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Construction Begins On First New Office Building In Ft. Lauderdale’s SOLO District In Nearly 30 Years

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This week, Blackhawk Properties & Investments, LLC began construction at 550 S. Andrews Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Upon completion in the spring of 2019, the property will consist of the 550 Building and SOLO Shoppes, a 95,532-square-foot, seven-story tower with six floors of office space and 7,500 square-feet of restaurant and patio space on the ground floor.

Featuring an attached parking garage with more than 600 spaces, the Class A building will be the first new office building in downtown Fort Lauderdale’s South of Las Olas (SOLO) District since 1989.

“The 550 Building will be a great addition to an area that is burgeoning with residential development and lacking in modern office, retail and restaurant space,” said Joseph Byrnes, a senior vice president with Berger Commercial Realty/CORFAC International, the exclusive leasing and property management firm for the 550 Building. “Several office tenants and restaurant operators have been monitoring the progress of the project and are actively speaking with us to advance their plans for occupancy.”

Formerly home to the Justice Building, the site was purchased by Blackhawk Properties for $3.6 million in 2013. In 2016, Blackhawk acquired the neighboring site, previously owned by former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, to accommodate the parking garage and SOLO Shoppes. The lot is adjacent to the Broward County Judicial Complex at the northeast corner of Andrews Avenue and S.E. 6th Street, which boasts one of the highest pedestrian traffic counts in Broward County.

Developers of the 550 Building include Thomas McDonald, Kate Murphy of Collins Capital Partners and William Murphy of Douglas Management. The 550 Building is designed by the award-winning architectural firm of Falkanger, Snyder, Martineau and Yates (FSMY).

Along with Byrnes, Senior Vice President Steve Hyatt with Berger Commercial Realty is serving as the property’s exclusive leasing agent.

 

Berger Commercial Negotiates 36,000 SF Office Lease For BSO

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Berger Commercial Realty announced today that the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) has leased spaced at two local properties represented by the full service commercial real estate firm.

Lloyd BergerIn the first transaction, Lloyd Berger, founder and president of Berger Commercial Realty, represented Northwest 5th Avenue LLC in a lease renewal with the Sheriff’s Office for 47,000 square feet of flex space, located at 820-880 N.W. 5th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

The air-conditioned warehouse serves as BSO’s Evidence Unit, which receives, catalogs and stores evidentiary, abandoned, forfeited and found property in accordance with state and local law.

Joseph ByrnesAdditionally, Berger Commercial Realty Vice President Joseph Byrnes represented Lauderdale Marketplace Investments in leasing 36,000 square feet of office space to the agency. Located at 2926 N. State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes, BSO’s new office houses the agency’s department of community control.

Berger Commercial oversaw the design and renovation of BSO’s Lauderdale Marketplace office, which opened in late October.

 

 

 

Berger Closes 10,000 SF Lease

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Berger Commercial Realty has closed a 10,000-square-foot lease on behalf of Black Oak Partners at 2005 Vista Parkway in West Palm Beach, the brokerage announced.

Berger’s Joseph Byrnes and Greg Milopolous handled the deal for the two-story suburban office building property.

Black Oak had bought the property for $3.73 million in July from Design Arts of Palm Beach. Since that time, Berger’s Tim Hackett has managed the 41,899-square-foot property.