High-end shopping, restaurant district goes 'full-blast' on marketing during pandemic

Real estate demand is still high for Fifth Avenue South in Naples.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 2:20 p.m. August 26, 2020
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Courtesy. Fifth Avenue South in Naples has over 200 businesses, including shops, restaurants, offices and The Inn on Fifth hotel.
Courtesy. Fifth Avenue South in Naples has over 200 businesses, including shops, restaurants, offices and The Inn on Fifth hotel.
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At the beginning of March, Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District Executive Director Bruce Barone Jr. says he was talking about it being the greatest season for the tony shopping area in the last decade. But by mid-March things had changed. Barone shifted to helping tenants — Fifth Avenue South in Naples has over 200 businesses, including shops, restaurants, offices and The Inn on Fifth hotel — navigate the pandemic.

Courtesy. Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District Executive Director Bruce Barone Jr. says customer traffic is trending upward.
Courtesy. Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District Executive Director Bruce Barone Jr. says customer traffic is trending upward.

 

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