Sarasota developer buys Riviera Beach office complex

Woodbine Commons sold for $236 psf

Charles Githler and 7721 North Military Trail at Woodbine Commons (Credit: Linkedin, Google Maps)
Charles Githler and 7721 North Military Trail at Woodbine Commons (Credit: Linkedin, Google Maps)

A company tied to Sarasota real estate developer Charles Githler bought an office complex in Riviera Beach for $7.8 million.

Githler bought the 32,981-square-foot Woodbine Commons at 7721 North Military Trail for $236 per square foot, records show. The seller is Woodbine Commons 7721 LLC, which is managed by Danny and Alan Willard of Port St. Lucie.

The property was last purchased in 2015 for $4.1 million, records show. It was built in 2004 and sits just west of I-95 and West Palm Beach.

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Tenants at the complex include Optimal Health Choice, the office of Dr. Emmanuel Orelus and other medical offices.

Githler leads Githler Development in Sarasota, where he is co-developing the 18-story Auteur condo tower at 1000 Boulevard of the Arts.

Developers are increasingly buying properties in central and western Palm Beach County. In December, Sam Zell’s Equity LifeStyle Properties bought the Palm Lake Mobile Home Park near Riviera Beach for $48.96 million. In May 2018, the Silverman Group paid about $7 million for the Flamingo Commerce Center at 7656 Byron Drive near Riviera Beach.