In December 2021, Shad Khan, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, told reporters that he felt Jacksonville was going “downhill.” In an effort to draw more visitors into the area, Khan’s development group, Iguana Investments, is focusing on a new Four Seasons in Duval County. Khan has been working on this venture since 2017.
Park Partners Residential, owner and operator of value-add and luxury multifamily apartment communities, and Independencia Asset Management have completed the $77,750,000 acquisition of The Commons, a multifamily residential community addressed as 8050 Gables Commons Drive in Orlando. The 19.28-acre property is located south of Little Lake Bryan Parkway and is east of Vineland Avenue and Interstate-4, just minutes away from Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets. Los Angeles-based Ares Management provided the funds for the purchase, which was brokered by Jubeen Vaghefi, Denny St. Romain and Charles Crapse of Cushman Wakefield. The newly formed joint venture between Park Partners Residential and Independencia Asset Management received a $58.5 million construction loan from American Real Estate Capital to fund an extensive renovation of the property’s 280 units, clubhouse and amenity spaces.
Oakley Square LLC began construction on Oakley Square Apartments in the first quarter of 2022. The $22 million project will offer 312 residential units comprising more than 77,000 square feet of new construction. The Jacksonville Business Journal noted that the project needed 16 permits to be approved.
New renderings have been revealed for LOFTY Brickell, a 42-story residential skyscraper scheduled to break ground later this year at 99 Southwest 7th Street along the Miami River in Brickell, Miami. Located across from Brickell City Centre, at the junction of South Miami Avenue and Southwest 7th Street, the 1.62-acre site will give rise to an estimated 481-foot-tall building designed by Arquitectonica with landscape architecture by Urban Robot Associates, yielding 364 fully-finished and furnished residences with curated interiors by INC and 40,000 square feet of amenities. Newgard Development Group is the developer, who has on-boarded Cervera Real Estate as the exclusive sales and marketing firm. Units will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans as well as penthouses, priced from $493,000 to $1.3 million, and will offer owners flexible home-sharing options.
The Row, a student housing community in Gainesville, Florida, is now leasing for fall 2022. The $16 million venture broke ground in early 2021, with Kast Construction Company LLC operating as the general contractor. The mixed-use venture requires about 140,000 square feet of new construction.
