Dillon Rosenthal saw cracked pickleballs piling up in trash cans and figured there was a business hiding in the waste. Now the 22-year-old Florida Gulf Coast University graduate has recycling bins in nearly 100 facilities across 13 states — and his first recycled pickleballs are hitting the market.
Dr. Larry Antonucci led Lee Health through COVID-19, Hurricane Ian and a historic conversion to a private nonprofit. As his Sept. 30 retiremen…
The second Ritz-Carlton Residences, Estero Bay tower has reached its full 22-story height, putting the $500 million development on its final c…
Charlotte County’s tourism tax haul has already topped last year’s full-year total — with two months still unreported. Collections reached $8.…
Fort Myers is making one of the biggest construction bets in its history. A $147.2 million police headquarters will consolidate divisions now …
Fort Myers is raising its property tax rate for the first time in a decade as the city takes on major projects, including a new police headqua…
Months of negotiations and talk of a county-run animal shelter have produced a deal. Charlotte County would provide the Animal Welfare League …
Charlotte County’s tourism tax haul has already topped last year’s full-year total — with two months still unreported. Collections reached $8.…
Fort Myers is making one of the biggest construction bets in its history. A $147.2 million p…
Fort Myers is raising its property tax rate for the first time in a decade as the city takes…
Months of negotiations and talk of a county-run animal shelter have produced a deal. Charlot…
Another Broken Egg Cafe has opened a new location at Triangle Shoppes, near Restaurant Row and Collier Boulevard in Freedom Square, offering a…
The Shoppes at Vanderbilt is running out of obvious gaps to fill. Two new buildings are brin…
Harpoon Harry’s is gone, but its waterfront space is back in business. Castaways has opened …
Hurricane Ian wiped out Captiva Island Inn’s 10 cottages. Four years and about $6 million la…
For Florida homebuyers, Dec. 31 could carry an unusually high price. A proposed constitutional amendment would sharply expand the homestead ta…
Collier County’s pandemic-era property surge has shifted into reverse. Preliminary figures s…
The Salvation Army paid $1.49 million for the longtime Kiwanis thrift store property in Lehi…
Dan O’Berski bought the former Fort Myers Cyclery building for $1 million and plans to turn …
The second Ritz-Carlton Residences, Estero Bay tower has reached its full 22-story height, putting the $500 million development on its final c…
Nearly four years after Hurricane Ian devastated Gulf Beach Condominium on Sanibel, construc…
Lehigh Acres keeps adding residents, but the stores, restaurants and services they need have…
Whole Foods Market is set to anchor Vitano, a sprawling 82-acre mixed-use development planne…
They’re entrepreneurs, executives, attorneys, educators and community advocates — and they’r…
Florida has made progress filling teacher vacancies and raising starting salaries, but educa…
Award-winning Naples chef Kayla Pfeiffer draws on childhood memories for a favorite dinner-p…
EmCyte founder Patrick Pennie has spent nearly three decades developing platelet-based regen…
Dr. Larry Antonucci led Lee Health through COVID-19, Hurricane Ian and a historic conversion to a private nonprofit. As his Sept. 30 retiremen…
Tampa General Medical Group opened a 6,100-square-foot medical center at Babcock Ranch, expa…
HCA Florida Healthcare is investing about $300 million to build a new full-service hospital …
Lee Health is taking its regional expansion deeper into rural Southwest Florida. A $1.95 mil…
Collier County budgeted nearly $100,000 for a campaign explaining its “sixth penny” tourist tax proposal. So far, its public meetings have dra…
Collier County is doubling down on Europe just as international tourism shows signs of a reb…
International visitor numbers to Collier County increased in June, marking the first year-ov…
Collier County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to raise the tourist development tax from 5…
