Commercial Crocuses

Here's a sign that commercial real estate is finally starting to recover.

Dick's Sporting Goods, the giant sports retailer, recently signed a lease for 50,000 square feet at Page Field Commons, a shopping center in the heart of Fort Myers. That's nearly the size of a football field.

“For a while, none of that was happening,” says Matt Yaniglos, managing director with LandQwest Commercial, a brokerage firm with offices in Fort Myers and Tampa. “We're seeing other big boxes,” he adds.