Fort Lauderdale Office Tower Trades For $113 Million

Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the $113 million sale of 110 Tower, a 394,830-square-foot trophy office building in the Fort Lauderdale CBD.

The Capital Markets brokerage team of Executive Director Mike Davis, Senior Director Rick Brugge, Senior Director Michael Lerner, Executive Director Scott O’Donnell and Senior Director Dominic Montazemi represented Dallas-based seller Genesis Capital Partners XI Ltd., a GenCap Partners, Inc. investment fund. The asset was acquired by Boca Raton-based IP Capital Partners, LLC for $286 per square foot.

110 Tower is a 30-story, Class A office tower built in 1988. As the tallest and most recognizable building in the CBD, 110 Tower features 22 stories of office space, five stories of structured parking, two stories of mechanical space and ground-floor retail and parking. On-site amenities include restaurants, a health club, a full-service bank, as well as conference and entertainment facilities.

In 2011, 110 Tower completed a comprehensive $15 million renovation program that included upgrades to the ground floor lobby; a new 6th Street look; upgraded upper-floor common areas and other interior spaces; replacement and improvement of all building primary mechanical systems; and a unique exterior lighting system. New and existing amenities include 110 Fitness, Subway, That’s A Wrap, Dunkin’ Donuts, Sabadell Bank, car wash, a wrap-around outdoor terrace, ballroom and multiple conference centers.

110 Tower has received numerous accolades, including USGBC of South Florida’s Gala Verde Award as Florida’s Best in LEED for Existing Buildings; BOMA Fort Lauderdale/Palm Beaches’ TOBY Award for Renovated Building of the Year; BOMA’s Southern Regional TOBY Award for Renovated Building of the Year; and the PRISM Award for Renovated Building.

The property’s location at 110 SE 6th Street sits directly across from the new Broward County Courthouse. Fort Lauderdale has also made a commitment to municipal improvements in immediate proximity to 110 Tower, including the completion of the Wave electric streetcar with a stop directly in front of the asset.

“The CBD has evolved into a true live, work and play environment, which is driving strong demand for office space,” said Davis. “Despite the growth in residential construction and population within the CBD, however, there is currently no new Class A office construction. With growing demand and no new supply, rental rates and occupancies in the Fort Lauderdale CBD are expected to continue to grow well into the future.”

 

Avison Young Engaged To Sell Weston Office Building

Avison Young has been named the exclusive listing agent to market and sell the 52,960-square-foot office building located at 1725 North Commerce Parkway in Weston.

David Duckworth, Principal, Investment Sales, with Avison Young, was retained by ownership to spearhead the sale.

“Southwest Broward County’s office leasing activity continues to accelerate with mid-year 2016 reports showing decreasing vacancy rates, currently at 14.6 percent. As vacancy is absorbed, we are seeing rental rate growth outpacing inflation, growing over 2 percent annually since 2013,” said Duckworth. “These market trends, coupled with the long-term credit tenant in place and recent renovations completed, make 1725 North Commerce Parkway an amazing investment opportunity.”

Recent renovations include a new roof, a new back-up generator, exterior paint, and class A finishes.

In 2Q2015, Avison Young secured the long-term lease with the current tenant, a national vendor of technology-enabled, end-to-end payment health plan solutions for organizations, taking the last available contiguous office space over 50,000 square feet off the market in Weston. In 2Q2016, Avison Young was named the exclusive firm to manage the property.

Cypress Park West

Another Fort Lauderdale Office Asset Changes Hands

Investor Yoav Merary just paid $43 million to buy the Cypress Park West I & II office campus in Fort Lauderdale, plus a spit of adjacent land, from the Stockbridge Capital Group.

In two separate deals, Merary bought both the office campus at 6700-6750 North Andrews Avenue, as well as a small chunk of nearby vacant land along Cypress Creek Road, according to county records.

For the larger of the two sales, Merary used an LLC called CPN West to buy the office park, which houses about 225,000 square feet of rentable space and a six-story parking garage with 350 spaces. That deal broke down to about $189 per leasable square foot.

Data from the CoStar Group shows asking rents average $18 per square foot and the buildings were more than 95 percent occupied at the time of their sale. One of the largest tenants is Microsoft, taking up 43,675 square feet, and shared workspace provider Regus, which 22,547 square feet.

The larger deal also includes 6.2 acres of vegetated land right behind the offices.

In the smaller deal, Stockbridge sold a separate parcel of land measuring just under 1.5 acres to F Land LLC, another company managed by Merary.

Merary financed the deals with a $29.25 million loan from Benefit Street partners CRE Finance, a lending arm of asset manager Providence Equity, county records show.

Stockbridge had purchased both the offices and land for $32.95 million and $800,000, respectively. That purchase broke down to $146 per rentable square foot.

Merary is the same investor who flipped a two-story apartment building in Surfside to the Chateau Group for $6.2 million last year. That property is now part of Chateau’s extensive holdings in the oceanfront city.

 

Source:  The Real Deal

KAS Partners Unloads Office Property, More Than Doubles Investment

MandelPartners-Douglas-Mandel-Tim-ThomasMarcus & Millichap Senior Vice President and Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) Senior Director Douglas K. Mandel, along with National Office and Industrial Properties Group Associate Timothy P. Thomas facilitated the sale of 2425 Office Plaza, a 21,625-square-foot boutique office asset located at 2425 East Commercial Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.

Real estate investor Corey Shader purchased the office building for $2.3 million from a subsidiary of Coral Gables-based KAS Partners. The property last traded in December 2010 for $1,450,000.

2425 Office Plaza was approximately 70 percent occupied at the time of the sale, which closed on September 16.

 

“With its central location, direct frontage on Commercial Boulevard and tremendous lease-up potential, 2425 Office Plaza provided Mr. Shader with an excellent opportunity to acquire a well-maintained, value-add office building,” commented Mandel.

The 1971-built office property, which consists of four stories situated on a 0.45-acre parcel of land with direct frontage along Commercial Boulevard, just east of Federal Highway (US Highway 1), was renovated in 2005.

Mandel and Thomas represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was represented by One Investment Group.

 

Las Olas City Centre

Downtown Fort Lauderdale Office Sale Closes At $220 Million

The South Florida office market keeps reeling in investors ready to drop large sums on the region’s trophy assets.

In one of the biggest commercial real estate deals this year, a downtown Fort Lauderdale office tower changed hands for $220 million.

A company linked to Deutsche Bank‘s asset and wealth management division pocketed the Bank of America Plaza at Las Olas City Centre, a 23-story office tower built in 2002, from J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., according to Broward County property records.

The pricey deal closed Monday, five years after New York-based J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. originally purchased the asset. The seller walked away with a $56 million gain, or 34 percent

The 725,898-square-foot Class A office building at 401 E. Las Olas Blvd. sits on 2½ acres with about 408,000 square feet of leasable office space. It is anchored by Bank of America, and other tenants include Greenberg Traurig; Boies, Schiller & Flexner; GrayRobinson; Patriot National Inc.; and Farlie Turner & Co.

The deal broke down to $303 per square foot.

Fort Lauderdale’s office market has attracted new players this year looking for valuable assets away from Miami’s congested urban core.

Miami-based Steelbridge Capital purchased the two-building Class A SunTrust Center office complex a block away at 501-505 Las Olas Blvd. for $87 million in June. That deal, at $320 per square foot, was the largest transaction since June 2015.

In August, Massachusetts-based Brookwood Financial Partners sold an 11-story office building in downtown Fort Lauderdale for $46.5 million — $14 million more than what it paid two years ago.

Broward County’s investment sales activity picked up last quarter with eight transactions totaling $134 million, according to CBRE Inc. Overall, commercial transactions totaled $345 million during the first half of the year.

The submarket’s vacancy rates dropped to 12 percent in the second quarter as new entrants vie for space and existing companies expand their footprints.

 

Source:  DBR

Douglas K. Mandel, Timothy P. Thomas Negotiate Joint Venture For Class A Office Property In Boca Raton

Marcus & Millichap Senior Vice President and Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) Senior Director Douglas K. Mandel, along with National Office and Industrial Properties Group Associate Timothy P. Thomas facilitated a joint venture management restructure for Sabre Centre I, a 102,351-square-foot office building located at 5901 Broken Sound Parkway, within the evolving and highly desirable Park at Broken Sound in Boca Raton.

“Sabre Centre I provided G&C Sabre Investors LLC with the opportunity to partner on a value-add trophy office asset in one of the region’s most highly sought-after submarkets.” commented Mandel.

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Sabre Centre I is the sister building to Sabre Centre II and was the former HQ for Siemens Corporation. The building sits on approximately six acres of land and was approximately 60 percent occupied. Tenants range from various industries such as financial services and sports nutrition.

The property’s location, just north of Yamato Road and less than 2 miles from Interstate 95, is surrounded by new multi-family and retail developments that are transforming the Park at Broken Sound into a Live-Work-Play community. Formerly known as the Arvida Park of Commerce, and often referred to as the “Grande Dame” of South Florida office parks, the Park at Broken Sound contains 5.2 million square feet of office space spread across

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700 acres of beautiful lakes, waterways, and open green space with walking trails.

Mandel and Thomas represented both parties in the JV.

The deal was finalized August 15th.