Daycare chain continues to expand in region

The Learning Experience has signed a lease for a 10,000-square-foot built-to-suit building on 1.25-acres in Fort Myers. 

The property is on Ortiz Avenue right off Hanson Street. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. 

The Learning Experience is a Deerfield Beach chain of franchised daycare centers with more than 420 locations in 31 states and three in the U.K. It has 14 centers in the region and four more in the works, according to its website. (The Ortiz Avenue location does not yet appear on the website.) 

It also has one available location in Estero at 19950 S. Tamiami Trail. 

According to the Learning Center’s website, the company is offering franchisees training, will make third-party financing available and will deliver a turnkey, ready-to-open business at the Estero site. 

LSI’s Eric Edwards and Drew Davis represented the landlord in the transaction. The Learning Experience was represented by Nick Vanella of the ComRealty Group. 

LSI also announced two sales. A 4,280-square-foot office building at 1510 Royal Palm Square Blvd. in Fort Myers sold for $854,900 to a pair of local LLCs. Laura Cari brokered the deal. And a 4,500-square-foot commercial property at 5264 Clayton Court sold to Clayton Court Co., an LLC, for $820,000. Drew Davis brokered that deal.