Southeast

BATON ROUGE, LA. — Franklin Street has arranged the $12.4 million acquisition and renovation financing for Physicians Medical Center, a 76,370-square-foot medical office and hospital campus in Baton Rouge. The three-story facility features a hospital on the first floor and 44,984 square feet of leasable medical office space at the time of sale. The buyer, New Era Cos., plans to implement property renovations. Following the project, Oceans Healthcare Outpatient Services will anchor the property. A local ophthalmology office and a division of the Louisiana Departments of Health and Capital Area Human Services will also lease space at the facility. Ben Miller and Casey Siggins of Franklin Street represented the buyer in the financial transaction. The seller and lender were not disclosed.

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MIAMI — Colliers International has negotiated ECU Worldwide’s 164,432-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Miami. The space at 2401 NW 69th St. has been ECU’s long-term home. The new lease is for a period of a little more than eight years and is valued at more than $10 million. ECU specializes in global multi-modal transport and warehousing services. The property is situated eight miles northwest of PortMiami and nine miles north of downtown Miami. Jonathan Kingsley and Ryan Goggins of Colliers represented the tenant in the transaction. Stephen Panos of Annapolis, Md.-based Realterm internally represented the landlord.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — FirstBank has signed a 52,000-square-foot office lease to move its headquarters to One22One Broadway in downtown Nashville. FirstBank will occupy the 13th and 14th floors of the planned 24-story tower. FirstBank has the right to expand its footprint within the building to more than 100,000 square feet. The developer, GBT Realty, expects to deliver the 365,000-square-foot building in 2022. Frank Thomasson, Taylor Hillenmeyer, Janelle Gallagher and Byran Fort of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease transaction. FirstBank is currently headquartered at 211 Commerce St., less than a mile from One22One Broadway.

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PLANT CITY, FLA. — Ace Hardware will relocate its distribution center to Plant City, which will allow the Oak Brook, Ill.-based retailer to add 315,000 square feet to its retail support center. Ace Hardware expects construction to begin in October 2020 with completion slated for November 2021. The general contractor, County Line Farms One LLC, says an estimated 200 construction jobs will be created for the project. Ace Hardware has operated its retail support center in Tampa since 1977. The retail support center currently supports 200 Ace Hardware locations in Florida. The company plans to add 40 jobs to the Plant City location to meet business needs.

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MADISON, GA. — Vitality Living has formed a development partnership with Hillpointe LLC to build Vitality Living Madison, which is currently under construction. Upon full buildout, the project will feature 332 units of seniors housing in Madison, which is approximately 60 miles east of downtown Atlanta. Located on 73 acres, Vitality Living Madison will be built in phases. Phase I will feature a mix of two-bedroom independent living villas and one-bedroom apartments, as well as amenities including a fitness center. Phase II will add assisted living and memory care units to the development. A leasing center is already open in advance of the scheduled opening late this year. This will be Vitality’s first community in Georgia. The operator currently has seniors housing assets in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and Florida.

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NAPLES, FLA. — Stevens Construction has broken ground on Executive Medical Center, a planned 27,773-square-foot healthcare facility in Naples. The first floor of the three-story building will feature medical offices, exam rooms and an MRI machine. The second floor will offer medical office space that will be available for lease beginning in March 2021. The third story will include an ambulatory surgery center with operating and outpatient rooms. The facility will be located at 4513 Executive Drive, adjacent to two medical office buildings and 13 miles north of downtown Naples. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Berkadia has provided a $17.9 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Ardmore Pointe, a 291-unit multifamily community in Fayetteville. The 10-year loan features a fixed 3.01 percent interest rate and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,051 square feet. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, pool, dog park, fitness center and a car wash area. The asset is situated at 3325 Oak Forest Drive, eight miles west of downtown Fayetteville. Mitch Sinberg and Brad Williamson of Berkadia originated the loan on behalf of the buyer, One Real Estate Investments. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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MIAMI — Maskco Technolgies Inc. has teamed with SharperTek to create 75 million N95 respirator masks over the next two years beginning in November. Under terms of the agreement, Pontiac, Mich.-based SharperTek will send 56 units of its assembly lines to Maskco Technologies’ production facilities in Miami, where the masks will be produced. The partners are awaiting certification from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). A group of healthcare providers created Maskco Technologies in April when they realized the need for more N95 masks amid the COVID-19 outbreak. SharperTek has been manufacturing automated ultrasonic systems since 2006.

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ONE Metropica Residences Sunrise

SUNRISE, FLA. — Metropica Development LLC, led by Joseph Kavana of K Group Holdings, has completed the first residential tower within Metropica, a $1.5 billion mixed-use project in the South Florida city of Sunrise. The 28-story ONE Metropica Residences comprises 263 condominiums. The City of Sunrise recently issued Metropica Development LLC a temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) so that move-ins can begin. Metropica is situated adjacent to Simon’s Sawgrass Mills Mall and in close proximity to Interstates 75, 95 and 595, as well as the Florida Turnpike. As of this writing, 75 percent of the units at ONE Metropica Residences have been purchased by buyers hailing from the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The condos range in size from 961 to 2,022 square feet, and the property’s remaining units are priced ranging from the $400,000s to the $700,000s. Buyers of the move-in-ready units can close on their purchase either in-person or virtually. “We are extremely proud to be delivering our first residential building to the market,” says Bernard Werner, president of Metropica Development LLC. Designed by architectural firms Oppenheim Architecture + Design and YOO Design Group, condominiums at ONE Metropica Residences include floor-to-ceiling glass windows, porcelain tile, smart …

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OAKLAND, FLA. — Roger B. Kennedy Construction has broken ground on The Avenue on Oakland, a planned 342-unit apartment complex in Oakland. The community will be located at 17210 Oakland Ave., 18 miles west of downtown Orlando. The property will comprise four four-story buildings, a clubhouse and a pool. The developer, UNICORP National Developments Inc., expects to deliver The Avenue on Oakland in December 2021. Slocum Platts Architects designed the community. The cost of development was not disclosed, although Roger B. Kennedy Construction says it entered a $47 million contract with the developer.

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