Commercial brokers with CRE Consultants recently negotiated a number of significant sales and leases in Southwest Florida. SALES • Carroll Air Systems, Inc.: 5,962sf industrial building at 5840 Halifax Avenue, Fort Myers from R & S, LLC for $715,000. (Stan Stouder, CCIM represented the buyer and Jeff Gerrero/Realtywide Services... Read more

MCS One, LLC and Allan Development Group, LLC report that Phase One of Island Storage Suites is more than 75% sold in advance of its anticipated opening in August. Located at 10950 Old South Way in Fort Myers, the units are being marketed as customizable, climate-controlled man caves. Pricing... Read more

Creighton Construction & Development has completed the remodel of a 7-Eleven convenience store/gas station at 13550 Treeline Avenue in Fort Myers, just north of the main entrance to Southwest Florida International Airport. The new and improved 7-Eleven includes a 5,613sf convenience store with eight fuel pumps and 16 dispensers.... Read more

Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects, Inc. in Fort Myers has expanded its staff by two. Brad Mills is the firm’s newest project manager. He has more than 25 years of architectural experience in Central America, the Republic of Honduras and Florida, where he relocated in 2015. During his career, Mills has managed... Read more

Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) recently relocated to a larger Naples office to accommodate the company’s growth in Collier County. The new 1,600sf office is at 5117 Castello Drive, Suite 2, just southeast of the intersection of U.S. 41 and Pine Ridge Road. Its previous location was less than a mile... Read more

Oscar Prieto has joined BSSW Architects, Inc., in Fort Myers as an architectural designer. Prieto is skilled in software for technical drawing, graphic imaging and three-dimensional renderings. He also has managed all phases of architectural projects including design, construction documents and construction administration for several high-end residential projects. Prieto’s... Read more

Bonita-based GATE S Construction has expanded its Florida presence with the opening of an office in Palm Beach Gardens and the naming of a project executive to oversee it. Kim Bragg has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry, much of it in Palm Beach County... Read more

Cl i f f o r d “Chip” Olson, a 25-year veteran of the real estate industry, was recently n a m e d t h e Commercial Achievement Award winner by Naples Area Board of Realtors (NABOR). The 5,000-member professional organization honored Olson based on his contributions to... Read more

T h e L e e Building Industry Association (Lee BIA) hosted its 11th Annual Bricks & Sticks Fishing Tournament on June 2nd at South Seas Island Resort on Captiva. More than 260 registered anglers on 74 boats competed for cash prizes. The tournament was preceded by the Captain’s... Read more

Earlier this year, Art Castellanos, AIA, was elected to a one-year term as president of the American Institute of Architects Florida Southwest Chapter, which includes 160 architects in Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Glades and Hendry counties. Castellanos is the president of Castellanos + Tramonte Architects, a fullservice architectural firm specializing... Read more