
Smithtown, NY Roger Delisle of Island Associates Real Estate Inc. negotiated and closed the purchase and sale of 306 US Highway 17-92 in Longwood, FL for $2.511 million. The site is ground leased to Starbucks Corp., and has been developed with a 2,275 s/f Starbucks with a drive-thru. The store opened for business in summer 2019. The Starbucks lease has a base term of 10 years plus options, and is a NNN ground lease.
The seller was WPG-LONGWOOD LLC, who was the developer of the site for Starbucks. The purchaser is a real estate owner and operator who owns properties throughout the East Coast, who purchased this property as a replacement property under a 1031 exchange.
The purchaser was represented by Island Associates and the seller was represented by Matthews Real Estate Investment Services.
When Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) were first part of commercial real estate risk management, it was the lenders driving this requirement. When a borrower wanted a loan on a property, banks would utilize a list of “Approved Consultants” to order the report on both refinances and purchases.