A pair of Florida office/flex properties has sold for a combined $32 million. New York City-based Praedium Group, a prolific buyer of underperforming and undervalued assets, sold both properties to Leasco Management Co. of Costa Mesa, Calif.

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Praedium owned the two properties, the Orlando Airport Business Center and the Northlake Business Center, with joint venture partner Tower Realty Partners, Inc. Both properties, which are 100% occupied, traded for roughly $120 per sq. ft. The Praedium/Tower group bought each property during the course of 2005.

“Both [properties] were attractive opportunities because of the strong demand for office/flex space in the area,” says Mark Lippmann, vice president of Praedium. “After acquiring the properties, we moved quickly to stabilize the assets. As a result, we were able to execute our business plan sooner than expected and exceed our investment return in a short period of time.”