News-Press site hits market for $8.5 million

Gannett Co., owner of the News-Press in Fort Myers, has put the newspaper's current site on the market for $8.5 million.

The four-building complex, which was developed beginning in 1955 and contains offices, warehouse space and a former printing plant, is being marketed for sale by Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida.

Gannett also operates a $40 million, digital press jointly operated by the paper and the Naples Daily News, another company holding. The presses are eight years old, and the News-Press began printing there last August.