Food charity buys Naples warehouse from local MAGA firebrand

The Naples food provider Meals of Hope has bought an industrial building from Oakes Farm.

The 18,271-square-foot property is at 4176 Mercantile Ave.

CRE Consultants, which represented the local MAGA firebrand Alfie Oakes’ farm operation in the deal, says it sold for $6.5 million. Oakes Farm paid $3.32 million for the property in 2017.

A LoopNet profile of the building shows it has 9,200 square feet of cold storage and an additional 1,917 square feet of storage on the second floor. There is a 4,200-square-foot warehouse, along with office space totaling 2,667 square feet.

Meals of Hope packs meals distributed to families and individuals in need.

As for Oakes, he is a controversial conservative politician who, in addition to owning the farm operation owns Seed-to-Table, a farm market on Immokalee Road in Naples that openly embraces the MAGA movement.

CRE Consultants Dave and David Wallace represented Oakes. Jacques Groenteman of John R Wood Properties represented Meals of Hope.