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Avison Young will use some of the proceeds to buy out its current private equity partner Parallel49 Equity.

Dr. Jerry Parrish, Florida Chamber Foundation chief economist, who forecasted earlier this year that Florida would reach the new $1-trillion economy threshold sometime in 2018, says the milestone was achieved last week. He notes that Florida is adding $2.74 billion each day to the state's GDP.

The Winter Park, FL project named Watercrest Winter Park will be developed by Vero Beach, FL-based Watercrest Senior Living and Titan Development Real Estate Fund 1.

There were approximately 303,656 square feet of new leases and renewals executed in the three counties surveyed (Burlington, Camden and Gloucester), a gain of about 10% over the previous quarter, says WCRE's Jason Wolf.

The sale transaction for the 93.3%-leased shopping center was announced by brokerage firm HFF, which marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Retail Value Inc, which earlier this month spun off of Beechwood, OH-based DDR Corp.

Tony Cho, CEO of Metro 1, says his firm is seeking a hospitality partner to co-develop the one-acre site located at the intersection of Northwest 2nd Avenue and 29th Street. The conceptual plan calls for the development of hospitality, office, retail and possibly residential space.

“Each of these Monmouth County class-B properties is poised for value-add enhancements and are among the most attractive asset class for investors, particularly since they account for almost 64% of the Central Jersey metro's total inventory,” says Gebroe-Hammer's Adam Zweibel.

Among its fastest growing markets, uBreakiFix opened nine new locations in the Kansas City area and four new locations in Florida in the second quarter. The firm also expanded its footprint in Omaha, NE; Toronto, Ontario and other existing markets.