Estate Cos. breaks ground on Lauderhill apartments with $93M loan

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August 2022. South Florida Business Journal.

https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2022/08/09/estate-cos-breaks-ground-on-lauderhill-apts.html

The Estate Cos. has broken ground on an apartment complex in Lauderhill after obtaining a $93.2 million construction loan.

Synovus Bank assumed the $12.87 million loan obtained on the property a year ago and boosted it by $80.33 million. The 13.7-acre site at 7730 W. Commercial Blvd. is being developed by 77 Lauderhill Holdings LLC, led by executives at Miami-based the Estate Cos.

The property previously had a Target store, but it was closed in 2018 and subsequently demolished. The property last traded for $23.55 million in 2021.

The developer recently filed notice with the county that it started construction of Soleste Westgate, featuring 529 apartments in six stories, along with a two-story clubhouse, a pool and about 840 parking spaces.

The Estate Cos. is one of the most prolific multifamily developers in South Florida. It has finished eight Soleste-branded apartment complexes in South Florida since 2012, and sold most of them.