MIAMI — A development partnership between New York City-based Property Markets Group (PMG) and Toronto-based Greybrook Realty Partners are currently developing 400 Biscayne, a mixed-use project offering 646 rental apartments in Miami. Slated for completion in 2021, the 49-story building will include 51,000 square feet of commercial space and a 22,000-square-foot redesigned First United Methodist Church of Miami. PMG originally bought the development site from the church in 2018 for $55 million, and the developers broke ground on 400 Biscayne in June of this year. The church will incorporate a chapel, fellowship hall, basketball court, classrooms and offices spanning the bottom 10 floors of the building, and will have its own separate entrance and parking. “We are working hand-in-hand with First United Methodist Church and Greybrook Realty Partners to create something special for the neighborhood, which will continue to foster growth and connection in this city we love,” says Ryan Shear, managing partner of PMG. Additional amenities of the building will include a public lobby lounge and restaurant, co-working spaces, a gym and fitness studio with frequent group classes, bike storage facilities, and a massive pool. The Miami Herald reports that a portion of the units at the 400 Biscayne project …
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Joint Venture Sells High-Rise Apartment Tower in Downtown Tampa to Northwestern Mutual for $103.5M
by Alex Tostado
TAMPA, FLA. — A joint venture between Forge Capital Partners and Intown/Framework Group has sold 500 Harbour Island, a 235-unit, 21-story multifamily tower in downtown Tampa. The high-rise property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,087 square feet. Communal amenities include a two-story lobby with a concierge, outdoor deck with dining and grilling areas, dog run, heated swimming pool, cabana area, conference room and a fitness center. Northwestern Mutual acquired 500 Harbour Island and brought in ZRS Management to oversee the building. Matt Mitchell, Zach Nolan and Brett Moss of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
LAKE MARY, FLA. — Sonata Senior Living has announced plans to develop Sonata Lake Mary, a 193-unit seniors housing community in Lake Mary, approximately 15 miles north of Orlando. The four-story, 250,000-square-foot community will be located on a seven-acre site within Parkway Properties Inc.’s Lake Wellness & Technology Park mixed-use development. Sonata Lake Mary will feature 88 independent living, 92 assisted living and 13 memory care apartments. Sonata Senior Living expects to break ground in early 2020 for a planned 2021 opening. It will be the 12th community for the Orlando-based seniors housing developer and operator. Development costs were estimated at $52 million. The location of Sonata Lake Mary within the 153-acre, $750 million Lake Wellness & Technology Park will place the community in close proximity to a hospital, urgent care facility and medical pavilion. Orlando Health plans to start construction of a $470 million, 240-bed hospital in 2020, with plans for another 84,000 square feet of medical office space within walking distance to Sonata Lake Mary.
WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — JLL has negotiated the $62.7 million sale of Grove at Wesley Chapel, a 471,279-square-foot shopping center that also includes 114 acres of developable land in Wesley Chapel. At the time of sale, tenants included Cost Plus World Market, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ulta Beauty, Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Old Navy, PetSmart, Best Buy, Dollar Tree, Michaels and Cobb Theatres. The property is located 23 miles north of downtown Tampa on 203.3 acres at the interchange of Interstate 75 and Wesley Chapel Road. Daniel Finkle, Luis Castillo and Eric Williams of JLL represented the seller, institutional clients managed by Barings, in the transaction. Mishorim-Gold Properties purchased the asset.
Finmarc Management Sells Trader Joe’s-Anchored Shopping Center in Rockville, Maryland for $52.3M
by Alex Tostado
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Finmarc Management Inc. has sold Travilah Square, a 61,500-square-foot, Trader Joe’s-anchored shopping center in Rockville. Finmarc acquired the property in 2015 and renovated it to include new brick and steel exterior façades, as well as a new canopy, LED lighting and signage throughout the center. The company also demolished a former office building and freestanding Burger King and replaced it with a new structure that was subsequently leased by Trader Joe’s, which opened in September 2018. InvenTrust Properties Corp. acquired the property, which was originally built in 1988. Ryan Sciullo and Bill Kent of CBRE represented the seller in this transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 447-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Southern Alabama
by Alex Tostado
GULF SHORES, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Gateway Storage, a 447-unit self-storage facility in Gulf Shores. The 47,925-square-foot property was delivered in April and sits on three acres. Gateway Storage is located at 21371 Coastal Gateway Blvd., 38 miles west of downtown Pensacola, Fla. Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Jonathan Fawley of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both undisclosed limited liability companies, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Seniors housing investors are pumping the brakes on acquiring memory care facilities as the property type’s fundamentals and high turnover have proven to be worrisome. That’s according to an investment panel during the annual InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference. Held on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta, the one-day conference attracted more than 430 seniors housing professionals from all over the Southeast. Memory care is a subsector of seniors housing real estate for seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. According to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), memory care is often located within assisted living facilities but also exists in standalone settings. Memory care residents are typically separated from assisted living residents in a secured area with specialized programming. The panelists said that memory care was a hot product type in the recent past but that the sector’s current distress is a direct result of overzealous developers. “Memory care was low hanging fruit for developers but now it has become overbuilt and has fallen out of favor,” said the panel’s moderator Adam Heavenrich, managing director of Heavenrich & Co., a seniors housing investment brokerage firm based in Chicago. …
Peak Campus, Blue Vista Capital Complete 525-Bed Student Housing Community in Atlanta
by Alex Tostado
ATLANTA — Peak Campus Development and investment partner Blue Vista Capital Management have completed Theory West Midtown, a 525-bed student housing community located near the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The property offers fully furnished studio, one-, two-, three- four- and five-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool with a sundeck, outdoor grilling area, 24-hour fitness center, computer lab, study lounges, game room with billiards, outdoor lounge with a fire pit, roof deck with seating and grilling stations, business center and 10,500 square feet of retail space. The property was designed by Niles Bolton Associates Inc. and built by Summit Contracting Group.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Hotel developer Urbanica has acquired a one-acre plot of land in Miami Beach for $40 million from China City Construction (CCC). Urbanica plans to develop a 200-room, beachfront hotel on the site. The plot is the last undeveloped beachfront lot in North Beach, located between the Deauville Beach Resort and Sterling Condominium buildings on Collins Avenue. Urbanica expects to break ground immediately. Slated to open in approximately two years, the hotel will feature a restaurant helmed by the Urbanica’s partner, chef Fernando Trocca, an indoor bar, pool bar and beach service.
ATLANTA — Legacy Shamrock Community has sold Shamrock Gardens, a 344-unit affordable housing community in Atlanta, for $23.5 million. Built in 1967, Shamrock Gardens is an all-brick property offering one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a community center, computer room, two playgrounds, onsite laundry facilities, community garden and an orchard. The property also offers a state-certified onsite daycare for children ages six weeks to 12 years old, which is open to both residents and non-residents. The daycare is a recipient of the Georgia Lottery Pre-K program, which is free and based on “Bright from the Start” requirements and standards. Located at 1988 Plaza Lane, the property has MARTA bus stops onsite and is near Camp Creek Market and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Barden Brown, Cory Caroline Sams, Taylor Brown, Chandler Brown and Bo Brown of Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Alcott Capital. Greystone also provided a 10-year, $19.3 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan to Alcott.