(Crystal Proenza is associate editor of RealEstate Florida.)

MIAMI-In its first acquisition, a joint venture between locallybased Equity One Inc. and an affiliate of New York City-based DRAAdvisors LLC has purchased a three-property value-add package inSouth Florida. The $53-million deal includes shopping centers inPlantation and Margate and a three-building office asset in BocaRaton.

The properties were encumbered by a $38.9-million loan, whichthe buyer assumed, says John Bell, managing director of DTZRockwood's Miami office, who represented the seller in thetransaction. The seller, Los Angeles-based Gehr Development, soldthe assets to focus on properties that are closer to home and lessmanagement intensive, Bell tells GlobeSt.com, adding that all threeproperties have occupancy challenges.

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