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Berkadia Brokers Sale of New Luxury Apartments in Fort Lauderdale

Berkadia arranged the sale of Riverland Apartments, a brand new, 276-unit garden-style luxury apartment community located in Fort Lauderdale. Senior Managing Directors Roberto Pesant and Jaret Turkell, Associate Director Omar Morales and Senior Financial Analyst Jose Mota of Berkadia Miami, marketed the property for MORGAN, a Houston-based multifamily investor.

“Housing in Fort Lauderdale, and across most of South Florida and the Sun Belt, has become increasingly more expensive, leading to an affordability issue,” Evan Schlecker says, president of MORGAN, based out of MORGAN’s Miami office. “MORGAN is focused on delivering new, Class A rental product at a more attainable price point that is within reach for citizens who are the backbone of their communities. We have a strong pipeline of similar communities planned across Florida to help add much-needed rental product to the existing stock of options that is currently undersupplied. Riverland Apartments is a prime example of the product South Florida needs: surface parked, fully amenitized, with proximity to downtown, transportation corridors and retail.”

Located at 420 SW 27th Avenue, the new gated community consists of six four-story buildings with a unit mix of 24 studios, 164 one-bedroom, 80 two-bedroom and eight three-bedroom apartments. Apartments offer high-quality finishes with an amenity package that includes contemporary spaces for social gatherings, fitness, business and relaxation. There is a resident business center, internet lounge, clubroom for meetings, entertaining kitchen, a state-of-the-art fitness center with a virtual fitness studio, and a mailroom with parcel lockers. Amenities include a covered seating area with gas grill stations, covered veranda for relaxation, pool pavilions, sunbathing deck, dog park and heated pool that overlooks a lake.

“Riverland is uniquely positioned to draft off the demand for housing in or near Downtown Fort Lauderdale while also providing its residents superior connectivity to the region’s major employment hubs,” Pesant says. “The location presents a unique alternative to rapidly increasing downtown Fort Lauderdale rents. This, combined with a rental housing deficit in Broward County, a wave of corporation relocations and expansions to South Florida, have translated into substantial rent growth throughout lease-up.”

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Drew Limsky

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.