The board of directors of the Southwest Florida Economic Development Alliance has named Susan Pareigis as interim president and CEO of the regional organization. Most recently, Pareigis served 10 years as president and CEO of the Florida Council of 100, following four years as Gov. Jeb Bush’s appointed secretary... Read more

Commercial contractor DeAngelis Diamond has expanded to Detroit, Michigan. Since its inception in 1996, the company has grown from a single office in Naples to five offices throughout the southeastern U.S. Its Detroit office is the company’s sixth location and first office in the Midwest. The focus of the... Read more

Agents with LandQwest Commercial, LLC recently reported the following sales and leases. SALES • Professional Resource Development, Inc: 4,023sf office at 23250 Via Villagio, Estero, from Iberia Bank for $1.125 million. (Brett Low) • SOCIALHS KMR, LLC: 1,520sf retail at 9270 College Parkway, Fort Myers, from Intex Home Properties,... Read more

KOVA Companies has hired Gayle Erickson-Ash and Karla Thurkettle as property managers for KOVA Property Management, and Keith Marvelle as manager of KOVA Facilities. Erickson-Ash recently relocated to Southwest Florida from Colorado, and has more than 28 years of experience in commercial property management and construction management for office,... Read more

Brokers Matt Stepan, CCIM and Andrew DeSalvo, MBA with Premier Commercial, Inc., recently closed the following transactions in Lee, Collier and Sarasota counties. SALES • 3630 BBR, LLC: 7,000sf retail building with 4,800sf adjacent storage at 3630-3636 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, to Gray Sky Investments, LP for $990,000.... Read more

SVN|KOVA Fort Myers recently hired two new senior advisors. Tiffany Luongo brings 17 years of commercial real estate experience to the position. Specializing in the Estero- Bonita Springs area, she has extensive experience in development and raw land entitlement. Luongo’s expertise includes retail leasing and site selection, office sales... Read more

Vedran Vicevic has joined RE/MAX Realty Group Commercial Division. Originally from Croatia, Vicevic is now living in Naples. Previously, he worked with IRC Commercial Real Estate Services, participating in property management, investment strategy and commercial transactions. Vicevic is now pursuing his CCIM designation, and is a member of CIP... Read more

Carlos Acosta, CCIM, of Commercial Real Estate Services of SWFL, Inc., negotiated all of the following transactions in Cape Coral, unless otherwise noted. SALES • Cuevas Cape Property, LLC: 3,328sf restaurant building at 1604 S.E. 46th Street from Wayne Wasylyk and Carole Wasylyk for $700,000. • Jadboir Ventures, LLC:... Read more

International Center Blvd., LLC has awarded an exclusive management contract to Boback Commercial Group. It calls for the group to manage three buildings within Plantation Professional Center at 6830-6844 International Center Boulevard in Fort Myers. The buildings total 16,000sf and are occupied by five tenants. Senior property manager Cindy... Read more

Commercial brokers with SVN|KOVA recently negotiated the following sales, leases and new, fullservice property management accounts in Lee and Collier counties. SALES • Naples Marina Holdings, LLC: 30,517sf of mixed-use marina for $5.9 million at 2015 Davis Blvd., Naples from Pilgrim REO, LLC. (Bryan Flores) • Bear Lake Properties,... Read more