Ideal Nutrition has opened a new location in downtown Fort Lauderdale, continuing its expansion across Florida. The healthy meal delivery service 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 lease negotiations, while Jonathan Rosen of JLL acted on behalf of the landlord.
Fairfield Residential, based in San Diego, California, completed the Coasterra apartment tower last year. The building includes 242 residential units and approximately 9,500 square feet dedicated to restaurant and retail tenants.
Ideal Nutrition is led by Wolfgang Brunet. In April, the company also secured a lease for a 43,200-square-foot warehouse at Prologis Airport Center located at 6017-6059 Southern Boulevard in unincorporated Palm Beach County. According to the release, Ideal Nutrition operates stores in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, downtown Miami and Wellington. The company plans further expansions to Miramar and Boynton Beach.
Bridge International has signed a tenant for its industrial development project in Doral. Barberi International—a distributor and importer specializing in Latin American snacks—has preleased 32,500 square feet at Building 1 within Bridge Point Doral at 3600 Northwest 107th Avenue. Barberi will consolidate its two South Florida locations into this new space.
Wayne Ramoski from Cushman & Wakefield represented Bridge International as landlord; Nicolas Palazzo from Cushman represented Barberi International as tenant.
Bridge Point Doral is being developed by Chicago-based Bridge on a site spanning 175 acres with an eventual total size of about 2.6 million square feet. The first phase consists of five buildings expected to be finished by year-end; two additional buildings are planned for completion next year.
A separate project within Bridge Point Doral involves SJC Ventures and Nuveen Real Estate developing Doral Marketplace—a retail center anchored by Whole Foods—on a ten-acre lot purchased last year from Bridge for $32 million.
Bridge’s portfolio includes around 11 million square feet of industrial space throughout South Florida when accounting for both completed properties and those under construction.
In another move reflecting ongoing retail growth in the region, American Thrift Stores is expanding into Hialeah with a lease for a 32,900-square-foot location at 520 West 49th Street. Scott Witkowski and Chris Haass from Cohen Commercial Realty brokered the deal on behalf of American Thrift Stores.
Property records indicate that an affiliate of Philips International—which is headquartered in Great Neck, New York—owns the shopping center where American Thrift’s new store will open.
