(Original post by Tampa Bay News Wire on May 20, 2020)
Members of Colliers Florida Multifamily Team have brokered the sale of Griffin Park, a 178-unit community in Lakeland, Fla. A private investor purchased the Class C asset for $17.5 million for a 1031 exchange. According to Yardi Matrix data, Michaelson Group sold the property after almost four years of ownership. Shawn Rupp, Casey Babb, CCIM, and Luis Baez, CCIM secured and represented the buyer in the deal.
The community at 1013 Griffin Road has two four-story buildings developed on 6.5 acres in 1975, Yardi Matrix shows, with one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging from 510 to 960 square feet. The property, renovated in 2015, has amenities including a fitness center, playground, swimming pool, and pet park.
Griffin Park is 4 miles north of downtown Lakeland, close to the intersection of U.S. Route 98 and Interstate 4. The community is near regional economic drivers such as Lakeland Regional Medical Center and Publix Supermarket Headquarters. The neighborhood has a variety of dining and shopping options, and the Lakeland Square Mall is less than 2 miles north.
THIS CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and agreed to by Colliers Florida Multifamily (“Broker”), exclusive listing broker for the Property, and the undersigned Purchaser (“Purchaser”) regarding the Property herein (“Property”). The obligation of confidentiality undertaken pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the terms of the Broker’s listing agreement with the Owner(s). PURCHASER HAS REQUESTED information from Broker for the purpose of evaluating a possible acquisition of the Property. The Owner of the Property has instructed Broker to deliver information concerning the Property, much of which is highly confidential, only to those potential purchasers who sign this Agreement. THE PARTIES AGREE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as follows: 1. Purchaser will not disclose, permit the disclosure of, release, disseminate or transfer; any information obtained hereunder (“Information”) to any other person or entity. 2. If Purchaser is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other non-natural legal entity, the person(s) signing this Agreement on its behalf will take all appropriate precautions to limit the dissemination of the Information only to those persons within the entity who have need to know of the information, and who are specifically aware of the Agreement and agree to honor it. 3. This Agreement applies to all Information received from Broker, now or in the future, which is not readily available to the general public. Purchaser understands that all information shall be deemed confidential, valuable and proprietary such that its unauthorized disclosure, even without intent to harm, could cause substantial and irreparable harm to Owner and Broker. 4. All information shall be used for the sole purpose of evaluating the potential acquisition of the Property, and it shall not at any time, or in any manner, be used for any other purpose. 5. Purchaser shall not contact directly any persons concerning the Property, other than Broker, without Broker’s or Owner’s written permission. Such persons include, without limitation, Owner’s employees, suppliers and tenants. 6. Purchaser acknowledges that it is a principal and not an agent on behalf of any other party in conjunction with the purchase of the Property (except Advisors working on behalf of their pension fund clients). Purchaser acknowledges that it is not working with any other broker or agent other than The Babb Group in connection with this transaction. 7. Neither Broker nor Owner makes any representations or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information provided by them. Purchaser assumes full and complete responsibility for reconfirmation and verification of all Information received and expressly waives all rights of recourse against Owner and Broker with respect to the same. 8. The Persons signing on behalf of Purchaser and Broker represent that they have the authority to bind the party for whom they sign. 9. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. 10. No outside broker represents Purchaser. Purchaser is working with Colliers Florida Multifamily, specifically The Babb Group. Furthermore, Purchaser indemnifies Broker and owner against any commission claims by brokers on this listing or any listing by the Babb Group for the six months following the date of this agreement.