Ideal Nutrition has opened a new location in downtown Fort Lauderdale as part of its expansion across Florida. The company, which offers healthy meal delivery services, 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 deal, while Jonathan Rosen of JLL represented the landlord.
Fairfield Residential, based in San Diego, completed the Coasterra apartment tower last year. The building includes 242 units and about 9,500 square feet designated for restaurant and retail use.
Wolfgang Brunet leads Ideal Nutrition. Earlier this year, the company also secured a 43,200-square-foot warehouse lease at Prologis Airport Center located at 6017-6059 Southern Boulevard in unincorporated Palm Beach County. In addition to its new Fort Lauderdale store, Ideal Nutrition operates locations in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, downtown Miami and Wellington. The company is planning further expansions into Miramar and Boynton Beach.
In another transaction within South Florida’s commercial real estate market, Bridge International announced that Barberi International will become a tenant at its industrial campus under development in Doral. Barberi International has preleased 32,500 square feet at Building 1 of Bridge Point Doral at 3600 Northwest 107th Avenue. This move will allow Barberi to consolidate its two existing South Florida operations into one facility.
Wayne Ramoski from Cushman & Wakefield represented Bridge International as landlord; Nicolas Palazzo from Cushman & Wakefield represented Barberi International as tenant.
Bridge Point Doral is being developed by Chicago-based Bridge on a site covering 175 acres with plans for approximately 2.6 million square feet of space once complete. The first phase—five buildings—is expected to be finished by the end of this year; a second phase with two additional buildings is scheduled for completion next year.
On an adjacent ten-acre parcel within Bridge Point Doral, SJC Ventures and Nuveen Real Estate are constructing Doral Marketplace—a retail center anchored by Whole Foods Market—after purchasing the land from Bridge for $32 million last year.
Bridge’s regional portfolio consists of roughly 11 million square feet of industrial space throughout South Florida including both completed properties and those under construction.
Additionally, American Thrift Stores is expanding its presence by leasing a new location in Hialeah totaling nearly 33,000 square feet at 520 West 49th Street. Scott Witkowski and Chris Haass from Cohen Commercial Realty brokered the lease on behalf of American Thrift Stores. Property records indicate that the shopping center is owned by an affiliate connected to Philips International based in Great Neck, New York.
