Profile: Brian Stock

Brian Stock is the CEO of Stock Development, a firm that traces its homebuilding roots back seven decades.

Begun as a development firm, Stock has expanded over the past 16 years in Florida into a homebuilder and into other residential-related businesses. In all, Stock has constructed more than 4,500 luxury homes from Naples to Lakewood Ranch. Most recently, Stock has expanded into commercial and multifamily development. The company has been recognized by Builder Magazine as one of the nation's Top 100 U.S. homebuilders, and as Collier County Builder of the Year, in 2013.

Stock is among the most prolific upscale homebuilders from Lakewood Ranch to Naples. How do you view the residential market in the areas the company concentrates in?

I'd say things are pretty healthy. Obviously we've recently had an unfortunate situation with Hurricane Irma in Southwest Florida, but everything, for the most part, has been cleaned up now and that occurred pretty quickly, which I think shows the resiliency of these markets.