In November, the Real Estate Investment Society (REIS) elected its officers and board of governors for 2016. President: Amanda Brock, Esq., Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt, P.A.; Vice President: Karen Miller, GHD Services; Treasurer: Bev Larson, CCIM, Lahaina Realty; Secretary: Alexis Crespo, Waldrop Engineering Board of Governors: Noel Davies,... Read more

EHC, Inc., a construction company that provides pre-construction, earthwork and infrastructure services, is now working with Chris-Tel Construction on the development of the new Somero Enterprises, Inc. Global Headquarters and Training Facility. It is located in the Southwest International Commerce Park in Fort Myers. This is EHC’s first project... Read more

Agents with VIP Realty – Commercial recently closed the following sales and lease transactions. All are in Fort Myers unless otherwise noted. Sales • Meyer von Bremen, LLC: 1,800sf retail building at 4558 Palm Beach Blvd. from Joe Maier for $87,000. (Jack Liptak represented the seller and Bodo Kleber/... Read more

Well-known banking and real estate veteran Gerald F. Murphy has joined Downing-Frye Realty, Inc., as managing broker for the Bonita Springs office. With more than 35 years of professional experience, Murphy spent the past five years as managing broker and district manager for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate in... Read more

Agents with Premier Commercial, Inc., based in Bonita Springs, recently closed the following transactions in Lee and Collier counties. SALE • Alliance Bonita Springs, LLC: 6,103sf retail building at 10821 Furlong Street, Bonita Springs, to LXTK, LLC, for $850,000. (Andrew DeSalvo, MBA, and Matt Stepan, CCIM) LEASES • The... Read more

SALES • FRAZ, LLC: 6,367sf of medical office space at 2801 S. MacDill Ave., Tampa, from AGR Granada, LLC, for $1.566 million ($124psf). (Hamish Williams and Carleton Compton represented the seller.) • Lely Plaza Investments, LLC: 20,019sf of retail space at Lely Plaza, 8835 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, from... Read more

Agents with Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC (CPSWFL), an alliance member of Cushman & Wakefield, recently negotiated the following sales, leases and management contracts. All properties are in Fort Myers unless otherwise noted. SALES Gary Tasman and Shawn Stoneburner negotiated all of the following sales. • David Padget: 48,000±sf... Read more

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property of SWFL (CPSWFL) has been named the exclusive leasing agent and property manager for Six Bends and Six Bends Harley-Davidson at 9501 Thunder Road in Fort Myers. Construction of the 16.5-acre property began in 2014. The first phase was designed to be a community... Read more

Steelbridge Capital, owner of The Offices at Pelican Bay, has appointed Investment Properties Corporation (IPC) of Naples to provide leasing services for the property at 5801-5811 Pelican Bay Blvd. in north Naples. The property features two, six-story Class-A office buildings totaling 171,926sf of rentable office space and a three-level... Read more

Earl Gill has joined Chris-Tel Construction in Fort Myers as business development manager. A graduate of Valencia College in Orlando, Gill has more than 25 years of sales experience in the construction industry. He worked with Florida Aluminum & Steel for more than 23 years as vice president of... Read more