FLORIDA — Dollar Tree Stores has signed leases for four new stores in Florida. The stores range in size from 11,473 square feet to 15,590 square feet. The properties are located in Magnolia Shoppes in Broward County; Shoppes at Boynton Beach in Boynton Beach; Commons at Royal Palm in Palm Beach County; and Homestead Pavilion in Dade County, Fla. Further details about the leases were not released. Steve Miller of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based The Rotella Group represented Dollar Tree.
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. — Bonita Springs-based Gora/McGahey Architects has completed the design of Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District’s 8,688-square-foot Fire Station No. 5. The project will be located on West Terry Street in Bonita Springs. The property will feature a front-porch façade meant to incorporate the building into the neighborhood, three apparatus bays, a kitchen and dining room, an exercise area and a safe room. Fire Station No. 5 will be constructed to withstand 130 mph winds.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Orlando, Fla.-based Construct Two Group has completed the 132,116-square-foot Development Research School for Florida A&M University. The six-building property is located on the university’s campus in Tallahassee. The development encompasses an administration building, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, a TV production studio and classroom space for elementary, middle and high school students. Energy-efficient lighting and life-safety technology are included in the new property.
CLEARWATER, FLA. — West Bay Drive LLC has sold the 38,569-square-foot Belleair Bazaar shopping center to Sunrise Plaza Holdings for $6.45 million. The property, located on West Bay Drive in Clearwater, is 82.3 percent occupied by Bonefish Grill, Cold Stone Creamery and Westshore Pizza. Jim Michalak, Anthony Blanco and Jess Wirts of Tampa, Fla.-based Plaza Advisors represented the seller.
ARAB, ALA. — Indianapolis-based Riser Retail Group has brokered a private party’s sale of the 72,980-square-foot Arab Center to a private investor for $2.95 million. The property is located on N. Brindlee Mountain Parkway in Arab. The three-tenant strip center is fully occupied by Marvin’s, Dollar Tree and Tractor Supply Co.
MCCORMICK, S.C. — Gold Rush Investment Group has sold the 40,000-square-foot Gold Rush Shopping Center to an undisclosed buyer for $1.48 million. The center, located at 710 S. Mine St. in McCormick, is anchored by a 29,000-square-foot Food Lion. Mike Early of Marcus & Millichap’s Williamsburg, Va., office and Matt Greenspon of the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office brokered the sale.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — UT Medical Group has signed an 80,000-square-foot lease for space in an office building located at 1407 Union Ave. in Memphis. Further details of the 10-year lease were not released. Michael Donahoe and Anthony Lopes of Memphis-based Investec Realty Services represented the landlord. John Snyder of John Snyder Realty Services represented UT Medical Group.
ATLANTA — A multi-million dollar expansion to the Emory Conference Center Hotel, which will add 127 guest rooms and 6,000 square feet of meeting space to the existing property, is slated to deliver in May. The five-story addition to the Atlanta hotel has been constructed to Silver LEED specifications. Features in the new building include a six-lane bowling alley, a ballroom and a seminar room. When completed, the Emory hotel will encompass 325 rooms, six suites and 32,000 square feet of meeting space.
CLERMONT, FLA. — Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based SIKON Construction Corp. is eyeing a May completion of a 110,000-square-foot BJ’s Wholesale Club in Clermont. The property is located at 2577 S. Highway 27. Syracuse, N.Y.-based Dalpos Architects designed the store.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — The Jamie Johnston Trust has sold a nine-unit, 10,000-square-foot shopping center to MGML for $1.1 million. The center is located at 6043 and 6055 St. Augustine Rd. in Jacksonville. The property, which has space for one tenant, has housed La Tienda Jewelry & Pawn and Hollis Barber Shop for more than 35 years. Henry Rogers of Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark’s Jacksonville office represented the seller, and the firm’s James Rose represented the buyer.