Berkadia Arranges $9.8M Refinancing for Shopping Center in Key Biscayne, Florida

Why this matters

Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. Miami continues to absorb foreign capital and high-net-worth domestic migration. Brickell and Edgewater multifamily cap rates have led the recent compression, and hospitality continues to clear at premium basis on the back of constrained supply. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.

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On the RET wire

• The 47th Miami story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All Miami coverage →
• Disclosed retail deal value tracked in September 2026: $5.7B across 97 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
• 16 stories mentioning Berkadia on the wire in the past 90 days. Berkadia coverage →

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