant roster includes Rogers Towers PA, Rayonier Inc., Adecco USA and ClubCorp USA Inc. The buyer has selected a property management affiliate, CommonWealth Partners, to manage the property. JLL will handle leasing the property.
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MIAMI — Miami-based Mayan Properties, 3H Group Hotels and Arti Hersi Inc. have teamed up to break ground on the new Hampton Inn & Suites in Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard corridor. The 151-room hotel will be located at the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and Northwest 35th Street. The hotel will feature 4,400 square feet of street-level retail space and an eight-story parking garage. 3H Group Hotels will manage the hotel upon completion, which is slated for first quarter 2016. The design team includes architect Israel Bigelman, exterior architect Kobi Karp and interior designer Monioni Design. Michael Comras of Comras Co. will handle leasing the retail space.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group LLC has arranged a $25.5 million CMBS loan to refinance Crystal Lakes Apartments, a 491-unit multifamily community in Miami Gardens. The property is located at 2545 N.W. 207th St. near the Calder Race Track and Sunlife Stadium. Michael Brown and Brad Beattie of Meridian Capital Group’s Boca Raton office arranged the 10-year loan at a fixed 4,89 percent interest rate on behalf of the borrower, Ytech International. The loan features a 30-year amortization schedule and five years of interest-only payments.
NXT Capital Provides $33.9M Acquisition Loan for First Central Office Tower in St. Petersburg
by John Nelson
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $33.9 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition of First Central Office Tower in downtown St. Petersburg. Proceeds from the loan will fund an extensive renovation plan, as well as tenant improvements and commissions for future leasing.
Crossman & Co. Brokers $24.8M Sale of Publix-Anchored Shopping Center in Metro Orlando
by John Nelson
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Crossman & Co. has brokered the $24.8 million sale of Hollieanna and Oakley Center, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. The 102,000-square-foot center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Tuesday Morning, AAA, Moe’s Southwest Grill, T-Mobile and Sherwin Williams. Mark Thompson and Leah Harrington of Crossman & Co. represented the seller, a family in Indiana who had owned the center since its original construction in 1953. The property was redeveloped in 2011.
LAUDERHILL, FLA. — Forest City Enterprises Inc. has completed the $18.5 million sale of Forest Trace, a 322-unit independent living seniors apartment community in Lauderhill. Forest Trace, which includes 40 assisted living beds, was purchased by Pacifica Lauderhill LLC. The buyer also assumed the existing mortgage on the property. The property was originally developed in 1989 and was acquired by a subsidiary of Forest City in 2000.
TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Wells Fargo Center, a Class A, 389,608-square-foot office building located at 100 S. Ashley Drive in downtown Tampa. The 22-story LEED Gold-certified building was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, UBS, USAA, Valet Waste, Phelps Dunbar, AllegiantMD, Warren Averett and Carlton Fields. Wells Fargo Center features a fitness center, café, full-service bank branch, ATM, new conference center and a complimentary shuttle service. Christian Lee, Dale Peterson, Charles Foschini and Marcos Minaya of CBRE brokered the transaction.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — Calkain Cos. has brokered the $9.6 million sale of a single-tenant office/industrial asset located at 1300 Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach. The 83,000-square-foot property is anchored by Booz Allen Hamilton. Stephen Counts and Brian O’Hear of Calkain Cos. represented the seller, Skyview Development, in the transaction.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $5.3 million sale of a 113,308-square-foot industrial property located at 5120 Great Oak Drive in Lakeland. Edward Miller and Dolores Seymour of Colliers International’s Tampa Bay office represented the seller, Great Oak Property Management LLC, which was conducting business under the moniker Structall Building Systems. The buyer was Brennan Investment Group LLC.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has brokered the sale of Aloma Square Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. The property was 88.8 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Aldi, Deal$, CARQUEST, Fresenius Medical Care, CosmoProf, Liberty Tax and Subway. Mike Cvetetic and Jim Michalak of Plaza Advisors represented the seller, Noble Properties, in the transaction. The buyer was Aloma Square WP LLC.