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Empty ‘spaghetti’ apartments and unfinished houses

August 6, 2026
By Garland Pollard

This week, two bits of news bear mention and comment. The first is that in Lee County, the apartment vacancy rate has spiked to 20.3 percent, with the highest rental vacancy rate for any major metropolitan area. Charlotte County is just below that, at 19.5 percent. Five years ago, vacancy rates were under five percent. […]

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