Walden Landing Apartments in Plant City, FL Sold for $2.57 Million in Deal Brokered by Marcus & Millichap

Ned Roberts

PLANT CITY, FL  – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, announced the sale of Walden Landing, a 44-unit apartment property located in Plant City, Florida, according to Richard D. Matricaria, regional manager of the firm’s Tampa office. The asset sold for $2,575,000.

Ned Roberts, associate, Nicholas Meoli, vice president investments, and Michael Donaldson, vice president investments, all in Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. 

The buyer, a private investor, was secured and represented by Luis Baez, senior associate in the firm’s Tampa office. 

Walden Landing is a 44-unit apartment community centrally located between Tampa and Lakeland at 305 West Grant Street in Plant City, Florida.

 Built in 1986, the community consists of three, two-story buildings comprised of eight, one-bedroom/one-bathroom units with 524 rentable square feet, eight, one-bedroom/one-bathroom units with 650 rentable square feet, 16 two-bedroom/two-bathroom units with 776 rentable square feet and 12 three-bedroom/two-bathroom units with 1,100 rentable square feet.

Nicholas Meoli

Walden Landing features a sparkling swimming pool, on-site leasing center, laundry room and washer/dryer hook-ups in most units.

“The sale of Walden Landing further solidifies the movement of capital into secondary and tertiary markets to achieve greater yield,” says Donaldson.

“With prices continuing to climb in all markets in Florida, suburban areas such as Plant City are attracting investors with more prevalent higher return class “B” value-add opportunities such as Walden Landing,” adds Roberts.

“The buyer of Walden Landing was attracted to the desirable unit mix, good location and ability to push rents higher through management efficiencies and property upgrades,” concludes Baez.

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

Richard D. Matricaria

First Vice President / Regional Manager

Tampa, FL

(813) 387-4700