Saturday, January 12, 2013

ARA Brokers Sale of 505 Units in South Miami-Dade County



Emerald Palms Apartments, Kendall, FL
Miami, FL — The Boca Raton office of Atlanta-headquartered ARA, the largest privately held, full-service investment advisory brokerage firm in the nation focusing exclusively on the multihousing industry, announces the sale of Emerald Palms, a 505-unit luxury garden apartment community located in southern Miami-Dade County.

 ARA South Florida-based Senior Vice President Hampton Beebe along with Principals Avery Klann and Richard Donnellan, represented Cleveland, OH-based Forest City Residential Group’s Denver, CO-based Grand Peaks purchased the property for $70,500,000.

Richard Donnellan
 “Emerald Palms was built in multiple phases between 1985 and 2004 and has been owned for nearly 20 years by Forest City,” noted Richard Donnellan. “As a result, the property has maintained stabilized long-term occupancy and premium rental rates.”

 Phase I at Emerald Palms includes 103 townhome units built in 1985 and 316 garden-style units constructed in 1988. Phase II includes 86 apartment and townhome units constructed in 2004.

“Grand Peaks plans to continue to improve Emerald Palms’ position in the market through their management expertise,” noted Hampton Beebe, lead broker on the deal. “Many upgrades have already been implemented by the former owner which enabled them to achieve rent premiums.”

Miami-Dade Community College
Kendall, FL Campus
Emerald Palms is located just west of Florida’s Turnpike at SW 151st Street. The property enjoys a convenient location in the Kendall/South Dade submarket, which includes 13.7 million square feet of office space.

 Significant employers within six miles include Baptist Health of Miami (4,700 employees), Assurant Insurance (2,000 employees), PRC call center (1,600 employees) and the South Dade Government Center (500 employees). The property is also only five miles south of Miami-Dade College’s Kendall Campus, with an enrollment of more than 35,000 students.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Lisa Robinson at lrobinson@ARAusa.com, 678.553.9360
 Amy Morris at amorris@ARAusa.com, 678.553.9366;
locally, Marti Zenor, at mzenor@ARAusa.com or 561.988.8800.

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