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Fort Myers land zoned for single-family houses sold
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (69+ words) New York firm buys land zoned for homes Construction begins on 115-room, Hampton Inn" Property including former L. L. Bean compound sells New York firm acquires low-income complex for $30 M Tower's new owner leases 78, 000 square feet Office building, parcel sell for $3. 6 M…...
Naples retail building sold by Hoffmann in 2023 is sold, again
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (188+ words) Business Observer Naples retail building sold by Hoffmann in 2023 is sold, again The retail property on the 13th Avenue was part of major sell off by the family of entrepreneurs more than two years ago. One of the buildings sold when…...
Fort Myers memorial to veterans to be done by America 250 celebration
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (139+ words) Construction has begun on the All Veterans Memorial in Fort Myers. General contractor Suffolk says it has finalized the permits to build the memorial at Centennial Park in the city's downtown. It "will serve as a place of reflection, remembrance…...
Watersports business relocates in Sarasota County
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (317+ words) With Sarasota County buying the Stickney Point property where longtime tenant Siesta Key Watersports had been based for 20 years, in a yellow lighthouse, the business has relocated. Its new spot is at 5253 S. Tamiami Trail, with water access along Phillippi Creek....
Retail plaza in Naples sells for $9 million
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (177+ words) A retail plaza in Naples has changed ownership. Berkshire Commons at 7335 Radio Road recently sold to Regency Centers for $9 million. The 17, 180-square-foot property is fully leased to tenants including Five Guys, Moe's Southwest Grill, Starbucks, Tony's NY Pizza and Verizon....
Pass go: Monopoly to make special Sarasota County edition
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (189+ words) The monopoly man is on his way to Sarasota County, and local residents and visitors are invited to help make the special edition of the game truly local. Monopoly: Sarasota County Edition is tipping its top hat to favorite county…...
Tampa Bay Rays, local officials agree on a framework for new stadium
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (520+ words) The Tampa Bay Rays and local officials have agreed on the outline of a plan for the team to build a new $2. 3 billion ballpark along with a mixed used development on the campus of Hillsborough College in Tampa. The proposal…...
Joy Gendusa: How a high school dropout built a $120 M business
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (1002+ words) A high school dropout from Long Island, New York, Joy Gendusa founded Postcard Mania with nothing but a 600-square-foot cottage, a phone, a computer and piles of postcards " no outside funding. That was in 1998. Since then, Gendusa and her company…...
Mark Vengroff: Hyperfocusing on an in-demand niche pays big dividends
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (647+ words) Despite the breadth of its mission " building affordable rental workforce housing throughout Florida " One Stop Housing actually started as a family business. Harvey Vengroff, Mark's father, was a heavyweight in the Sarasota affordable housing scene and when he died in…...
Path to success starts with guts: The 2026 Top Entrepreneurs
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (270+ words) There's also Roberta Beranek. Now 45, Beranek, owner of Naples Fashion Week, was diagnosed with skin cancer when she was 19. It spread to her bones and, she says, she nearly lost her left leg. Beranek had to learn to walk again....