Rob Zella recently joined the team at BUILD in Naples as project manager. Previously with A. Vernon Allen and BCBE Construction, Zella has more than 17 years of experience in custom residential construction. He also owned a construction business in Minnesota prior to moving to Southwest Florida. Founded in... Read more

HerOffice™, a boutique business firm and resource center, is now open at 2030 W. First Street, Suite C, in downtown Fort Myers. Geared toward entrepreneurial women, HerOf – fice™ provides affordable space for co-working, collaborating and holding meetings and workshops. Private offices are also available. According to managing partners... Read more

GCG Construction, Inc. has hired Jim Del Vecchio as project manager and Derrick Perry as project superintendent. Del Vecchio has more than 30 years of construction leadership experience. During that time, he has led teams on ground-up projects of up to $186 million in urban, rural and seaside areas.... Read more

EnviroStruct, LLC is making Collier County history in building the first subterranean parking garage at 465 Fifth Avenue South in Naples. Now under construction downtown, the mixed-use project will include 11,000sf of high-end retail space and 11 residential condos on the second and third floors. Residential amenities include private... Read more

Gates Construction recently completed construction of The Askar Center of Bonita Springs. The retail center is situated on a one-acre site at 28245 Tamiami Trail South, adjacent to Springs Plaza. Askar Propertites is the developer. The project entailed demolition of a former Pizza Hut and construction of 7,500sf of... Read more

LandQwest Commercial recently established an Investment Services division. Its purpose is to provide investment brokerage, advisory and capital markets services across retail, office, industrial, multi-family, hospitality and special-use assets. Inaugural team members include Cynthia Shelton, CCIM, CRE, Kane Morris-Webster, CCIM, Adam Palmer, CCIM, Chuck Smith, CCIM, Bruce Micciche, CCIM and... Read more

Banking veteran Janis Vargas has joined Encore Bank as Senior Vice President Commercial/ SBA Lending at its Fort Myers branch. Vargas brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, with expertise in lending domestically and in South America. She is a business administrator with a... Read more

Dave L. Wallace, CCIM, SIOR, of CRE Consultants, has achieved the SIOR Office designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors based in Washington, D.C. To achieve the designation, Wallace completed at least five years of creditable experience in office real estate, met stringent education requirements and... Read more

Owen-Ames-Kimball Company is poised to break ground on a 21,000sf Old Florida-style clubhouse at Six Lakes Country Club, a 55+ community in North Fort Myers. It will replace the club’s smaller, 40-year-old clubhouse and amenities. The new facility will include a 70- seat full-service restaurant, pro shop, administrative offices,... Read more

Rockford Construction has hired Keith Moyer as senior estimator at its Southeast Regional office in Estero. In this role, he is responsible for coordinating and managing preconstruction and estimating for Florida and the southeastern U.S. Moyer has more than 40 years of experience in the industry and has been... Read more