Miami investor Ricardo Caporal buys dev site near Westchester

A company controlled by Miami investor Ricardo Caporal paid $5 million for a development site near Miami’s Westchester neighborhood, property records show.

AmeriLumber Hardware & Building Material Inc. sold the 1.37-acre property on Bird Road and Southwest 70th Court to Altis Ludlam Miami LLC.

The lot is just north of a development site owned by a self-storage company and west of the proposed Ludlam Trail, a 6.2-mile trail intended for cyclists and pedestrians that has yet to be built.

Caporal, founder and president of the Mattoni Group, declined to comment about his plans for the site.

In November, Mattoni paid $10.5 million for commercial units at 1010 Brickell Avenue. The Brickell-based private equity group also invested in a handful of apartment projects in West Miami that were geared toward young professionals and working families.

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/05/03/miami-investor-ricardo-caporal-buys-dev-site-near-westchester/

Apartment building in red-hot neighborhood sells for $61 million

A 196-unit apartment building in West Miami has sold for a record $61 million, continuing the tiny neighborhood’s trend of surging property values and interest from institutional investors.

Soleste Club Prado, an eight-story, 196-unit building at 950 Red Road just west of Coral Gables, was completed in 2016 by developers Estate Investment Group (Estates), Fortune Capital Partners and Mattoni Group. The building offers one, two and three-bedroom units ranging in rent from $1,680 to $3,475 and is 95 percent leased out.

The sales price for the 168,872 square-foot building works out to $360 per square foot.

The buyer was Grand Peaks Properties, the Denver-based parent of the national apartment management company Grand Peaks Property Management, which operates five other South Florida rental residential buildings in South Miami, Doral and Plantation.

“The potential we saw in West Miami is being fulfilled,” Estate principal Robert Suris said in a statement. “The project’s proximity to some of Miami’s most popular destinations and its premium design and amenities made it a natural choice, both for buyers like Grand Peaks, and today’s ultra-discerning renters.”

Although it takes up less than one square mile and has one of the smallest tax bases in the county, West Miami had the biggest surge in property values in Miami-Dade in 2017 — 28 percent. New construction rose to $55 million and existing property grew by 13 percent.

The previous West Miami record was set in August 2016, when the Chicago-based real estate investment and property management firm Waterton paid $57.4 million for Soleste West Gables, a seven-story, 206-unit building at 2101 Ludlam Rd.

Estate has six other multi-family buildings in development through Miami-Dade.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article155170559.html

Development Partnership Sells Apartment Community in West Miami for $61M

WEST MIAMI, FLA. — A partnership between Estate Investments Group, Fortune Capital Partners and Mattoni Group has sold Soleste Club Prado, a 196-unit apartment community located at 950 Red Road in West Miami. Grand Peaks purchased the property for $61 million. The development partnership recently delivered the asset, which comprises one-, two- and three-bedroom units commanding rental rates from $1,680 to $3,475 per month. Community amenities include a pool with spa, sundeck and private cabanas, outdoor kitchen and bar, resident lounge, kids gaming zone, rooftop serenity garden, fitness studio and a parking garage. Robert Given, Zachary Sackley, Troy Ballard and Neal Victor of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.

 

Development Partnership Sells Apartment Community in West Miami for $61M

Denver firm picks up new West Miami apartments for record $61M

Deal follows the $57M sale of Soleste West Gables, a sister complex, in August

A Denver, Colorado-based multifamily real estate firm just paid $61 million for a newly completed apartment complex in West Miami.

Estate Investment Group, Mattoni Group and Fortune Capital Partners sold Soleste Club Prado at 950 Red Road to Grand Peaks. The eight-story, 196-unit complex sold for $311,000 per apartment and $360 per square foot for the 168,872-square-foot building.

The deal marks a new record for the small city just northwest of Coral Gables, and follows the $57 million sale of Soleste West Gables, a sister complex, in August. That sale broke down to about $279,000 per unit, a difference of about 11.5 percent.

Cushman & Wakefield’s Robert Given, Zachary Sackley, Troy Ballard and Neal Victor were the listing brokers.

Soleste Club Prado is about 95 percent leased, according to a press release. The average unit spans 862 square feet and rents for $2,167 a month, or $2.52 per square foot. The developers completed the building about a year ago.

Units feature porcelain floors, modern cabinets and quartz countertops. Amenities include a pool with a spa, sun deck and private cabanas; an outdoor kitchen and bar; a rooftop garden; a lounge with a business center and a demonstrative kitchen, according to the release.

When it hit the market earlier this year, Given told The Real Deal that he expected Soleste Club Prado to trade for 15 to 20 percent more than Soleste West Gables due to higher rents and a better location.

Estate Investment Group is also working on Soleste West Gables II, a 221-unit luxury apartment building nearby.

“The location on Red Road is significantly more attractive than the first location,” Given said. “It’s more identifiable, so I think it’s going to be much more attractive just from the general charactistics of the real estate.”

Given also said that the project pulls from “employment drivers along the Biscayne corridor and downtown Miami, Airport West and Blue Lagoon. Publix recently closed on the purchase of a nearby West Miami location  at 1500 Red Road for $23.2 million.

Orlando-based Brandon Partners sold the three-story building at 1500 Southwest 57th Avenue to the Lakeland-based grocer, partner Steve Brandon confirmed.

The August sale of Soleste West Gables to Chicago-based Waterton opened the door to other institutional buyers in West Miami, Given previously said.

Given could not immediately be reached for comment.

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2017/06/08/denver-firm-picks-up-new-west-miami-apartments-for-record-61m/

Waterton Buys Apartment Community in West Miami for $57.4M

Soleste West Gables in West Miami began leasing in September 2015 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with amenities including a resort-style pool with an oversized sundeck, cabanas, poolside gymnasium, community entertainment lounge and Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the property.

WEST MIAMI, FLA. — Chicago-based Waterton has purchased Soleste West Gables, a newly built, 206-unit apartment community located in West Miami. Waterton bought the asset from the development group comprising Estate Investments Group, Fortune Capital Partners and Mattoni Group for $57.4 million, or $278,000 per unit. The group’s other projects in the area include the 196-unit Soleste Club Prado, the 221-unit Soleste West Gables II, the 329-unit Soleste Alameda and the 290-unit Soleste Valentina View. Soleste West Gables began leasing in September 2015 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with amenities including a resort-style pool with an oversized sundeck, cabanas, poolside gymnasium, community entertainment lounge and Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the property.

Waterton Buys Apartment Community in West Miami for $57.4M

Mattoni zeroes in on multifamily projects in West Miami

Mattoni Group, a Miami-based real estate investment firm, is planning to deliver the first of its three planned multifamily projects in West Miami, The Real Deal has learned.

Soleste West Gables, at 2101 Ludlam Road, will be opening Sept. 1, Ricardo Caporal, founder and president of Mattoni Group, told TRD.

The project will have 206 apartments, with an average of 937 square feet for each unit. Rental rates will range from $1,525 to $2,760.

Mattoni is also planning two additional multifamily buildings: Soleste Prado, which will open in the early fall of 2016; and Soleste West Gables 2, which will open in the spring or summer of 2017.

The firm is partnering with Estate Investments Group and Fortune Capital Partners for all three projects.

Soleste Prado, at 950 Southwest 57th Avenue in West Miami, will have 194 apartments, with an average of 858 square feet. Prices are not yet available, Caporal said.

Soleste West Gables 2, at 2200 Ludlam Road in West Miami, will have 200 apartments, with an average of 877 square feet. Prices for that project are also not yet available.

The architect for all three buildings is Caymart Design. Each is ground-up construction, Caporal said.

The partners bought all the sites as distressed properties, he told TRD. The properties were purchased for an average price of about $6 million each, he said.

Caporal said he expects prospective tenants of the multifamily buildings to be young professionals and working families: “People who want a great product that is near Coral Gables, but don’t want to pay that [Coral Gables] price,” he said.

Mattoni Group, a private equity firm, has focused on multifamily projects from Florida to North Carolina, and plans to invest in hotels in the Caribbean, Caporal said. The company recently launched another multifamily project in Brandon, Florida.

Early this year, Mattoni bought the ground floor retail space, totaling 11,000 square feet, at 1010 Brickell Avenue, and is planning to lease it out to as many as three tenants, with asking rents from $100 per square foot to $150 per square foot. The 50-story condominium with 387 units, under development by 13th Floor Investments and Key International, is expected to be completed in 2017.

Unlike many other real estate firms, Mattoni has not developed condominiums.

“There’s more flexibility and optionality with multifamily: you can build it, sell it, refinance it, rent it.” Even in troubled economic times, “you can lower rents but still rent it.” Caporal said. “For us, it’s more about steady growth.”

Mattoni zeroes in on multifamily project

 

Gables Prado complex to break ground

The Gables Prado apartment complex is about to break ground in West Miami.

The project, a joint venture between Estate Investments Group, Mattoni Group and Fortune Capital Partners, will include 194 units, according to the South Florida Business Journal.

The developers paid $6 million in July for the property, located at 950 South Red Road, which is just west of Coral Gables.

The official groundbreaking will take place on Nov. 20. [South Florida Business Journal] –Christopher Cameron

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Developer to break ground on 194-unit apartment complex

The Gables Prado apartment complex is set to break ground in West Miami with 194 units on the way.

The project is a joint venture between Estate Investments Group, Mattoni Group and Fortune Capital Partners. They paid $6 million in July for the property at 950 S. Red Road, which is just west of Coral Gables.

The official groundbreaking will take place on Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. at the construction site.

Gables Prado will offer units ranging from one to three bedrooms, with some having wrap around balconies. The 300,000-square-foot building will have covered parking, a pool with cabanas and grills, a fitness center, saunas and a raised garden.

Some of the units will have a live/work design.

The same development team is also building Gables Gate Tower in West Miami.

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