Native Realty completed numerous restaurant and retail leases at Motif, the 385-unit mixed-use apartment building in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village. Firm CEO Jaime Sturgis and COO Kaley Tuning brokered the new deals on behalf of Motif’s owner.
The new tenants coming to the 500 N. Andrews Ave. building include D51 Holdings, LLC, which plans to open fine-casual neighborhood restaurant and bar Olivia in a 2,912-square-foot space. Serving Southern Italian and American cuisine, Olivia will be a high-energy venue with live music, DJ’s, an indoor/outdoor bar, spacious patio, curated wine list and craft cocktails.
Other tenants coming to Motif include:
- BFT Fitness, a community-based, 50-minute functional training and strength-based program that was founded in 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. BFT leased 3,432 square feet at the building
- Salon Lofts, which helps beauty specialists reach their goals through marketing tools, cutting-edge scheduling technology, education programs and business coaching. It leased 6,449 square feet at Motif
- Dog Drop, a membership-based modern retail experience offering high-quality pet care and well-designed and tech-enabled locations. It is occupying 2,532 square feet
Native exclusively handles retail and restaurant leasing at Motif, which has 23,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space and is over 97% occupied with apartment residents. Sturgis and Tuning have successfully leased the building’s entire retail and restaurant inventory. Mitch’s Downtown Bagel Café, a local favorite, opened on Motif’s ground floor in 2021.
“Motif is a case study for how Native Realty approaches tenant curation from a holistic perspective,” Sturgis said. “We were extremely thoughtful about what food-and-beverage and retail concepts fit best within the surrounding neighborhood, as Motif spans a pivotal block in Flagler Village. These complementary tenants will thrive in these well-designed, highly visible spaces in the building.”
Native operates from a Fort Lauderdale office that is double the size of its previous headquarters. The 4,000-square-foot office is located at 1926 E. Sunrise Blvd. in the city’s Victoria Park neighborhood.
About Native Realty: Founded in 2017 by pioneering Fort Lauderdale-based commercial real estate broker Jaime Sturgis, Native Realty is disrupting the real estate industry and redefining what it means to be a broker. Sturgis and his team of passionate brokers specialize in leasing and investment sales in the urban core and emerging markets in South Florida. Instead of looking at individual listings and transactions in a vacuum, Native takes a holistic approach to the urban neighborhoods the company’s brokers live, work and play in. The firm is best known for its role curating Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village neighborhood, completing more than 1 million square feet in transactions in the last few years. It is now expanding its placemaking efforts to urban core neighborhoods throughout South Florida. Native works with all types of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses. Notable clients have included Coca-Cola, Integra Realty Resources, U.S.A. Parking and many more. Native is headquartered at 1926 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit www.nativerealty.com.
