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Blanca CRE Expands Broward Leadership

January 28, 2025/in News/by SFOBA STAFF

Christina Stine Jolley has been promoted to Senior Vice President & Broward Market Leader and Andrew “Andy” Ackerman joins as Senior Vice President.

Accesso Completes Acquisition Of South Florida Class A Office Asset

January 19, 2025/in Done Deals, News/by SFOBA STAFF

The asset is among the tallest office buildings in Sunrise and is the only property in the submarket with garage parking, adjacent hospitality and walkable retail.

Blanca CRE Expands Broward Leadership

January 28, 2025/in News/by SFOBA STAFF

Christina Stine Jolley has been promoted to Senior Vice President & Broward Market Leader and Andrew “Andy” Ackerman joins as Senior Vice President.

Accesso Completes Acquisition Of South Florida Class A Office Asset

January 19, 2025/in Done Deals, News/by SFOBA STAFF

The asset is among the tallest office buildings in Sunrise and is the only property in the submarket with garage parking, adjacent hospitality and walkable retail.

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Blanca CRE Expands Broward Leadership

January 28, 2025/in News/by SFOBA STAFF

Blanca Commercial Real Estate announced key leadership appointments to support its rapidly-expanding Broward County presence.

Both South Florida natives and Broward residents, Christina Stine Jolley has been promoted to Senior Vice President & Broward Market Leader and Andrew “Andy” Ackerman joins as Senior Vice President.

“Christina has been integral to our success serving our clients in Broward County, and Andy’s deep expertise in office leasing and landlord representation will further contribute to the value we provide to our clients,” said Tere Blanca, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Blanca Commercial Real Estate. “With the office market across South Florida and in Broward County outperforming the performance of other major metro regions, their combined expertise will be instrumental in advancing our commitment to continue to deliver unique insight and expertise to our clients and leadership in the market,” she added.

Andy Ackerman brings more than 20 years of experience to his role as Senior Vice President. Previously co-leading the leasing of a 3-million-square-foot office portfolio at Comreal and closing over $300 million in sales transactions with CBRE’s Private Client Group in Fort Lauderdale, Ackerman will lead the leasing of approximately 400,000 square feet of Broward County office properties.

“I am both excited and honored to join Blanca Commercial Real Estate, especially at a time when we are seeing and experiencing impressive growth and success in Broward County,” said Andrew Ackerman. “Broward County presents terrific opportunities for existing companies and new entrants to the market as well as for investors and developers. I’m looking forward to bringing my deep experience in commercial real estate to Blanca CRE and working alongside this talented team to deliver innovative and thoughtful solutions to clients that continue to set Blanca CRE apart.”

Christina Stine Jolley, with Blanca CRE since 2021, steps into her expanded role of Senior Vice President & Broward Market Leader as the firm anchors itself to capitalize on Broward’s evolving market dynamics. Her previous experience includes serving as Senior Associate at Cushman & Wakefield’s top office tenant advisory team in Broward.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to take on this new leadership role as we continue to grow with our clients in Broward County, a market where smart investments are made by the public and private sector which has proven to appeal to a broad demographic talent base,” said Christina Jolley. “Our team is energized and ready to meet the rising demand for exceptional commercial real estate services in the region.”

Ackerman and Jolley are based in Blanca CRE’s Downtown Ft. Lauderdale Office.

Accesso Completes Acquisition Of South Florida Class A Office Asset

January 19, 2025/in Done Deals, News/by SFOBA STAFF

Accesso, a fully integrated investment manager and operator of multi-tenant office, mixed-use and multifamily assets, announced that it has acquired Sawgrass Lake Center, a Class A, 240,000-square-foot office property located at 13450 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Sunrise.

Sawgrass Lake Center sits in the heart of the Sawgrass Park submarket in Broward County and offers strong connectivity to municipalities throughout South Florida, including Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

“As more companies determine their long-term space needs and the recovery of the office sector continues to take shape, we’ve found opportunities to invest in strategically located assets with high-quality amenities and growth potential,” said John Rivard, Chief Investment Officer for Accesso. “Sawgrass Lake Center is a prime example. It is the dominant office property in a submarket with a fundamentally strong business climate, and offers direct proximity to a variety of retail and restaurant offerings and accessibility to main thoroughfares. We expect to continue to capitalize on the general uncertainly in the office market by opportunistically acquiring assets that meet our investment criteria while applying our proven operating platform skills to add value for tenants and partners alike.”

Sawgrass Lake Center is among the tallest office buildings in Sunrise and is the only property in the submarket with garage parking, adjacent hospitality and walkable retail, including a Hilton DoubleTree hotel and Sawgrass Mills Center, the 2.3 million-square-foot, internationally renowned shopping and dining destination located directly across Sunrise Boulevard. The property resides in one of the most accessible locations in South Florida, sitting near the intersection of the Sawgrass Expressway and Interstates 595 and 75.

The property features a market-leading parking ratio of 5.4 per 1,000 square feet through its five-story structured parking garage and adjacent surface lot. On-site amenities include a grab-and-go café, fitness center, yoga studio, tenant lounge and conference center and outdoor seating area, as well as 50-plus dining options within a 10-minute walk. Sawgrass Lake Center has seen 136,000 square feet of leasing activity over the past two years. Select tenants include AT&T Inc., GoVine Insurance, Watches of Switzerland and StevenDouglas.

An abundance of prominent developments representing the ongoing densification and urbanization of Sunrise are located within a one-mile radius of the property, including: Radius Sunrise, a 32-acre mixed-use development; Metropica, a 65-acre site featuring an existing 263-unit condo building and proposed additional residential units, hotel rooms and retail; Sunrise 18, an 18-acre development surrounding the American Express Regional Headquarters, with proposed residential units and retail space; and the Amerant Bank Campus, a 140-acre planned project with proposed residential units, hotel rooms, a casino, an indoor water park and retail venues surrounding the Amerant Bank Arena, which is the home of the 2023-24 Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Representing the seller in the transaction were Christian Lee, Sean Kelly, Tom Rappa and Matthew Lee of CBRE.

Christian Lee, Vice Chairman with CBRE, said, “The Sunrise office submarket has historically been highly attractive to tenants looking to pull potential employees from South Florida’s entire population base. The key to this is the tremendous access resulting from the intersection of I-75, I-595 and the Sawgrass Expressway, which provides favorable commute times to nearly all of our workforce. While there is some softness today, we are confident that a bright future is in the cards for this property and this submarket.”

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