Florida

Largo, Fla. — MCB Real Estate has acquired Keene Plaza, an 81,272-square-foot shopping center located at 2150 East Bay Drive in Largo, roughly 23 miles northeast of Tampa. Sprouts Farmers Market and BioLife Plasma Services anchor the retail property, which features a mix of additional tenants such as McDonald’s, Little Caesars, Dollar General, Hibachi Express, The Corner Skillet and Corner Wash Laundry. Renovated in 2025, recent improvements at the center include fresh building façades, resurfaced parking facilities, enhanced lighting, modernized retail suite interiors, updated mechanical systems and new roof installations.

Punta Gorda, Fla. — The Dowd Cos. has negotiated the $7 million sale of Cleveland Marketplace, a 66,479-square-foot community center located in the Southwest Florida city of Punta Gorda. Winn-Dixie, which has anchored the center since 1998, occupies 48,399 square feet alongside daily-needs and restaurant tenants including Hanna Pharmacy, Subway, Sky Liquor and Empire Bagel. John Dowd, Theresa Johnson and Peyton Dowd of The Dowd Cos. represented both the seller and the buyer, a private 1031 investor, in the transaction.

Oviedo, Fla. — Phillips Edison & Co. has acquired Alafaya Square, a 168,532-square-foot center located in the northeast Orlando suburb of Oviedo, for $69.1 million. Danny Finkle, Jorge Portela and Evan Lahr of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, a joint venture between MCB Real Estate and an institutional investor, in the transaction. Alafaya Square, which was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale, is anchored by a newly built Publix. Other tenants at the center include Planet Fitness, IHOP, Keller Williams, Froggers Grill & Bar and Arcade Monsters.

Miami — First Washington Realty (FWR), a shopping center owner-operator based in Bethesda, Maryland, has sold two Publix-anchored shopping centers in Miami to Publix Super Markets Inc. The sales price was not disclosed. The properties include Airpark Plaza, a 171,443-square-foot shopping center near Miami International Airport at 5715 N.W. 7th St.; and The Shoppes at Quail Roost, a 73,550-square-foot center located at 20201 S.W. 127th Ave. on the city’s south side. Both properties were fully leased at the time of sale.