Category: Real Estate

Business & Real Estate: New house plans on 10th; flooded house delisted

Above, rendering for the new house on 10th Street that would replace the current house, which was delisted as historic due to hurricane damage this week. Preservation Board documents A damaged...

Business & Real Estate: McDonald’s goes old school to find local workers

In person hiring at Gasparilla Road, Manasota locations Above, the Manasota Key Road location in the morning, photo by Garland. In an age of electronic submissions and AI vetting, regional...

Business & Real Estate: Preservation Board meets on demo

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Sept. 9 at the Auditorium of the Boca Grande Community Center, 131 1st St. W., Boca Grande, FL 33921. The board will discuss...

Business & Real Estate: Youngquist named to Lee Tourist Development

Above, Youngquist with the Keylime Bistro crew. File photo The Lee Board of County Commissioners recently appointed Councilwoman Darla Bonk and Sandra Stilwell Youngquist to the Lee County...

Business & Real Estate: Third Street Bistro sale closes

The Lee County clerk has posted the warranty deed for the sale of the restaurant property at 310 E. Railroad Ave from the company 310 E. Railroad LLC to Gasparilla Inn Inc., a Delaware...

Park Avenue property in discussion

Above, 2023 renderings of the Fishery project. Beacon archives Project has an approved site plan Plans for an on-island sales office for the Fishery development in Placida are reportedly...

Business & Real Estate: Charlotte County updates on its fishing pier reconstruction progress

BY HECTOR FLORES,COUNTY MANAGER The topic of fishing piers has been getting a lot of attention among residents, especially on social media. The County Commission has been very proactive this...

Business & Real Estate: West Charlotte grows, but East expected to lead development wave

A July 2026 economic development report by Metro Forecasting Models, circulated online in advance of the Tuesday, July 28 Charlotte County Commissioners meeting, details growth in the west part of...

Business & Real Estate: Magic answers, flattering help from Claude, Grok, GPT or Gemini

BY BRENT MCCONNELL My son calls me a “learn-aholic” because I dive into classes and random learning adventures, determined to learn everything I can before moving on to the next subject. I know...

Business & Real Estate: Don Pedro and Manasota Key up for renourishment

Charlotte County is having a public hearing on Wednesday, July 22 on a proposed tax increase to pay for Don Pedro and Knight Island beach renourishment. That meeting, there will be a separate...