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The Miami office market in the second quarter continues to show signs of leveling off, JLL reports. The market year-to-date has registered 153,698 square feet of negative office space absorption and a total vacancy rate of 14.2%.

In the first deal, recently formed LBX Investments of Los Angeles has purchased Alfaya Commons, a 130,811-square-foot shopping center at 11792-11970 East Colonial Drive from Regency Centers in a deal valued at $19.8 million.

It paid $82.5 million for the site or $589,000 per acre.

The co-working and office space provider's new lease brings the Kaufman Organization's Madison Square portfolio to 100% leased.

There were 140 multifamily transactions in South Florida in the first quarter of this year, an 8.5% increase as compared to a year earlier. Multifamily per-unit prices also rose in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Qatar state-owned, Katara Hospitality purchased 100% of the ownership in the iconic, New York destination.

The sale marks the first purchase in South Florida for Yair Levy, a New York-based investor and developer who has proactively diversified his portfolio of holdings after a contentious legal battle resulted in a ban from selling residential condominiums and co-ops in New York State in 2011.

The company will announce its plans for development at a future date.