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Despite two Punta Gorda City Council members citing a lack of commercial development being planned in the area of Jones Loop Road, Council adopted final plat plans for the Seagrass and Sea Cove residential developments by a 3-2 vote June 6. 

Plans are underway for a new Sunshine Ace Hardware targeted to open in early 2025 in part of the former home of Stein Mart in The Marketplace at Pelican Bay in North Naples.  

Swamp Cat Brewing Co.’s path to existence hasn’t been an easy one. But owners Chris Gutierrez and Matt Leger are finally getting geared up for a late-summer or early fall opening following a months-long delay. 

The more than 14,000-square-foot building results from a coordinated design effort between Collier County EMS, North Collier Fire Rescue District, the Greater Naples Fire Rescue District and architect Schenkel Shultz Inc

Two luxurious restaurants flanking the central lobby will be destinations the public can experience in the otherwise private boutique hotel and club planned to replace the longtime Beacon Bowl, which will close this August across U.S. 41 from Waterside Shops in North Naples. 

The longtime North Naples location of Cici’s Pizza is closing this weekend after operating for nearly 20 years in Uptown Center next to Sam’s Club on Immokalee Road.

Charlotte County’s experience with devastating hurricanes over the last 20 years has county officials planning for the future.

The undeveloped land, sandwiched between Diplomat Parkway to the south and Littleton Road to the north, at 15781 N. Cleveland Ave. sold for $2.6 million in February 2023.  

It took some convincing, but Andrew Bernard sold Mazda Motor Corp. on the idea of bringing a Mazda dealership back to Charlotte County for the first time in seven years.

Randy Krise, founder of Fort Myers-based Krise Commercial Group, bought the land in in the Enterprise Charlotte Airport Park zone.