Ideal Nutrition has opened a new store in downtown Fort Lauderdale as part of its expansion across Florida. The company, which specializes in healthy meal delivery, 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 deal, while Jonathan Rosen of JLL acted for the landlord.
Fairfield Residential, based in San Diego, completed the Coasterra apartment tower last year. The building features 242 units and approximately 9,500 square feet dedicated to restaurant and retail tenants.
Ideal Nutrition is led by Wolfgang Brunet. Earlier this year, the company also leased a 43,200-square-foot warehouse at Prologis Airport Center in unincorporated Palm Beach County. In addition to its new Fort Lauderdale location, Ideal Nutrition operates stores in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, downtown Miami and Wellington. The company plans further expansion into Miramar and Boynton Beach.
In Doral, Bridge International has secured Barberi International as a tenant at its industrial campus under development. Barberi International preleased 32,500 square feet at Building 1 of Bridge Point Doral located at 3600 Northwest 107th Avenue. According to a release from the landlord, Barberi will consolidate its two South Florida locations into this space.
Wayne Ramoski from Cushman & Wakefield represented Bridge International as landlord; Nicolas Palazzo from Cushman represented Barberi International.
Bridge Point Doral is being developed by Chicago-based Bridge on a 175-acre site and will total about 2.6 million square feet when complete. The first phase includes five buildings expected to be finished by year-end; two more buildings are planned for completion next year.
Within Bridge Point Doral’s grounds sits a separate project: SJC Ventures and Nuveen Real Estate are developing Doral Marketplace retail center anchored by Whole Foods on a ten-acre lot they purchased for $32 million last year from Bridge.
Bridge’s portfolio consists of about 11 million square feet of industrial space across South Florida—both completed properties and those still under construction—with Steve Poulos leading the firm overall and Kevin Carroll heading operations in the Southeast region.
American Thrift Stores is also expanding with a lease for nearly 33,000 square feet at 520 West 49th Street in Hialeah. Scott Witkowski and Chris Haass of Cohen Commercial Realty represented American Thrift Stores during negotiations. Property records show that an affiliate of Philips International from Great Neck, New York owns the shopping center where American Thrift will open its new location.
