A group of WeWork’s members have moved toward suing the co-working giant in a letter sent by Walden Macht & Haran demanding that WeWork cease collecting rental fees. Many tenants have already requested rent relief, cancellation of their leases or stopped paying, which has put over $5.5 billion of CMBS loans backed by WeWork occupied properties at risk,
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How Can Offices Fight Off Viruses? Clean Science Solutions Completes 18 Month Field Study To Purify Indoor Environments & Eliminate Most Viruses
Clean Science Solutions, a New York City-based real estate proptech firm that specializes in commercial solutions to purify air and sanitize surfaces, has completed an 18 month field study demonstrating that the technology effectively sanitizes air and surfaces from bacteria, viruses, mold, VOCs, smoke and odors.
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Galium Capitals Acquires 1333 Main Street Office Assemblage In Downtown Columbia, SC
Galium Capital, LLC, a Miami-based private equity group, has announced the acquisition of 1333 Main St. in Columbia, SC. 1333 Main St. is a premier office building and assemblage in the Downtown CBD of Columbia. The transaction closed for $29,350,000 on February 27, 2020.
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Spotify To Open Headquarters in Wynwood's The Oasis Designed By Urban Robot Associates
Spotify will open a headquarters at The Oasis in Wynwood, which is scheduled for completion later this year (2020). Spotify has agreed to lease 20,000 SF in the urban campus for their Latin American HQ and plans to have up to 100 employees based out of the Wynwood location after they complete their move from Brickell.
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Blue Lagoon Community Gets Much-Needed Rental Development Soleste and A New Name
The Estate Companies, a leading developer of luxury multi-family projects throughout South Florida, has secured its certificate of occupancy (CO) for Soleste Blue Lagoon, a luxury, eight-story development with 330 rental units located at 5375 NW 7th Street in Miami.
The project broke ground in 2017 and move-ins began in October. Because Soleste Blue Lagoon is the only Class A market-rate project in the Blue Lagoon community, home to over 100 multinational companies, it quickly achieved 65 percent lease-up. The Blue Lagoon office community also recently announced a $10 million makeover and name change. The 250-acre office park will rebrand itself as the Waterford Business District, in order to remain competitive with Miami’s growing office market.
Tenants can select from a variety of studios, one, two and three-bedroom units outfitted with sleek, modern kitchens with custom cabinets, quartz countertops and designer lighting, dual master suites, spacious walk-in closets and private balconies overlooking Blue Lagoon Lake. Pricing starts in the $1,500’s for studios, $2,100’s for two-bedrooms, and $2,600’s for three-bedrooms.
“We are proud to deliver this transformative development to the Blue Lagoon area,” stated Robert Suris, managing principal, The Estate Companies. “Our firm is committed to developing beautiful and highly-amenitized communities at a competitive price point. This winning combination makes Soleste Blue Lagoon an attractive and dynamic option for high-quality, professional tenants.”
Like all projects within the Soleste Living brand portfolio, Soleste Blue Lagoon is curated with a vast collection of health and wellness offerings and social components, including a lakeside pool with spa, sundeck and private cabanas, co-ed spa with steam room and sauna, aerial yoga studio, state-of-the-art health and fitness club, spinning room with digital fitness instruction, rooftop garden with life-size chess, hammock and yoga lawn, and an electric car charging station.
This milestone comes on the heels of the firm’s grand opening of Soleste Twenty2, a 338-unit rental community, which is also experiencing high velocities at the current price points.
The Estate Companies is on track to deliver an additional 519 units this year with Soleste Alameda and Soleste Bay Village and has an additional 2,196 units in its pipeline slated for delivery early next year. Notable upcoming projects include Soleste Bay Village, Soleste Grand Central and Soleste Spring Gardens, among others. Its project portfolio features a mix of garden-style, mid-rise and high-rise rental developments in Dade and Broward counties.
By Katya Demina
PEOPLE TO WATCH: Meet Our Panelist Joe Furst, Principal of Place Projects
Join us on March 5th at X Miami for People to Watch: Leaders in South Florida Real Estate, where Joe Furst will be discussing his long-term value creation play in Wynwood and other neighborhoods, how he’s managed to cultivate the right partnership structure in his deals, and why he’s selective about projects that fit his skills, a hybrid between controlled placemaking, development and operations, including hospitality.
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$45 Million Trophy Office Building for the 1% Hits the Market in South of Fifth
The Yukon Miami, which commands one of the highest per square foot rents in Florida at $78 per square foot, is located at 119 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach’s affluent South of Fifth neighborhood. The Arquitectonica-designed office building has just hit the market for $45 million. Amit Egan Datwani of The Global Consulting Organization and Cyril Bijaoui of The Company Real Estate are representing the seller.
The 43,140-square-foot commercial office building is the only Class A office building located in the South of Fifth enclave steps away from world-class, record revenue breaking restaurants, including Joe’s Stone Crab, Estiatorio Milos, and Prime 112.
In addition to its prime location, The Yukon Miami features more than 8,000 square feet of available rooftop terrace space with 360-degree views of the Atlantic Ocean, Miami Beach, and Downtown Miami, the largest commercial roof and deck space in South of Fifth.
“Nestled between Fisher Island (the richest zip code in the United States) and the revitalized Washington Avenue only enhances the locational appeal of the South of Fifth neighborhood,” said Amit Egan Datwani, founder and chief consultant at The Global Consulting Organization. “The Yukon Miami is the ideal opportunity for a visionary investor that understands this and has the ability to transform the property from a trophy asset to an absolute gem.”
Premier tenants include One Sotheby’s International Realty, Red Steakhouse, W5 Group (a global real estate investment platform), and several financial companies, including Boston-based Raptor Capital Management, Manhattan-based York Capital Management, and Sero Capital.
A private launch party to promote the building hitting the market will be held on The Yukon’s rooftop terrace next month.
By Stephanie Warren
PROFILE Exclusive: Private Equity & Navigating A Changing Retail Landscape With Jacques Bessoudo of Galium Capital
Very few investors have been able to successfully navigate the changing retail and office market landscape’s as well as Galium Capital’s Managing Partner, Jacques Bessoudo. Building his firm to over $350 million of commercial assets in just two short years, Galium Capital is poised to be one of the major private equity players over the next decade in South Florida real estate.
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Rannan Katz's RK Associates Proposes R.K. Center Mega-Project in Fort Lauderdale
Rennan Katz’s RK Associates has proposed R.K. Center, a 5-tower mega-project in Fort Lauderdale. The proposal would replace a former Sears and is currently being reviewed by Fort Lauderdale’s Design Review Committee. R.K. Center would feature restaurants and street front retail along with 5 mixed-use towers featuring office space, retail, hotel and residential apartments.
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Sterling Bay’s 545wyn Tops Off and Celebrates Retail Leasing Launch
545wyn, Wynwood’s first true Class-A office space, led by Chicago-based real estate investment and development firm Sterling Bay, recently celebrated its topping off and retail leasing launch. The 10-story, 325,000-square-foot mixed-use development broke ground in December 2018 and is expected to deliver in late 2020.
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