Commercial brokerage hires agents

FORT MYERS — LandQwest Commercial named Carlos Acosta and Chuck Smith as senior directors with the firm, boosting the firm's ranks in Southwest Florida.

Acosta and Smith previously were with the Fort Myers office of Lee & Associates.

Commercial real estate firms have been hiring agents as the economic recovery takes hold. Commercial real estate usually follows the residential real estate cycle as demand for shops, warehouses and offices occur on the heels of rising home sales.