Chris-Tel Construction has hired Kevin James as superintendent/ site project manager for the firm’s Special Projects Division. James comes to Chris-Tel with more than 20 years of experience in Southwest Florida’s construction industry. He attended Florida Southwestern State College and is a certified building contractor with the State of... Read more

Agents with Equity, Inc. in Naples recently reported the following sales and leases. All transactions are in Naples unless otherwise noted. SALES • BIFFY HO, LLLP: 2,974sf office space at 5405 Park Central Court from Samouce & Gal, PA for $825,000 ($277.40psf). (Jeff Clapper represented the buyer.) • Florida... Read more

EnviroStruct, LLC, recently completed three high-profile projects in Lee and Collier counties. In Naples, the company has completed the construction of 1500 South, a fine dining restaurant within Naples Bay Resort. The establishment is the new home for world-famous chef Art Smith. The company’s Estero projects include Coconut Point... Read more

Fischler Property Company recently negotiated the sale of three commercial condominium units totaling 5,340sf in the storied Earnhardt Building in downtown Fort Myers. All three are occupied. According to the firm’s founder, Phil Fischler, the $303psf sales price is evidence of the market’s strength and appetite for premier assets... Read more

Broker Dean Prevolos of Commercial Management of Naples (CMI) represented the seller in the following transactions. Jackson Square: a 41,000sf retail shopping center at 4154 W. Lafayette Street in Marianna to Silk Road Real Estate, LLC, for $341,250. • Heritage Court: 52,099sf at 4960- 5020 Tamiami Trail N. in... Read more

Brokers with Coldwell Banker  Commercial in Naples recently negotiated  the following sales and leases. All  are in Naples unless otherwise noted. SALES  • Greater Naples Properties,  LLC: 56,955sf community shopping  center at 14181 Tamiami Trail, Fort  Myers, from JSMM41 Center, LLC,  for $5.8 million. (Richard Tucker  represented the buyer.)... Read more

SALES • MQ Florida Acquisitions, LLC: 30.72 acres at Summerlin and Pine Ridge Roads in Fort Myers for $4,000,000. (John Mounce) • Presz Property, LLC: an 8,950sf office building at 6360 Presidential Ct.,in Fort Myers for $765,000. (Chuck Smith, CCIM & Carlos Acosta, CCIM) • 2306 Dr. Martin Luther... Read more

Karen Johnson-Crowther and Dannielle Robinson-Crowther of Colliers International Southwest Florida negotiated the sale of Shops at Jamaica Bay in south Fort Myers recently. Central Line Properties paid $4.15 million for the 20,632sf shopping center, located at 15245 Tamiami Trail. Karen and Dannielle represented the seller, Orbis Properties. LEASES Agents... Read more

Kismet Industrial Park, LLC, a partnership headed by Randy Krise, CCIM, plans to break ground on a 270,000sf industrial development in the first quarter of 2017. His company, Krise Commercial Group, represented the partnership in purchasing the 25-acre entitled property on Littleton Road. The property, located just north of... Read more

Daniel Frier has joined the Veranda restaurant in downtown Fort Myers as its new executive chef. Frier brings more than two decades of culinary experience to the iconic establishment. Most recently, he was executive chef partner for Capital Grille in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was named top restaurant in... Read more