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Representative Projects

Retail/Restaurant:

• The Estuary, Brandon, Florida (land development; project financing)
• Main Street Shopping Center, Tampa, Florida (retail center purchase; subsequent sale)
• The Pointe, Tampa, Florida (transactional – retail/office building purchase)
• Bass Pro Shops at The Estuary (transactional – land sale)
• Dave & Busters at The Estuary (transactional – land sale)
• iFly at The Estuary (transactional – sale of ground lease)
• Starbucks, Tampa Florida (transactional – lease)
• Starbucks, Wesley Chapel, Florida (transactional – ground lease)
• Fishhawk Retail Center, Brandon, Florida (transactional – retail center purchase)
• 7-Eleven, Brandon, Florida (transactional – ground lease; sale of ground lease)
• ModWash, Brandon, Florida (transactional – land sale)
• Family Dollar, various Florida locations (transactional – purchase of NNN Lease portfolio)
• Publix, Crawfordville, Florida (transactional – purchase of Publix shopping center)
• Lantana Court, Coco Plum Plaza, Shoppes at Lake Worth (transactional – sale of retail center portfolio)
• Dollar General, various Florida locations (transactional – purchase of NNN Lease portfolio)
• Shoppes at New Tampa, Wesley Chapel, Florida (transactional – purchase of retail center)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Hospitality:

• Aloft Hotel, Tampa, Florida (transactional – purchase of building, convert to hotel and subsequent sale)
• Cigar Factory/Sadie Hotel, Tampa, Florida (land use – rezoning of abandoned cigar factory to hotel)
• Hampton Inn, Pinellas Park, Florida (transactional/land use – purchase of MHP and convert to hotel use)
• Home2Suites at The Estuary (transactional – land sale)
• Hotel Alba, Tampa, Florida (land use – substantial change)
• University Hotel/NuMi Student Housing (land use – change in use)
• Hotel Portfolio, various Florida locations (transactional – refinancing)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Institutional/Medical:

• TGH – Brandon Regional Medical Center (transactional – land sale)
• FCS Trinity Medical Center (transactional – land purchase)
• FCS Wesley Chapel (transactional – land purchase)
• Patient’s First, Crawfordville, Florida (transactional – purchase of existing medical office building)
• Smile Design, various Florida locations (transactional – purchase of dental practice offices)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Industrial Warehouse:

• TIA Logistics Center, Tampa, Florida (transactional – land purchase; land development)
• Feeding Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida (transactional – land sale)
• Skyway Business Center (transactional – industrial park sale)
• Industrial Park Portfolio, various Florida locations (transactional – land sale)
• Hobbs Road Industrial Park, Tampa, Florida (transactional – sale of commercial condominium units)
• Hanna Industrial Park, Tampa, Florida (transactional – industrial park sale)
• Industrial Building, Lakeland Florida (transactional – warehouse/manufacturing building sale)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Office:

• Frontier Building, Tampa, Florida (transactional – purchase of office tower)
• Busch Financial Center, Tampa, Florida (transactional – purchase of multi-tenant office building)
• Lincoln Gardens, Tampa, Florida (transactional – purchase of office park)
• Verizon Building, Tampa, Florida (transactional – purchase of suburban multi-tenant office building)
• Tampa Bay Times Building, St. Petersburg, Florida (transactional – sale of office tower)
• North Florida Professional Center, Tampa, Florida (transactional – sale of single tenant office building)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Entertainment/Recreation:

• TopGolf at The Estuary (transactional – ground lease; refinancing)
• Carrollwood Country Club, Tampa, Florida (transactional – golf course purchase and subsequent sale)
• Stonecrest Golf Club, Ocala, Florida (transactional – golf course purchase and subsequent sale)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Large Scale Residential:

• Somerset Bay, Spring Hill, Florida (transactional – land purchase; subsequent lot sales to home builder)
• Waterford, Brooksville, Florida (transactional – land purchase; subsequent lot sales to home builder)
• JB Ranch, Ocala, Florida (transactional – land purchase; subsequent lot sales to home builders)
• Stonecrest, Ocala, Florida (transactional – land purchase; subsequent lot sales to home builders)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Mobile Home Park:

• Windward Village MHP, Spring Hill, Florida (transactional – MHP purchase)
• Beach Street Manors MHP, Daytona Beach, Florida (transactional – MHP purchase and subsequent sale)
• Siesta Palm Estates MHP, Palm Harbor Florida (transactional – MHP purchase and subsequent sale)
• Ormond Beach Oasis MHP, Ormond Beach, Florida (transactional – MHP purchase and subsequent sale)
• Rails End Co-Op, Wildwood, Florida (transactional – termination of Co-Op; sale of MHP)
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Banking/Finance

• Represent multiple traditional/commercial lenders
• Represent multiple private/hard money lenders
• Structured and prepared documentation for multiple Private Equity Funds
• Structured and prepared documentation for hard money lending business
• Performed due diligence in connection with acquisition of distressed debt portfolios
• Structured and prepared documentation for loan workouts and forbearances
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Corporate:

• Acquisition of multi-state portfolio of fast food restaurants
• Acquisition of multiple dental practices
• Acquisition of short-haul businesses
• Sale of waste hauling and recycling business
• Sale of landscaping business
• Sale of FedEx line haul business
• Sale of FedEx local route business
• Merger of two non-denominational churches
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Project Due Diligence
  • Property Closings
  • Title Insurance
  • Joint Developments
  • Commercial Leases
  • Ground Leases
  • Easements
  • Restrictive Covenants

Our Attorneys

Bryan W. Sykes

Managing Attorney

Mary B. Ratanaruka

Senior Counsel

Let’s connect

Phone Number

(813) 443-5260

Email Address

info@meridianpartnerslaw.com