Tampa apartment owner gets $45.5 million loan

Naples/Fort Myers/Charlotte

How sporting of you: Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a new store in Fort Myers with plans for a second in Bradenton. The new 65,000-square-foot store is on 6 Mile Cypress Parkway just off Colonial Drive and about a mile from Top Golf. The Fort Myers store is of one of up to 17 the Houston retail chain plans to open this fiscal year. To date, it has opened seven and at least seven more have been announced. Among those is one at 7125 State Road 64 in Bradenton set to open the first week of November. Academy sells sporting goods and outdoor equipment including apparel, footwear, equipment and outdoor gear. The chain was founded in 1938 and currently has 293 stores in 19 states. The Bradenton store, in east Manatee County, will be its 18th in Florida. The company had $6.4 billion in sales in fiscal year 2022.

Age in place: Vi at Bentley Village in Naples has just finished a major renovation project that expands its skilled nursing facility and assisted living residences. With the work completed, all 84 rooms in the Bentley Care Center are single occupancy with private baths. These are on the second and third floors of the existing building and a recently added north wing. There are also new therapeutic areas, multipurpose spaces and activity areas. The project includes a 5,700-square-foot center as well, with state-of-the-art physical and occupational therapy equipment, private treatment rooms and an outdoor therapy courtyard. The 156-acre Vi at Bentley Village is on Retreat Drive off of Tamiami Trail near the Audubon Country Club. It is owned by Chicago-based Vi Living, which has spent $300 million on upgrades and additions to the community in the past 10 years.