In early June, Stevens Construction and subcontractor Honc Destruction began demolishing the 127,000sf Atrium building at 8695 College Parkway in Fort Myers to make way for FineMark National Bank & Trust’s new headquarters. Plans call for a three-story building totaling approximately 60,000sf. At press time, Fine- Mark was in... Read more
Enterprise Car Sales has relocated to a newly redeveloped site at 1855 Boy Scout Drive in Fort Myers. GCG Construction completed work on the site’s two-plus acres two weeks ahead of schedule with zero safety incidents. The project consisted of demolishing two existing buildings and replacing them with a... Read more
GATES Construction has completed the Pulte Family Life Center at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Naples. The church, founded in 1988, is located at 625 111th Avenue North. Totaling approximately 32,000sf, the new activities facility includes a stage, meeting space, fitness rooms, a food service area and... Read more
The 5th Avenue South Business Improvement District (BID) has elected its 2019 board of directors. The non-profit group represents property owners and merchants in downtown Naples. This year’s directors and officers are: Jeff Wynn (president), Christopher Shucart (vice president), David Gordley (treasurer), Jerrilyn Hoffmann, Nancy MacDonald and Joseph McCabe.... Read more
Agents with RE/MAX Realty Group’s Commercial Division recently reported the following sales and leases in Lee County. All sizes are approximate. SALES • 4 Alico Commerce Center, LLC: 12,675sf industrial office/ warehouse at 17051 Alico Commerce Court, Fort Myers, to Steve Talides and/or assigns for $965,500. (Brad Welborn, CCIM)... Read more
Earlier this spring, Stevens Construction completed a new customer service building for Bonita Springs Utilities, Inc. The project involved the demolition of the existing customer service building at 11900 East Terry Street, and construction of a 6,450sf facility. During the project, the customer service department relocated to temporary facilities... Read more
Recently, Chris-Tel Construction was awarded the Sunshine State Safety Award from USF Safety Florida. The award recognizes Florida businesses and employees in all industries who proactively and routinely engage in job safety. Chris-Tel’s recognition stems from the measures it took to protect employees, subcontractors, pedestrians and vehicular traffic while... Read more
Will Decatur has joined Sanibel Captiva Community Bank as a senior systems engineer at the College Parkway operations center in Fort Myers. His primary responsibilities include maintaining the bank server, network and security infrastructure. In addition, he is involved in systems support, IT security auditing, infrastructure improvement and IT vendor... Read more
SVN|KOVA Reports Robust Leasing Activity, Significant Sales in Southwest Florida
SUITE TALK May 7, 2019
Commercial brokers with SVN®|KOVA recently closed the following sales and leases in Lee and Collier counties. SALES • Olegario Ramirez: 2,148sf office building at 2548-2550 First Street, Fort Myers, from Denetegrity Realty, LLC for $359,000. (Bob O’Connor represented the seller.) • Ted Todd Insurance, Inc.: 6,597sf office condo at... Read more
Bradley Cox has joined GCM Contracting Solutions, Inc. in Fort Myers as the company’s project manager assistant. In this role, he works closely with GCM’s project manager in all phases and aspects of construction, and supports the field staff. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Cox is a student at... Read more