Ideal Nutrition has opened a new store in downtown Fort Lauderdale as part of its ongoing expansion across Florida. The healthy meal delivery company leased 1,300 square feet on the ground floor of Coasterra Apartments at 150 Southeast Third Avenue. Scott Weprin of Colliers represented Ideal Nutrition in the transaction, while Jonathan Rosen of JLL acted for the landlord.
Fairfield Residential, based in San Diego, completed the 242-unit Coasterra apartment tower last year. The building includes about 9,500 square feet of restaurant and retail space.
Ideal Nutrition, led by Wolfgang Brunet, has also leased a 43,200-square-foot warehouse at Prologis Airport Center at 6017-6059 Southern Boulevard in unincorporated Palm Beach County earlier this year. The company operates stores in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, downtown Miami and Wellington. Plans are underway to expand into Miramar and Boynton Beach.
Bridge International has secured a tenant for its industrial campus under development in Doral. Barberi International, which imports and distributes Latin American snacks, preleased 32,500 square feet at Building 1 of Bridge Point Doral at 3600 Northwest 107th Avenue. Barberi will consolidate its two South Florida locations at this site. Wayne Ramoski from Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord; Nicolas Palazzo from the same firm represented the tenant.
Bridge is developing Bridge Point Doral on a 175-acre site with plans for a total of 2.6 million square feet of industrial space. The first phase includes five buildings set to be finished by year-end; two more buildings are planned for completion next year.
Within Bridge Point Doral, SJC Ventures and Nuveen Real Estate are constructing Doral Marketplace—a retail center anchored by Whole Foods—on a 10-acre lot they purchased from Bridge for $32 million last year.
Bridge’s portfolio in South Florida totals about 11 million square feet of industrial space that is either completed or under construction.
American Thrift Stores is expanding into Hialeah with a lease for 32,900 square feet at 520 West 49th Street. Scott Witkowski and Chris Haass from Cohen Commercial Realty represented American Thrift in the deal. Records indicate that an affiliate of Philips International owns the shopping center where American Thrift will open its new location.
