Wall Systems Contractors recently named Tim Schryver as business development manager for its firestop division In this position, he is responsible for expanding the division, managing projects and estimating Schryver, who recently moved to Florida, boasts more than a decade of experience in business development for firestopping contractors in... Read more

ViP realty – commercial agents report the following closed sales and leases All transactions are in Fort Myers unless otherwise noted SALES • Garsed, LLc: 4,000sf retail investment property with national tenant at 2525 Fowler Street from Western information Management, inc., for $230,000 (Lisa sands represented the seller and... Read more

Agents with Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC, an alliance member of Cushman & Wakefield, recently negotiated the following sales and leasing transactions. All are in Fort Myers unless otherwise noted. SALES • Cattlemen Realty Associates, LLC: 28,320±sf building on approximately 1.57 acres for $1.49 million ($52.61/sf) at 1155 Cattlemen... Read more

Agents with Lee & Associates recently closed the following sales and lease transactions in Fort Myers (unless otherwise noted). Sales • CPRT HE Fort Myers, LLC: 8.16-acre industrial parcel with rail access at 16701 Old U.S. 41 from Paul K. Page Trustee for $720,000. (Bob White, CCIM, represented the... Read more

Stevens construction broke ground in June on Jason’s Deli at Gulf Coast Landings at 16451 Corporate Commerce Way in Fort Myers The freestanding 5,330sf restaurant will feature a dining room, to-go area, kitchen and food prep station, walk-in cooler and freezer, beverage station, office, men’s and women’s restrooms, and... Read more

Encore Bank has raised $17,286 for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The Encore team had more than 40 people participate in the walk, which was held in March at Coconut Point in Estero. The event had more than 500 participants from across Southwest Florida. Encore Bank... Read more

Patrick Hartig, LEED® AP, has joined SchenkelShultz Architecture as project manager in its Fort Myers office. A Lee County resident since 1997, Hartig has 30 years of professional design experience. Certified as a LEED® Accredited Professional by the United States Green Building Council, Hartig earned an associate’s degree in... Read more

Mark J. Sunyak, P.E. and Keisha Westbrook, P.E. recently joined RWA, Inc.’s team of engineering professionals, both as senior project managers. Sunyak has more than 25 years of experience in engineering. He is a graduate of Cleveland State University, holding both a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and... Read more

A new mobile app, called NewsByMe, is now available at the Apple App Store. NewsByMe is the world’s first dedicated mobile news app and a novel source for community-based news as it happens. With the app, users may view and report first-hand, real-time accounts of breaking news, weather, crime,... Read more

Paul Furtaw has joined GATES Construction as senior estimator. In this role, he is responsible for comprehensive estimating for material takeoffs and labor estimates, as well as developing subcontractor scopes and bidding criteria. Furtaw has 36 years of estimating, project management and on-site project supervision for marina, aviation, healthcare,... Read more