#getfried Fry Cafe, has opened its first Southwest Florida location at the University Village Shops in Estero. The quick-serve restaurant franchise offers a variety of topped French fries, fresh burgers and finger foods. Unlike its fast-food counterparts, #getfried Fry Café›s offers four different styles of gourmet, topped French fries... Read more

GATES Construction has completed two buildings for The Lock Up Self Storage at 2295 Tamiami Trail East in Naples. The first of The Lock Up’s two storage structures is a three-story, 86,642sf climate-controlled building with a porte cochere, elevators, and carpeted lockers. The other is a one-story, 4,464sf non-climate... Read more

eTitle, a digital provider of real estate title and closing services, has opened its first Florida office in Naples at 9128 Strada Place. Senior title attorney Jaime Hewitt and account executive Laurien Bartuccio lead the operation. The company provides online title curative, title insurance and closing services to a... Read more

It’s been a busy spring for LSI Companies, Inc. In recent months, brokers with the Fort Myers-based firm have participated in a number of significant sales throughout greater Southwest Florida, including: • 5,500sf industrial building on 0.5 acre at 6360 Metro Plantation Rd., Fort Myers, for $522,500 ($95psf). Link... Read more

Commercial brokers with Lee & Associates|Naples – Ft. Myers recently closed the following transactions, all in Fort Myers (unless otherwise indicated). SALES • Luckett Industrial, LLC: 100± acres fronting I-75 at 5990 Luckett Rd. from Premier Commercial, Inc. for $7.25 million. (Bob Johnston, SIOR, Jerry Messonnier, SIOR and Derek... Read more

First Florida Integrity Bank ( F F I B ) h a s promoted Brandon Johnson to senior vice president – commercial lender. Johnson, who has 16 years of experience in the banking industry, joined FFIB as vice president – commercial lender in July 2017. Before that, he was... Read more

GATES Construction added the  following people to its team during the  first quarter.  • Terry Gardner, Superintendent.  With 25+ years in the construction  industry, Gardner has experience  with a wide range of commercial  projects including hospitals,  medical centers, colleges, and  others. Gardner is based out of  the company’s Bonita... Read more

The Real Estate Investment Society (REIS) has announced its officers and the Board of Governors for 2019. They are: President Alexis Crespo, AICP (Waldrop Engineering); Vice President Mary Gentile, CSM, CRX (LandQwest Property Management); Treasurer Bill Morris, P.E. (Morris-Depew Associates); and Secretary Kent Poli (Busey Bank). The Board of... Read more

The City of Cape Coral began the new year with a new, $3.6 million fire station at 1038 Burnt Store Road. Built by Wright Construction Group, Fire Station #11 enhances the emergency response time to residents throughout northwest Cape Coral. The 9,000+ sf structure required more than six feet... Read more

John Talmage has been named director of the Lee County Economic Development Office (EDO). Pamela Johnson, who had been acting director, has assumed new roles and responsibilities as deputy director of the EDO, Lee County Sports Development and the Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB). Talmage has spent his career... Read more