Stout's vision becoming reality in Cape Coral
When it comes to vision, Realmark Group's Will Stout usually gets credit for seeing what Cape Coral's future could be. After retiring from 30 years in the real-estate business in Atlanta, Stout rested for about 90 days before he saw the potential for a marina community with a downtown of its own in Cape Coral. Full Story
SYD KITSON
The man behind the new Babcock Ranch
Syd Kitson is a man who owns 17,000 acres of fun, surrounded by two great circles of obligation at Babcock Ranch, the fatted calf of a public-private enterprise lying along the Lee-Charlotte County border. One circle is geographic - nearly 74,000 acres of wilderness and wetland owned for the last 18 months by the public. Full Story
Tarpon Point brings upscale living to Cape Coral
GROSSE POINT DEVELOPMENT
It all began with a six-year-old's vacation trip to Sanibel in 1963. That's when Tarpon Point developer Bob Hensley fell in love with Southwest Florida. Full Story
D. R. Horton still thriving during slowdown
Elizabeth Galloway says she works for one of the big dogs. D.R. Horton is the St. Bernard or Great Dane, if you will, of home builders, found in over 80 markets in 27 states. "We're actually the nation's largest builder," Galloway said. "And according to Builder magazine, we were ranked No. 1 builder for six years in a row. And that is based on closings. Full Story
It's just the beginning for Engle Homes
As a marketing tool, "The End is Near" worked really well for Bruce J. Hershey, vice president of sales and marketing for Engle Homes of Southwest Florida. The advertisements, meant to establish that the inventory of Engle Homes neared depletion and that the market is bottoming out, made the point, Hershey said. Full Story
Bonita Bay stewards of environment
High tech computer skills might not seem to fit with a company that has a reputation for building developments around, not through, trees and waterways. But in Brian Lucas' life, they fit together really well. Full Story
Cameratta Properties peaks in downtown Fort Myers
Cameratta Properties' first residential project was a 19-home development in their hometown suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. Since then, they have built more than 430,000 square feet of office and retail space; 21 residential communities, five golf courses, clubhouses, country clubs and three banquet facilities in Ohio and Florida. Full Story
Island boy
Joe Armenia and his father keep business near home
Joe Armenia moved to Florida in 1977, when he was four. Now he's the Chief Operating Officer of Armenia group, the company his father and CEO John Armenia, started in Brooklyn, N.Y. Full Story
Leading the downtown building boom
HOMES FOR AMERICA HOLDINGS
In 1996, Robert M. Kohn co-founded Homes For America Holdings, Inc. with Robert A. MacFarlane, with whom he built the company to nearly $190 million in gross assets. The pair got a start renovating affordable housing in the Northeast and gradually moved south and to bigger projects. Full Story
Worldwide developer building in Lee County
TAYLOR WOODROW
In 2006, home builders and developers Taylor Woodrow delivered 4,492 homes in the U.S. and Canada- including 835 in Florida- for revenues of more than $2.2 billion. The average selling price of those homes was $428,000. Full Story
Toscana's "Catalano" Grand Estate home opens at Miromar Lakes
The Catalano model by Toscana Homes has opened in the Castelli neighborhood at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club. The Catalano is a four-bedroom, four-bath Grand Estate home with a study and is located on Lake Maggiore, a 450-acre lake. Full Story
Real estate firm expanding to downtown Fort Myers
Market America opens new office
Gregg Fous, Broker owner of Market America Realty and Investments, Inc. announced that he will move all of Market America's residential business over to a new franchise he has just opened - Engel and Voelkers, Fort Myers River District. Full Story
New Paseo sales center opens on-site
Stock Development has opened a new on-site sales center at Paseo, a resort lifestyle community located at 19940 Palba Way, Fort Myers. The sales center includes audio-visual presentations of Paseo's residential offerings as well as murals and displays of the community's unique Village Center. Full Story
Airport traffic continues to climb
October continues record-breaking trend
October continued to see record-setting traffic at Southwest Florida International Airport as more than 537,000 passengers traveled through the airport, an increase of 4.7 percent compared to October 2006. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 7.2 percent over the same period last year. Full Story
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