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Gulfshore Realty merges with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty announced today that Gulfshore Realty has merged with the company. The principals and top-producing sales professionals of Gulfshore Realty, Kristine Bareis and Jeffery Gilman, have joined forces with its Marco Island office, located at 760 North Collier Boulevard, Suite 101. As well-known accomplished area REALTORS® since 1978, Kristine Bareis and Jeffery Gilman have specialized in the Marco Island luxury real estate market with a particular expertise in the Cape Marco community. Both were involved in the sales, design, development and marketing of Cape Marco from inception to completion before opening Gulfshore Realty in 2001. Ranked among the top individual agents in production on the island, they have achieved some of the most significant real estate sales in the area, and recently represented the highest-priced condominium sale on the beach through the second quarter of 2022.
Naples Real Estate Show Topic: “Real estate prices slowing down in other countries”
James D. York P.A., a local Realtor is the host with Realtors Michael and Morgan York of York Real Estate Group of Downing Frye Realty. The show is called “SWFL Real Estate Update” Covers current issues or trends that could benefit you! The show has different guests who specialize in current relevant topics in the Real Estate industry. If you have any questions about upcoming topics or have a topic for the show email us at JDY@YorkNaples.com. Shows can also be seen on the website: www.NaplesYorkRealEstate.com under icon online education.
William Raveis – Florida Rentals moves to a temporary location
William Raveis Rentals has announced that their office on Vanderbilt Beach has relocated to a temporary space just around the corner at 250 Center Street N, Naples, FL 34109. The move is part of a highly anticipated new development, ONE Naples, which will include a new 2,200 square-foot William Raveis office expected to be complete within two years. William Raveis is a full-service vacation rental company that has grown to one of the largest in Southwest Florida. The new state-of-the-art office location is a natural progression, following suit with the William Raveis commitment to providing first-class rental management, marketing, booking, and concierge services.
TRANSACTIONS
RE/MAX Realty Group
Gottlieb Lehigh Acres LLC: Winn-Dixie Shopping Center located at 61 Bell Blvd N, Lehigh Acres, FL for $5,300,000 to Indian Creek Ranch LLC. Jim McMenamy negotiated the 1031 transaction.
Off the Chart Holdings LLC: Island Resort located at 2904 & 2938 Sanibel Blvd., St. James City, FL for $3,650,000 to FFC Property Group LLC. Lenée Peach represented the buyer.
Interface Collab Group LLC: 4,270 SF office building located at 2340 Stanford Ct., Naples, FL for $1,400,000 to Applegate Properties LLC. Brooke Cole Murray represented the buyer and Shawn Stoneburner with Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller.
PWC Realty Group LLC: Purchased 2.25 acres located at the corner of Santa Barbara Blvd. and Trafalgar Pkwy., Cape Coral, FL for $1,236,517. Hal Arkin and Michael J. Frye represented the seller and Gary Tasman with CPSWFL LLC represented the buyer.
Del Prado Properties LLC: 5.09 acres located at 2601 Del Prado Blvd S, Cape Coral, FL for 1,000,000 to Del Prado Cape Development LLC. Jim McMenamy represented the seller and Dario Peretti with Silver Developers LLC represented the buyer.
Yoshihiro & Sharon M Suzuki: 4,800 SF building located at 8111 Broadway Ave E, Estero, FL for $750,000 to TSY Holdings Inc. Rachael Guertin, Jennifer Castriotta, and Michael J. Frye represented the seller and Pam Wittenauer-Bratton represented the buyer.
OMNIA B2B LLC: 5,180 SF building located at 720 Pondella Rd., North Fort Myers, FL for $354,000 to Wellness Suite Weston, LLC. Abigail Kesslak and Michael J. Frye represented the buyer and Pam Wittenauer-Bratton represented the seller.
Shade Zebib: 1,423 SF space located at 12165 Metro Pkwy. Unit 5, Fort Myers, FL for $275,000 to James W. Gorman, Jr and Terri Lynn Lorenz. Abigail Kesslak and Michael J. Frye represented the buyer and Steve Daria with Maxim LLC represented the buyer.
Investment Properties Corporation
791 Tenth St. South 201 of Naples, LLC purchased 3,500 square feet of office space from 791 10th Street South #201, LLC located at 791 10th Street South, Suite 201 for $1,250,000. Clint L. Sherwood and David J. Stevens negotiated this transaction.
Paradise Grills Direct, Inc. d/b/a Paradise Grills leased 5,749 square feet of retail space from David H. Hoffmann & Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann located at 680 5th Avenue South. Tara L. Stokes represented the Landlord and Stephen Leo of Atlas Affiliated represented the Tenant.
The Straino Financial Group, LLC leased 3,484 square feet of office space from Naples Financial Center LLC located at 4851 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 301. Patrick Fraley negotiated this transaction.
Ability Management, Inc leased 1,523 square feet of office space from CCK Investments, LLC located at 6734 Lone Oak Boulevard. Patrick Fraley negotiated this transaction.
Chavarria Carpet Services, Inc. leased 2,131 square feet of retail space from Dinkytown Investors, LLC, Dinkytown Properties, LLP and Hersh Properties, LLC located at 877 91st Avenue North, Suite 1. Patrick Fraley negotiated this transaction.
Marcia Nadine Pou d/b/a MP Lighting Collections leased 2,400 square feet of retail space from LNMT Audubon LLC located at 15495 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 104. Rob Carroll negotiated this transaction.
J. Alexander’s Restaurants, LLC d/b/a J. Alexander’s leased 8,160 square feet of restaurant space from Trail Boulevard, LLLP located at 8860 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 103. Patrick Fraley represented the Landlord and Arthur Shifrin of The Koniver Stern Group represented the Tenant.
Lee & Associates
Latino Pack, LLC leased a 5,117sf space at 11495 Cleveland Ave., Ste. B, Ft. Myers from Fort Myers Warehouse City, LLC. Jose Pastor and Jeff Forsythe represented the tenant and Michael Costa of IMC Equity Group represented the landlord in the transaction.
Bramshill Naples, LLC leased a 3,680sf office in the SunTrust Building at 801 Laurel Oak Dr., Ste. 300, Ft. Myers from American National Insurance Company. Thomas Webb and Michael Mahan negotiated the transaction.
Amplitude Academy of Driving LLC leased a 2,225sf industrial space in the Alico Commercial Park at 17081 Cam Ct., Unit 5, Ft. Myers from Lnmt Cam Court, LLC. Brock Rasmussen and James Walls negotiated the transaction.
Service Based Solutions, LLC leased a 1,300sf space in the Pyramid Park, Building A at 3550 Work Dr., Unit 2, Ft. Myers from Joanne Collins. Brock Rasmussen negotiated the transaction.
CRE Consultants
Gasparilla Investment & Lottie Jo, LLC & Financial Managers, Inc. purchased a 0.80 Acre Professional zoned site at 706 & 712 SE 7th Street, Cape Coral from Roberto Mercado Rev. Trust for $200,000. Fred Kermani represented the seller and Joella Consolazio of Land Brokers represented the buyer in negotiating the transaction.
Bernabe Acosta purchased 8.91 Acres on Blackburn Road Ext. in Naples from Corina & Sofia Voulgarus for $85,000. Fred Kermani negotiated the transaction.
Vestas Airoil U.S., LLC leased a 25,000 SF industrial space in Woodlawn Industrial Park at 28261 Woodlawn, Units A-E, Punta Gorda from NSMKM, LLC. Fred Kermani represented the lessor and Jared Chilson of Rossman Commercial Realty represented the lessee in negotiating the transaction.
Creative Cabinetry & Design leased a 7,500 SF industrial space in Woodlawn Industrial Park at 28261 Woodlawn, Unit G, Punta Gorda from NSMKM, LLC. Fred Kermani negotiated the transaction.
Morisey-Dart Group, LLC leased a 2,201 SF office space at 950 Encore Way, Suite 101, Naples from HM & A Building Trustee, LLC. Dave Wallace and David Wallace negotiated the transaction.
JJ Accounting Services, LLC leased an 890 SF office space at 1620 Medical Lane, Suite 211, Fort Myers from Ferreira MD Investments, LLC. Enn Luthringer negotiated the transaction.
Domestic Security Training Academy, LLC leased a 600 SF office space in Fairfax Center I at 4210 Metro Parkway, Suite 135, Fort Myers from WCP Fairfax, LLC. Randal Mercer negotiated the transaction.
LSI Companies Inc.
LSI Companies, Inc. brokered a 6.9± acre agricultural property in North Fort Myers, FL, for $425,000. The property was acquired by Randell L. Williams and Barbara J. Williams from Pritchett Development Company, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership. The property is located at 18970 Pritchett Parkway, North Fort Myers. The deal was brokered by Christi Pritchett.
PERSONNEL
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty announces leadership appointments
Alexandra Romeyn has been promoted to vice president of relocation and referral services, reporting to President and CEO Budge Huskey. She joined the brokerage in 2015 and most recently served as relocation director. In this expanded role, she will be responsible for the growth and development of the relocation department through the creation of new corporate partnerships across the company footprint along with increasing the company presence throughout the Sotheby's International Realty® global network. Abbey Curry has been promoted to director of field services. In this new role, she will report to the CEO and serve as office assistant liaison throughout the company’s 40 locations as well as provide document, facilities, legal case and event support. She joined the company in 2019. Melissa Morehouse has been named senior director of marketing operations. With the company for 15 years, she will be responsible for overseeing daily marketing production, MarTech initiatives and website management. Shelley Whiteside has been promoted to senior marketing director of the Sarasota region. In this role, she leads the development and execution of regional marketing plans, media buying and corporate training for global advisors in the Lakewood Ranch, Longboat Key, Sarasota and Venice Beach office locations. Shelley has been with the brokerage since 2016. Jackie Nelson, who joined Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in 2020, has been named senior marketing director of the Naples region. In this position, she leads the development and execution of marketing plans, media buying and corporate training for global advisors in 14 Naples-area office locations. Additionally, Marissa Listello was promoted to marketing projects manager. In this role, she will provide marketing support for the brokerage’s new development department and also be an integral contributor to special marketing initiatives and marketing operations projects.
Realtors join MVP Realty
The following Realtors joined MVP Realty in July. They are members of the local, Florida & National Realtor Associations. Jack Van Sickle, Sasha Gaitan, Carl Russell, Laura Dier, Franklin Abarca Zambrano, Josue Calderon, Marisha S Moriarity, Josh Chaney, Todd A Golden, Alan Wayne Johnson, Gregg Hill, Yoel Moshe Swisa, Lasana Henriques, Alberto Hernandez III, Kasey Downer Harrelson, Venus Chambergo, Megan R Fisher, Sandro Gorn, Connor Oshea, Maria Melton, Pamela R Peterson, Daniella Palumbo.
BCB Homes makes impressive “Best” list
Naples-based BCB Homes recently added another award to its accomplishments list as it was named one of Florida’s “Best Companies To Work For” in 2022. The annual “Best Companies To Work For In Florida” list is featured in the August issue of Florida Trend magazine which ranks 100 companies in small, medium and large employer categories. To participate, companies or government entities were required to have at least 15 workers in Florida and to be in operation at least one year. Companies that chose to participate underwent an evaluation of their workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics. The process also included a survey to measure employee satisfaction. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. When everything was considered BCB Homes placed 18th in the category “Best Midsized Companies” which ranked businesses with between 50 to 249 employees. The ranking was a major milestone for the construction company as it was the only Naples-based business to even make the “Best Companies To work For” list.
B-Squared Advertising earns seven Aurora Awards
B-Squared Advertising is proud to announce it took home seven Aurora Awards in the Sales & Marketing categories during the Southeast Building Conference trade show held in Orlando, beginning on Wednesday, August 3. The Aurora Awards honors the advertising, media and public relations professionals, as well as builders, commercial contractors, craftsman, Realtors, on-site salespeople and associates and suppliers, who make major contributions to the residential home building and commercial construction industry through superior, innovative and creative sales and marketing. During the awards ceremony on Thursday night, B-Squared was honored to receive awards in the following categories: Best Overall Advertising Campaign for Kalea Bay, a high-rise community in North Naples; Best Online Marketing Campaign for Altura Bayshore, a high-rise in Tampa; Best Innovative Use of Technology for Smith and DeShields 65th Anniversary; Best Brochure for Altura; Best Direct Mail for Altura; Best Website for RWA Engineering; and Best Logo for Infinity, a high-rise at The Colony in Bonita Springs.
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