The Lee Building Industry Association raised $61,000 during the sixth annual BBQ, Bands and Brew event held in April at the Lee County Alliance for the Arts to benefit Builders Care, its non-profit charitable arm. All Star Equipment Rentals and Sales sponsored the event, which featured local musicians and... Read more

The first Rib City franchise in Florida opened in April in Grant-Valkaria. The new 70-seat location marks Rib City’s 17th franchise. Grant-Valkaria is on Florida’s east coast, between Palm Bay and Sebastian. Additional Rib City locations are planned to open between Merritt Island and Vero Beach. For more information,... Read more

Knäak Design Group (KDG), a landscape architecture and planning firm based in Bonita Springs, announced several projects it has been working on in Lee and Collier counties. At the Isles of Collier Preserve in Naples, KDG recently completed the outdoor living, pools and landscape design for homes in the... Read more

Andrew DeSalvo, MBA, and Matt Stephan, CCIM, of Premier Commercial, Inc. in Bonita Springs, recently closed the following transactions in Lee and Collier counties. SALES • Estero Three Oaks Partners, LLC: 18.14-acre commercial parcel at Estero and Three Oaks Parkways, Ft. Myers, to Royal Palm Companies, LLC for $3.4... Read more

Woodyard & Associates, LLC, has received a 2014 CoStar Power Broker award from CoStar Group, Inc. The award recognizes top commercial real estate brokerages with the greatest number of closed property sales or leases for the year within their respective markets. Todd Holman, a broker with the firm, also... Read more

Janet Davis, CCI M, has joined KOVA Property Management, LLC, as Senior Project Manager. In this role, Davis will oversee the investment and development plans for KOVA clients. Davis is a Florida-licensed real estate agent who comes to KOVA with several years of experience in the national real estate... Read more

The 5th Avenue South Business Improvement District and the Naples Pathways Coalition recently installed lights on the bikes of more than 90 restaurant workers within the district. It was part of the coalition’s new grant program that helps at-risk commuter cyclists.   Read more

BP Acquisitions 8, LLC, has purchased 1.32 acres at 10040 Vale Wood Drive and 4501 Executive Drive in Naples from Media Head Quarters, LLC and S.J. Lockwood & Co., LLC for $550,000. Trinity Commercial Group represented the buyer and CRE Consultants represented the seller.   Read more

The David Lawrence Center will host its fourth annual Young Executives Sunset Cruise from 6:30-9 p.m. on June 11 aboard the Naples Princess. The event is open to the public and benefits the not-for-profit treatment facility. The young executives are a group of Collier County business professionals whose mission... Read more

Robbie Roepstorff, Edison National Bank’s president and cofounder, has been reappointed to a five-year term on the Florida Gulf Coast University board of trustees. She has been a member of the board since 2010 and served as chair since 2012. Roepstorff has won several awards and accolades for community... Read more