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The 26-acre Promenades at Parkside development that includdes Promenades Mall will soon be transformed into Port Charlotte’s new “downtown.”

Charlotte County Airport Authority commissioners approved a land lease agreement with a Miami-area firm to build a hangar large enough to accommodate two single-body commercial jets for maintenance and repairs.

In the more than 1½ years after Hurricane Ian severely damaged the 65-year-old Port Royal Beach Club, the posh club operated out of trailers as it worked to come up with a design that meets current codes.  

Big changes and potentially higher staffing costs are in store for thousands of businesses and nonprofits in Southwest Florida and around the country if new U.S. Department of Labor overtime rules go into effect as planned July 1.  

Naples Pizza permanently closed Memorial Day weekend after doing business for more than 15 years in East Naples. 

More than $1.5 million in funding for Collier County arts organizations was slashed when Gov. Ron DeSantis summarily vetoed all arts funding requests coming from the Florida Division of Arts and Culture on June 12.   

A half hour before the Lee County candidate forum began, there were empty tables and only a handful of people setting up in a conference room at Mercola Market in Cape Coral. 

The economic impact of tourism in Collier County increased 12.7% since the start of the fiscal year in October, with most visitors coming from the Midwest and Northeast.

Repairs are underway at Boca Vista Harbor’s five condominium buildings in Placida damaged by Hurricane Ian about 20 months ago.

Blu Sushi will remain open at one of its two locations, but the downtown Fort Myers restaurant will permanently close June 28, a little more than two months before its lease expires in September.