Workspace Chic

If you want to be successful, you have to dress the part. And we're talking about more than your pin-striped suit; your office also sends a message. So say goodbye to silk plants and boring cubicle walls. Now it's all about high-tech offices, modular furniture, comfy leather chairs and plasma screens in every room.

Office design is becoming more transitional, moving away from the traditional Mediterranean veneer of Naples, according to Hal Atzingen, president of Design Purchasing Network. Business owners are creating new ways to show their products and designing tranquil spaces to seal the deal. This new approach to commercial design has been gathering momentum in the past two years, says Jenny Carter, president of K2 Design.

We talked to local interior designers and architecture firms to find commercial spaces that are setting the new standards-from a sleek, modern office in a downtown Fort Myers historic building to a futuristic medical compound in Naples.

Arthrex Inc. Headquarters

Where: Creekside Commerce Park in Naples

Square footage: 132,000 in two buildings

Houses: 400 employees

Built: 2003

Cost: $22 million