Naples luxury homebuilder expands for first time in 70-year history

Naples luxury homebuilder A. Vernon Allen Builder is expanding to Sanibel. 

The move, company officials say in a statement, comes after the devastation of Hurricane Ian. Ryan Benson, a co-owner of the company, has a home on the east end of the island, and he “felt the timing after the storm was right for this expansion in order to build back the new homes for island residents,” the release states. 

Benson operates the company, which was founded in Naples in 1951, along with Andy Bringardner. This is the company’s first expansion to a new market.