Diversified Yacht Services buys marina land

BUYER: Diversified Yacht Services Inc. (principals: Richard and Ryan Levi, A.E. Hohenstein, Pamela Benad and Gregory Collins), Springfield, Ill.
SELLER: Carroll Marina LLC
PROPERTY: 713, 703, 723, 733 and 711 Fishermans Wharf and 746 and 740-742 San Carlos Drive, Fort Myers Beach
PRICE: $5.68 million
PREVIOUS PRICE: $3.08 million, September 2003

SELLER: Puchert Smoked Trout Inc.
PROPERTY: 751 Fishermans Wharf, Fort Myers Beach
PRICE: $380,000
PREVIOUS PRICE: $429,500, December 1997 (included additional parcels)
LAW FIRM ON DEED: Cheffy Passidomo, Naples
PLANS, DESCRIPTION: Diversified Yacht Services, a Fort Myers-based yacht service company affiliated with the Springfield, Ill. I.T. company Levi Ray & Shoup Inc., purchased 2.5 acres of waterfront property near the Fort Myers Beach Bridge for $6.06 million. The purchase equated to an average of $2.42 million per acre. The property included seven cottages, a duplex, an old boat warehouse, marina and restaurant building.

“We bought this waterfront property to expand the business,” says Ryan Levi. The company is currently putting together its plans for the site, he says.