FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The one-year-old, 52,739-sf Petsmart Plaza in suburban Sunrise, FL was sold to Seattle-based South Florida Holdings for $10.3 million or $195 per sf, one of the highest per-sf retail property prices logged in Broward County over the past two years.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL-Florida East Coast Industries Inc., the largest commercial and industrial conglomerate in the state, lost $61.4 million in fiscal 2001 compared to a profit of $25.8 million in 2000. But the company's real estate division logged record revenue. Spec development is out for now.
ORLANDO-The Austin, TX-based developer convinced the Orlando-based international financial software manufacturer to move into, a one-year-old, 196,000-sf structure that rose to 91% occupancy with the 10-year PaySys lease.
MIAMI-The Baltimore, MD-born former corporate raider made his first million in real estate before going on to accumulate a company-acquistion fortune once valued by financial trade publications at $4 billion. Posner died of complications from pneumonia while being treated at the Miami Heart Institute yesterday (Feb. 11).
ORLANDO-Occupancy among the area's 132,000 units fell to 92% from 93.2% in 2000, a new study by the Orlando office of CB Richard Ellis Inc. shows. Construction slowed to 6,800 new units compared to 13,900 units delivered in 2000.
ATLANTA-The Boca Raton, FL-based real estate investment firm paid Ravinia Three Associates LP $125 million cash or $155.09 per sf for the 10-year-old, 31-story, 805,972-sf trophy office building in Atlanta's central perimeter submarket. The going replacement cost in the local real estate market has been tagged at $200 per foot.
LEESBURG, FL-George Pringle, a principal in Pringle Development Co., was recognized for his community and philanthropic efforts while constructing about 3,000 homes in six subdivisions.
JACKSONVILLE, FL-Wachovia Securities of Atlanta handled the private placement of a series of senior notes maturing from three to 10 years. The money will be used to reduce other debt and for general corporate purposes.
ORLANDO-BankAtlantic of Fort Lauderdale, FL is providing the funds for Whisper Palm Apartments, a 308-unit, 22.4-acre project on the fast-developing west side of Alafaya Trail in east Orange County.