Doral has been a hotspot for growth with intense demand for stable assets. Recently, Terra’s Doral Commons retail plaza sold to Jamestown, L.P. for a reported $71.6 milllon. The 140,000 SF shopping center was 95% leased at the time of sale with anchor tenant Publix Supermarket alongside TJ Maxx, Citibank, GNC, AT&T Wireless, McDonald’s, and others. Cushman & Wakefield represented Terra in the transaction. Doral Commons is located at the intersection of northwest 74th Street and 107th Avenue, and was initially part of a 100-acre tract acquired by Terra co-founders David and Pedro Martin in 2012. Terra subdivided the land into commercial and residential uses and completed the construction of Doral Commons in 2015. Terra's 319-home Modern Doral development is located directly next-door to the retail center.
“The commercial growth underway in Doral is one of the most exciting stories playing out in South Florida’s real estate landscape,” says David Martin, president and co-founder of Terra. “Rising demand for retail, office and industrial real estate is being fueled by a growing residential population, the City’s desirable lifestyle, and improving infrastructure and transit options. Terra developed Doral Commons with the goal of attracting a tenant mix that would meet the everyday needs of nearby residents, and the success of that formula ultimately led to this sale.”
“The Doral Commons sale coincides with a surge of retail leasing activity in Doral which is creating heightened demand among sophisticated investors such as Jamestown,” according to Mark Gilbert, Executive Managing Director of Cushman & Wakefield’s South Florida capital markets team. “This is a case of Terra taking a forward-looking approach to acquiring a site, recognizing a void in the market, and creating value through execution and leasing. (sic) Doral’s retail occupancy rate is in the 98 percent range, according to our firm’s latest retail report, and that number should hold given Doral has become a live-work-play community and remains one of the most dynamic markets in the Southeast for all property types in the eyes of core real estate investors. The fact that Doral is one of the fastest-growing cities in the Southeast is special, but it’s the quality of residential and employment growth that makes it a must-own market for institutional investors.”
