Ron Osborne, Managing Director/Broker of SperryCGA | RJ Realty, negotiated the sales of two properties – an office property and a boat/auto dealership – totaling $7,550,000
The first transaction included the sale of the 911 Building (pictured above), a 25,000-square-foot office building located at 911 E Atlantic Blvd in Pompano Beach. The property was in contract numerous times with potential owner/users and investors, but the ultimate buyer was JSA 911 POMPANO LLC, a group affiliated with Architect Yuri Gurfel who is well known for his multifamily projects in Pompano Beach. The new owners’ 2–3-year plan is to build approximately 60 multifamily units on the site. JSA 911 POMPANO LLC paid $3.6 million for the property. The seller, 911 Atlantic LLC, or an affiliated company held a short-term 50% mortgage. The transaction closed March 30.
The second transactions included the sale of 1771 S State Road 7 in Ft. Lauderdale, a closed boat/auto dealership, for $3,950,000, marking a 38% gain in less than two years. The property last sold in June 2021 for $2.65 million to 1771 HOLDINGS LLC, which Osborne also negotiated. The seller never moved into the building due to internal issues. Osborne sourced a buyer at full asking price within days of putting the property on the market, going under contract with ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS LOCAL 71 HOLDING CO INC and closing in under 45 days. The transaction closed March 24. The buyer was represented by Gus Bergamini of The Keyes Company.
“The market is a shifting from a Seller’s market to a market-in-equilibrium and depending on future interest rate increases, it could shift to a Buyer’s market,” commented Osborne. “Demand is high for all asset classes and certain property types that are harder to locate and in demand and are trading quickly at top values like the 1771 S State Road 7 property.”
Osborne also commented that properties that have loans coming due in the next 12 to 18 months will have a harder time refinancing as interest rates have increased dramatically since March of 2022 and lenders are being more conservative with higher debt coverage ratios and lower loan-to-value ratios.
“Many property owners do not have the required funds to pay down their loans and will need to consider all options including selling,” explained Osborne. “It is better to sell now than later if this becomes a Buyers’ market as it did during the savings and loan crises or the last recession from 2007 to 2009. The properties values will adjust accordingly.”