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Market Spotlight | Lee County Industrial Market

Lee County's industrial market, which consists of roughly 2,170 buildings totaling 30.55 million square feet of space in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, the city of Fort Myers, Estero, Lehigh, North and South Fort Myers and its islands, had an overall vacancy rate of 5.8% at the end of the first quarter of this year.

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Tap the expert

In Florida, the politics of water are as complicated as the system of canals and dikes that control flooding south of Orlando.

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  • April 22, 2016
Shift work gets a lift

The gig economy is making shift work cool — at least it's trying to.

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In Memoriam | Derek Dunn-Rankin

Even as Derek Dunn-Rankin approached his 90s, he kept true to certain rituals and routines.

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Airport road widening begins

Naples-based EHC started construction on widening the road that leads to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers to six lanes.

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Commercial Real Estate Profile | Maryann Mize

Maryann Mize has been with Charlotte State Bank and Trust, one of Charlotte County and Southwest Florida's leading commercial real estate lenders, for 26 years.

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  • April 22, 2016
Being David

Mid-sized brokerage firms are finding unique ways to battle the Gulf Coast area industry giants.

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  • April 21, 2016
Food distributor expands HQ, creates 70 jobs

The new jobs will be created by 2019.

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  • April 21, 2016
Group plans $1.2M restaurant for Siesta Key

The design maximizes parking and views of the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • April 21, 2016
Fort Myers residential market hits rough spot

Sales of existing single-family homes and condos in Lee County fell in March compared with the same month one year ago.

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  • April 20, 2016
Florida shines for cash-heavy homebuyers

The top five regions for cash homebuyers nationally are all in Florida.

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Airport reports passenger record

Nearly 1.3 million passengers passed through the Fort Myers airport in March.

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  • April 20, 2016
Industry leader takes executive role at Tampa firm

Darren Ghanayem previously worked as a vice president for Anthem.

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  • April 19, 2016
Yacht retailer purchases $35M company

Russo Marine is the largest privately owned boat dealer in the Northeast.

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Mobile banking pioneer joins payment business

Mobile banking pioneer Hannes van Rensburg has joined ACI Worldwide as senior vice president of business development.

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