Holding out paid off for the seven
remaining individual unit owners of a 1960s Coconut Grove
condominium.
BH Group and Mast Capital recently paid an average of
$985,714 for each of the units at Bayshore Park, while 32
other neighbors sold their units for an average of $661,843
to the joint venture last summer.
Miami-based Mast Capital, led by Camilo Miguel, and Aventura-based
BH, led by Isaac and Liat Toledano, paid roughly $6.9
million for the seven units, shelling out a total of $28
million to take complete ownership of the 39-unit Bayshore
Park at 2545 South Bayshore Drive, a source familiar with
the transaction told The Real Deal.
A Mast Capital spokesperson and Isaac Toledano confirmed the
joint venture bought out the remaining seven owners but
declined to comment on the sale price. Given the joint
venture paid an average of nearly $324,000 more per unit in
the latest buyout round is a sign of how competitive the
South Florida condo bulk purchase market has gotten.
The seven unit owners purchased their condos in the early
2000s for an average of $100,000, records show.
Bayshore Park, built in 1967, was targeted by Mast in the
mid 2010s. An affiliate of the company paid $240,000 for its
first purchase there, a two-bedroom condo. Over the years,
Mast acquired 16 units, with unit prices ranging from
$261,000 and $450,000, totaling well over $5 million.
Between May and June of last year, BH teamed up with Mast to
acquire 32 units, including the 16 owned by Mast, for a
combined $21.1 million, records show. The partnership
financed the deal with a $28 million loan from BridgeInvest
arranged by Scott Wadler and Mitch Sinberg with Berkadia.
The developers plan to terminate the condo association and
redevelop the site into a luxury condo building. The
property is across the street from the waterfront Monty’s
Coconut Grove restaurant and the marina. BH and Mast “hope
to announce our proposed project later this year,” Isaac
Toledano said.
Condo buyouts are on the upswing across South Florida, even
though such transactions can be incredibly challenging and
time consuming because one buyer is working with multiple
sellers with different motivations and expectations.
After the deadly Surfside condo collapse in 2021, older
buildings or those in need of significant repairs were
thrust into the spotlight as potential condo termination
targets.
In another Coconut Grove bulk purchase this month,
Miami-based firms Canero Group and 8K Capital acquired a
majority of units at the 66-unit Virginia Pointe
Condominium, a 1966-built complex, for a combined $27.7
million. The joint venture paid an average of $470,000 per
unit when most of the units had a taxable value below
$300,000.
BH is also seeking to buy out all the owners of the Mutiny,
a 170-unit condo-hotel in Coconut Grove. In January, the
firm sent letters to unit owners laying out a $160 million
bulk buyout offer.