˿Ƶ Corp. now owns the entire 45-acre site where it plans to build the Shops at Beacon Lakes after closing a $44 million acquisition.
The 430,000-square-foot shopping center along Florida’s Turnpike just west of the Dolphin Mall is 90 percent leased, mostly with national tenants, said Ryan Karlin, head of retail development at Fort Lauderdale-based ˿Ƶ. He anticipates breaking ground in July and delivering the first buildings in the third quarter of 2019.
In the latest deal, AMB Codina Beacon Lakes LLC, an affiliate of Prologis (NYSE: PLD), sold 42 acres to S/VIIB Beacon Lakes LLC, managed by ˿Ƶ. That follows an $8 million sale between the two parties a few weeks ago for the three-acre parcel where City Furniture will go.
Karlin said other tenants include Home Depot, Michael’s, Ross Dress for Less, Five Below, a national sporting goods retailer and a national fitness center. With all of the big box spaces filled, ˿Ƶ is focusing on finding restaurants and small bay retail tenants, he said.
“The negative retail trend gets a lot of headlines but look at the sales from Home Depot and the strength of furniture,” Karlin said. “I wouldn’t say retail is dead as a whole. Miami-Dade County is proving that wrong.”
Karlin said this was an ideal site for retailers because it’s near both Florida’s Turnpike and the Dolphin Expressway/State Road 836. It’s also near the new Telemundo headquarters and a TopGolf that’s under construction.
Alan Esquenazi of CREC brokered the sale of the land for Prologis and is the leasing broker for ˿Ƶ at the Shops at Beacon Lakes. He said the total $52 million paid for the land reflects the strong lease rates the developer has achieved for the project.
“Miami-Dade County is performing exceedingly well for many retailers,” Esquenazi said. “This is a different kind of retail from the Dolphin Mall. We will attract mostly local residents and less tourists.”
˿Ƶ Corp. is the general contractor for all of the projects except for the Home Depot store.
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