Gulfshore Business

The bank closed the deal Aug. 20 on a vacant lot, paying $1,795,000 for 0.3 acres on the beach side of Estero Boulevard, across the street from the Fort Myers Beach Public Library, at 2670 and 2680 Estero Blvd. 

Charlotte County commissioners acted quickly to fill the void left by former Office of Economic Development Director Dave Gammon’s Aug. 16 resignation.

Cheney Brothers generates approximately $3.2 billion in annual revenue, providing food and food service to a diverse range of customers, including independent restaurants, restaurant chains, hotels, country clubs, institutional groups and other food service operators. 

Hodges University’s final days are edging closer. The college’s last classes are Aug. 25, a year after the institution announced it would close.  

Michelle Lerario has enjoyed smoking cigars for 30 years and particularly enjoyed going to Fedora’s Cigar & Wine Bar in Punta Gorda. 

The square tiles are all that remain of Plaka on the Beach, a Greek-themed restaurant that had been in Times Square on Fort Myers Beach since 1981. 

Bimini Square is nearing the topping-out phase of a $125 million, 218-unit apartment complex that, with another unrelated project nearby, will change the face of downtown along Cape Coral Parkway.

Lee County had the same property appraiser for 40 years. On Aug. 20, voters will decide if it will have the same one for eight years.

Lee County commissioner candidates Amanda Cochran and David Mulicka each pounced at the opportunity to put up campaign signs, more so than their Republican campaign competitors Mike Greenwell and Matthew Thornton, respectively.

Of the four Republican candidates vying to win two Lee County commissioner primaries, two of them are their own largest contributors to their campaigns, while two of them relied on growth and development dollars as their largest category of donors.