Federal regulators have seized the South Dakota bank foreclosing on a nearly $12 million oceanfront condo development site in Greater Miami Beach.
BankFirst of Sioux Falls, S.D., was shut on Friday, July 17, less than a month after the 14-year-old institution filed to foreclose on a 1.1-acre site development site located between Collins Avenue (State Road A1A) and the Atlantic Ocean.
A 43-story tower featuring one unit per floor is proposed for the site located in the northeast Miami-Dade County city of Sunny Isles Beach, according to a CondoVultures.com article.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. estimates losses of $91 million from BankFirst's failure. Prior to shuttering the two-branch bank with assets of $275 million, regulators entered into a purchase agreement for BankFirst's $177 million loan portfolio to be acquired by Beal Bank Nevada in Las Vegas.
BankFirst filed the foreclosure action, also known as a Lis Pendens and/or Notice of Default, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on June 17 seeking repayment of $11.7 million on a predevelopment loan originated in 2006, according to the Condo Vultures® Foreclosure DatabaseTM.
Originally purchased for $9 million, or $181 per square foot, in July 2001, the 49,830-square-foot development site is now assessed for tax purposes at $15.7 million, or $315 per square foot, by Miami-Dade County. BankFirst's loan was made at $235 per square foot.
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