St. Joe (JOE) Acquires Panama City Beach Office Buildings

 | Apr 11, 2017 09:46PM ET

The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE) recently announced the acquisition of the Panama City Beach office buildings. The move reflects the company’s diligent efforts to diversify its business and capitalize on growth potentials in the Panama City Beach and Bay County region.

Specifically, the company acquired the Beckrich I and Beckrich II office buildings, which are situated at the intersection of Richard Jackson Boulevard and U.S. 98 in Panama City Beach, FL. These properties are likely to experience solid demand for space, given that they are placed in a flourishing community with restaurants, shopping, schools, healthcare facilities and growing residential communities, like Breakfast Point, in the vicinity.

The two, 2-story Class A office buildings are located on around 5.5 acres. They total more than 67,000 net leasable square feet, with 278 parking spaces. Further, the buildings can accommodate a vast category of users, with space available for lease ranging from 1,000 square feet to over 11,000 square feet.

However, shares of St. Joe underperformed the Zacks categorized Zacks Investment Research

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