Related Group has started pre-construction sales of condos at the Auberge Residences & Spa Miami at lower prices than many rival condominium developments. Auberge Miami is a 60-story, 290-unit building that Related plans to build at 1400 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, near the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center.
It is the initial phase of a three-tower project that would have 1,430 units and 13,280 square feet of retail space. Carlos Rosso, president of Related’s condo division, said the company is selling Auberge Miami units at an average price of $575 per square foot. Many condo developments in downtown Miami are selling at unit prices exceeding $700 per square foot.
“We weren’t planning on launching this job, but we had partners that said, ‘We don’t mind making a little less profit for the lower price. We want to get closer to getting the [construction] loan,” Rosso said. “It was a unique situation.”
He also said the first five days of sales produced 50 unit reservations, and Related needs reservations for 60 percent of the units, or 174 of them, to obtain construction financing and break ground. Related requires a 50 percent deposit to reserve a unit at Auberge Miami, 10 percent initially and the rest in stages as the development advances. Units at Arquitectonica-designed Auberge Miami range in size from 515 square feet to 1,964 square feet.
“Gran Paraiso and SLS LUX are suffering because we are going out at a great price on this project [Auberge Miami]. But we are fine with that because at those other jobs we already have met our pre-sales,” Rosso said. “Now if you sell condos, it has to be at an attractive price.”
While Broward County might not have the same glitz and glamour of its southern cousin Miami-Dade, the county had plenty of big-ticket commercial deals last year that racked up millions.
The Real Deal analyzed data from the CoStar group, an information company, to compile a list of Broward’s biggest commercial buyers during 2015.
#1 Prologis – $407.5 millionPrologis, one of the country’s biggest industrial real estate firms, racked up more pricey property purchases in Broward than any other company.The company sank a total of $407.5 million into 23 properties spread throughout the county, mostly concentrated in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale.What helped push Prologis to the top this year was its $820 million acquisition of a 21-property portfolio from Morris Realty Associates. Three of those properties were located in Broward, totaling about $69.4 million.
#2 Starwood Capital Group – $281.9 millionSecond on the list was investment firm Starwood Capital Group, headquartered in the wealthy enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut.The firm put $281.9 million down on 13 properties in Broward, most of which were office buildings located in Fort Lauderdale business parks.Not to be outdone, Starwood also closed on a massive commercial sale last year. The investment firm was one of three buyers that paid $1.1 billion for Duke Realty’s portfolio of 62 properties in the Southeastern United States.Among those properties were eight office buildings in Fort Lauderdale and one in Pompano Beach, which made up the bulk of Starwood’s investment total for Broward County last year. Together, they totaled almost $180 million worth of properties.
#3 Norges Bank – $272.3 millionClose behind Starwood was the Norwegian central bank, which had a serious hankering for South Florida real estate last year.Norges Bank assembled $272.3 million worth of Broward County commercial properties during 2015, landing it in third place for the year’s list of biggest buyers.Those purchases were spread out over 13 properties between Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Hallandale and Dania Beach.All 13 were purchased in a joint-venture with Prologis — our No. 1 contender — as part of the $5.9 billion acquisition of KTR Capital Partners’ portfolio of 322 distribution properties throughout the U.S.Norges Bank is one of many foreign sovereign wealth funds picking up big chunks of U.S. real estate.
#4 TIAA-CREF – $238.8 millionTIAA-CREF is a Fortune 100 company that provides pensions for teachers and other professionals. It’s also one of the country’s largest real estate investment companies, and holds the No. 4 spot on the list of Broward’s biggest commercial buyers.The company spent $238.8 million on Broward County properties last year. The interesting part? That was split between just two purchases.In the first deal, the financial giant picked up Orlando-based Zom’s Casa Palma apartment complex in unincorporated Broward for nearly $90 million.Next, TIAA-CREF paid the Related Group an incredible $149 million for its Manor at Flagler Village apartment project in Fort Lauderdale.
#5 Global Logistics Properties – $187.7 millionLast but certainly not least is Chicago-based Global Logistics Properties, a multinational real estate firm that specializes in — you guessed it — logistics properties.Last year, GLP put down an impressive $187.7 million for 11 Broward County properties, all but one of which was located in Fort Lauderdale.The commercial giant continued this list’s trend of massive portfolio deals with its purchase an Industrial Income Trust assemblage in a deal valued at $4.55 billion.In Broward, that portfolio’s biggest piece was Sunrise Distribution Center in Fort Lauderdale. It alone fetched $43.8 million.
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