Martin Cala has joined PBS Contractors. Cala started his own construction company at the age of 20 and has many years of project management and business experience. At PBS, Cala is responsible for project planning, coordination, and financial controls. As liaison to the client, he keeps them informed of... Read more

Cogent Bank, a $635 million- asset bank, has expanded its team with the addition of Jessica Fontana as vice president, private banking officer for Southwest Florida. Fontana has worked in the financial industry for more than 15 years in Collier and Lee counties as a personal and commercial banker.... Read more

Owen-Ames-Kimball (OA- K) Florida has promoted Matthew Zwack to the president of the general contracting firm. Zwack, who previously served as vice president of operations, succeeds David Dale. Dale will remain with the company through the end of this year. Zwack joined O-A-K Florida in 2005 as an assistant... Read more

In 2010, Barry Connor & Craig Gaskins established Connor & Gaskins Unlimited (CGU), intending to create a construction company unlike any other. Now, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary, the Naples-based general contracting company commemorates the many relationships and projects it has developed since its inception. From the Florida... Read more

Commercial brokers with CRE Consultants recently negotiated several significant sales and leases in Southwest Florida. Unless noted all leases were negotiated by Dave Wallace, CCIM, SIOR and Dave Wallace. SALES • First American Exchange Company, LLC: 10,182sf office at 1031 S.E. 9th Street, Cape Coral from Weeping Willow Development... Read more

Fischler Property Company (FPC) sold Naples 701 at 3531 Plantation Way for $24 million in an off-market transaction. Brokers Alex Henderson and Max Molloy, who specialize in the sales of multi-family communities and land for development throughout Southwest Florida, negotiated and closed on the established apartment community just 75 days... Read more

Amber Granda has joined GATES Construction as the assistant project manager. In this role, she assists in overall project coordination from the pre-construction stage and permitting through to owner occupancy. Granda has more than 11 years of construction experience with various project types, such as healthcare, hospitality, retail, and... Read more

DeAngelis Diamond has expanded with an office in central Florida. The company recently signed a lease for 4,100sf at 111 North Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando and will be fully renovating the space before moving in later this spring. The company currently has more than $140 million under construction... Read more

Brokers with Premier Commercial, Inc. recently closed the following transactions in Hendry, Lee and Collier counties. All leases were negotiated by Matt Stepan, CCIM and Jeffrey Clapper. SALES • Double D Leasing, LLC: 11,800sf retail office in City Plaza at 505 W. Hickpochee Avenue, Labelle to Girgis Ventures, LLC... Read more

The Unified Group, an association of independent HVAC commercial contractors, named Florida-based B&I Contractors, Inc., as the association’s 2020 Making the Difference award recipient. Gary Griffin, B&I’s president, accepted the award virtually during Unified’s annual meeting and owners’ forum. The award is given each year to a company that embodies... Read more