Naples-based Sunshine Ace Hardware opened Oct. 14 in Ave Maria in the Ave Maria Park of Commerce, 5360 Ave Maria Blvd.

The new store features comprehensive paint and grilling departments, as well as a wide selection of power and hand tools, hardware, lawn and garden supplies, plumbing fixtures, propane and supplies. Peter Kennedy, a veteran in the hardware store industry, is serving as Sunshine Ace Hardware’s store manager for Ave Maria.

In addition to the retail store, Sunshine Ace Hardware will expand Ace Handyman Services of Southwest Florida into Ave Maria. The service offers licensed and bonded, multiskilled craftsmen who can complete in-home residential projects like bathroom and kitchen repairs, as well as refreshes for bedrooms, home offices, dining rooms and living rooms.

Sunshine Ace Hardware has three additional stores under development in Southwest Florida planned to open in 2025: at The Shoppes at Yellow Pines off S.R. 31 in Babcock Ranch, The Marketplace at Pelican Bay along U.S. 41 in North Naples and the Winchester Center east of North Naples at Immokalee Road and Orange Tree Boulevard near Golden Gate Estates.