MIAMI — Barry Chase has joined Eagle Property Capital (EPC), a Miami-based investment manager specializing in workforce housing, as a partner and managing principal. In this role, Chase will be responsible for co-leading EPC’s strategy and execution, as well as enhancing investment policies and procedures and contributing to new product offerings. Prior to joining EPC, Chase was one of the founders and served as the CEO and executive chairman of Belay Investment Group. Additionally, he has held senior executive positions at Koll Development, Cushman Realty Corp. and CT Realty. Since …
CLEVELAND — The NRP Group has hired Brett Gelsomino to increase market-rate multifamily development throughout Florida. As senior vice president of development, Gelsomino will oversee all aspects of development, from site selection to project completion. He will report to Mike Zelenkofske, executive vice president of development. Gelsomino previously spent 14 years at ZOM Development, where he launched and led ZOM’s senior living division, overseeing the origination, capitalization and construction of approximately $400 million in luxury rental senior living communities. Since 2007, he has developed over 2,500 multifamily and senior living …
MIAMI — CBRE has hired Greg Engler as vice chair to the firm’s Florida capital markets team. Engler will collaborate with CBRE’s existing sales and debt teams to increase multifamily business in Florida markets. Engler joins CBRE from Engler Realty Advisors, a multifamily investment sales company he founded in 2022. He also founded Engler Financial Group in 2003, which was acquired by Walker & Dunlop in 2015, after which time he served as executive vice president of investment sales.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Encore Multifamily, a division of Dallas-based Encore Enterprises, has received a $48.7 million fixed-rate HUD Section 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of Encore Daniel Falls, a 240-unit project in Fort Myers. The developer broke ground on the community in December 2025. Construction is slated to complete by the third quarter of 2026. Encore Daniels Falls will comprise 224,050 square feet of rentable space across a 6.7-acre site. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Residents will have access to amenities such as a clubhouse, …
MIAMI — Focus and Group Fox have received site plan approval for Brickell Starlite, a 39-story residential tower located in Miami’s Brickell financial district. Once completed in 2028, Brickell Starlite will feature 517 apartment units, as well as 7,500 square feet of retail space. Gensler designed the tower, which is now fully zoned and ready to break ground once the final permitting is completed. Focus has retained Chris Lentz, Chris Moyer, Jeff Altenau, Susan Tjarksen and Marc Royer of Cushman & Wakefield to fully capitalize the development. Focus is a …
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Winter Park-based development and investment management firm Hillpointe has appointed Jamie Telchin to the position of vice president of development. In this role, Telchin will lead the development team for Hillpointe’s Pointe Grande for-rent and for-sale communities. Prior to joining Hillpointe, Telchin was senior managing director at Waypoint Residential, a developer and investment manager headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Additionally, he served as an executive vice president of development at LXR, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. He received an MBA from the University of Colorado at …
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of SK Apartments in North Miami. The asset, located at 14555 NE 145th St., was sold by an unnamed private investor for $16.5 million. Felipe Echarte, Evan Kristol and Nicholas McAndrew based out of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller. The property includes a mix of one- and two-bedroom units, averaging 645 square feet. According to Apartments.com, the building was constructed in 1963.
The city of Hollywood, Florida, is transforming. Once best known for its pristine beaches and as the winter home to many French Canadians, the area is becoming a magnet for new arrivals from the Northeast, Texas and California seeking a better place to live and do business. Hollywood’s mayor and city commissioners are showing their support for multifamily development, which will result in half a dozen projects being completed in 2025. Why are people choosing Hollywood and not Fort Lauderdale or well-known Miami neighborhoods like Brickell and Wynwood? Because the …
Investors are attracted to the fundamentals underpinning North and Central Florida’s multifamily market for good reason. Even before the pandemic, Tampa and Orlando — the region’s two largest metros — were in growth mode, with large corporate relocations and expansions driving demand for housing. Florida’s population surge between 2020 and 2022 accelerated that process. The state had the highest net migration increase in the country, gaining about a quarter of a million new residents in 2022 alone. Orlando and Tampa ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, among the top 10 metros nationally …
MIAMI — Locally based developer Terra has received a total of $291 million in permanent financing for the recently completed first phase of Centro City, a 38-acre mixed-use project located just west of Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. Phase I comprises 350,000 square feet of retail space, as well as three eight-story apartment buildings that house 470 market-rate units. JVP Management issued a $187 million loan for the development’s multifamily component, while Hudson Bay Capital issued a $104 million loan for the retail component. The funds will be used to pay …