Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Daytona Beach, FL Area Welcomes Third Location for Homebuilding Industry Supplier Blackton Inc.

Michael “Micky” Blackton
 HOLLY HILL, FL  --- The 2021 boom in Central Florida’s construction activity set off significant growth for Blackton, Inc., one of Central Florida ’s largest and most active suppliers of roofing and flooring materials to the homebuilding industry.

With a 30 percent increase in 2021 business volume over last year, CEO Michael “Micky” Blackton said his company will open a third distribution location in the Daytona Beach area at 1550 Pine Ave., Holly Hill, by the end of this month.

Blackton signed a long-term lease for a 12,000 square foot industrial building with a large outdoor paved yard for staging and loading material.  “We just completed fresh exterior paving and painting and remodeled the two-story interior office,” he said.

Less than three years ago Blackton opened a 15,000 square foot location near downtown Leesburg to serve The Villages and Gainesville area that required adding another 10,000 square feet last year as business flourished into adjacent counties.

Downtown, The Villages, FL

The new expansion will facilitate more prompt service to the firm’s current builder-customers with subdivisions in the Daytona, Palm Coast and Jacksonville areas, such as D.R. Horton and Maronda, Blackton explained.

“We’ll be taking on new builders and serving them along with our current builders with a faster turnaround time," he adds.”

The company currently employs 110 companywide, including a retail location in South Orlando and will initially operate the Holly Hill facility with a staff of 18.  

 

Headquartered at 1714 Alden Rd. near Ivanhoe Row north of downtown Orlando the family-owned operation has been supplying the homebuilding industry from Jacksonville to Tampa for more than six decades.

 

Contacts:

 

Michael “Micky” Blackton, Chairman, Blackton Inc. 

407-898-2661 Micky@Blacktoninc.com

 

Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications

 407-644-4142 or 407-461-3781

 beth@larryvershel.com

 

JLL arranges $265 million refinancing for master-planned beach resort in Southern California

 

Olga Walsh

SAN DIEGO, CA JLL’s Capital Markets group has arranged a $265 million refinancing for a 387-key, master-planned beach resort in Oceanside in North County San Diego, California.

 

The resort includes the 161-key Mission Pacific boutique hotel and The Seabird Resort, a 226-key full-service resort.


Timothy Wright
JLL represented the borrower, S.D. Malkin Properties, to secure the floating-rate, interest-only loan through ACORE Capital.


The new loan will provide cost savings, term and flexibility for the sponsor.

 

“The financing is a great validation of the bespoke hotels that have been created and Oceanside’s rising ‘cool factor’,” said Jeremy Cohen, Senior Vice President of S.D. Malkin Properties.

 

“The Mission Pacific and The Seabird hotels are very high-quality assets in an up-and-coming market in Oceanside, California,” added Kyle Jeffers, Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Originations at ACORE Capital.

 

“The S.D. Malkin Properties team is a world class sponsor, and we are honored to work with them and JLL on the financing.”


Jeremy D. Cohen

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by Senior Managing Director Timothy Wright and Director Olga Walsh in coordination with the JLL Hotels & Hospitality team.

 

“We are very excited to have been a part of the capitalization on this iconic waterfront property, which is transforming North San Diego County and providing a valuable complement to the SoCal hospitality offering,” said Wright.

 

“The capital markets responded well to the opportunity to finance this prime asset for a strong sponsorship group, which resulted in a competitive marketing process and ultimately favorable terms for our client,” added Walsh.

 

Completed in May 2021, the adjacent world-class design-oriented hotels are located on a premier 2.75-acre, two-block site spanning 700 feet of beachfront real estate.


Kyle Jeffers
Operated by Hyatt, both hotels offer ocean views, direct beach access, an entire ecosystem of food and beverage experiences, interior meeting and function space, two pools with views of the Pacific, and access to some of the best surfing on the California coast.

 

The site also features the historic 1887 beach cottage featured in the Top Gun movie, which will open soon as a nostalgic dessert bar.

 

Mission Pacific and Seabird have easy access to the historic Oceanside Pier and downtown cultural attractions, such as the Oceanside Museum of Art and the California Surf Museum.

 

 They play an important role in continuing the transformation of downtown Oceanside into the iconic destination that it once was in the early 20th century.


161 key Mission Pacific boutique hotel, Oceanside, CA 

The hotels are located four minutes from Interstate 5, connecting the properties with local and regional guests throughout San Diego, Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.

 

Amtrak’s Surfliner and Metrolink with links to Los Angeles and Orange County are less than two blocks away.


The Seabird Resort, 226 key hotel, Oceanside, CA

The properties’ beach front location is a significant barrier-to-entry given strict zoning constraints and the lack of entitled and developable oceanfront land in Southern California.

 

The hotels are further bolstered by the strong lodging market fundamentals in San Diego.

 


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Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. ("JLL") is a real estate broker licensed with the California Department of Real Estate, license #01223413.

 

Contact:

 

Cierra Lacasse

JLL Associate

Public Relations

Phone: +1 602 648 8701

Email:  Cierra.Lacasse@am.jll.com

 

www.acorecapital.com.

 jll.com.

KAI Design Hires Charles Hoffmann, AIA as Senior Project Architect in Texas Office

 

Charles Hoffmann

St. Louis, MO, Jan. 25, 2022 -- KAI Design is pleased to announce the hiring of Charles Hoffmann, AIA as Senior Project Architect at its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas office.

 Hoffmann has more than 35 years of experience in design, production and construction administration.

 

Brad Simmons


“KAI is thrilled to have Chuck join our design team. He is a seasoned and experienced technical architect that really knows how to put a building together,” said KAI Managing Partner Brad Simmons, FAIA. 

 

“Chuck understands the art and science of architecture and how to successfully apply that expertise in a methodical, coordinated and design-focused manner that produces an outstanding end-product. His leadership style and approach to mentoring younger practitioners is outstanding.”

 

Hoffmann earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University and is a registered architect in the State of Texas. He is also certified with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and is a registered Interior Designer in Texas.

 

When he isn’t working with clients, Hoffmann enjoys spending time with his wife Delma and son Carl. He is also an avid boxer and in 1979 was runner up for the Kansas City Missouri Golden Gloves title.

 

Contact:

 

Jennifer Beidle

314-607-9459

jennifer@jbeidlepr.com

www.kai-db.com.