All in the family

When WCI Communities CEO Keith Bass speaks with stock analysts, one question always comes up: When is the homebuilder going to build a condo tower?

After all, condo fever is back in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale region, where a developer recently announced plans for the 174th condo tower since the real estate crash of 2007, according to market tracker CondoVultures.com.

But all is quiet in Naples and Fort Myers, where no tower has been built since 2008. “We'll see how this season goes,” says Bass, whose Bonita Springs-based company built condos up and down the coast during the boom.