","post_title":"RSW ranks among country\u2019s top 25 busiest airports","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"rsw-ranks-among-countrys-top-25-busiest-airports","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-18 15:05:49","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-18 19:05:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.gulfshorebusiness.com\/?p=25448","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":25409,"post_author":"461","post_date":"2022-04-13 14:58:37","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-13 18:58:37","post_content":"Waterfront property that was once a fish camp until the late 1980s on Marco Island sold for $10,749,000, making it the highest-priced lot sale recorded in the island\u2019s history, according to Premier Sotheby\u2019s International Realty officials. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe property at 1771 Osceola Court is 4.32 acres and has 605 feet of direct waterfront overlooking Caxambas Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and is primed for the construction of a custom waterfront estate. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nJim Prange and Nikki Prange-Carroll of Premier Sotheby\u2019s International Realty\u2019s Marco Island office represented the buyer, Dennis Albaugh. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe billionaire and businessman from\u00a0Iowa bought the property from Sessions Family Partners LTD and is a long-time Marco Island investor. The founder and chairman of Albaugh LLC, which creates and supplies crop protection products used by farmers globally,\u00a0also bought land in Hideaway Beach and built five spec homes last year, all of which sold. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAlbaugh plans to construct seven custom estate homes on the property, Prange said. There is a small canal that extends through some of the lots Albaugh purchased, and he hopes to gain permits allowing him to extend that waterway so the majority of his properties at this location can be waterfront.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>","post_title":"Marco Island waterfront property sells for $10 million","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"marco-island-waterfront-property-sells-for-10-million","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-14 12:59:06","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-14 16:59:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.gulfshorebusiness.com\/?p=25409","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":25393,"post_author":"461","post_date":"2022-04-12 13:19:07","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-12 17:19:07","post_content":"Achieva Credit Union is investigating two potential locations in Collier County as it looks to grow south into the Naples area. With the credit union already having branch locations in Bradenton south through Lee County, growing into Collier is a natural progression for expansion, according to its new Regional Market President Susan Lacey.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAchieva, which was founded in 1937 in Pinellas County and has 22 branches serving more than 153,000 members, hasn\u2019t identified final placements in Collier as it is still exploring specific branch location options that can be readily accessible for its members. The credit union manages more than $2.4 billion in assets.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nCredit unions are member owned, nonprofit financial organizations, whereas banks are for-profit, privately or publicly held. \u201cBecause of our size, Achieva Credit Union offers many of the same consumer and business offerings as banks do, but we are known for our personable approach and relationship-centric service,\u201d Lacey said. \u201cWe know our members personally and the local branches play a big role in that connection we feel is so important.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAs regional market president, Lacey is responsible for Florida\u2019s west coast from Bradenton to Fort Myers and Estero, continuing Achieva\u2019s movement in the region since its merger with Sarasota Coastal Credit Union in 2010. It has 11 branches in Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties accounting for 35% of its membership.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nEven a pandemic didn\u2019t stop the institution\u2019s growth as Lacey made it possible for her teams to serve existing members, as well as gain new ones, such as businesses that turned to Achieva for help with Payment Protection Program loans. In her market, Achieva served 760 small businesses with PPP loans.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>","post_title":"Achieva Credit Union looking to open in Collier County, names regional market president","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"achieva-credit-union-looking-to-open-in-collier-county-names-regional-market-president","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-12 13:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-12 17:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.gulfshorebusiness.com\/?p=25393","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":25386,"post_author":"461","post_date":"2022-04-11 14:32:59","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-11 18:32:59","post_content":"Punta Gorda Airport became the first Southwest Florida airport to join the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Transportation\u2019s Blue Lightning Initiative to combat human trafficking by training and educating frontline airport workers. It\u2019s the latest push by area airports over the last decade to combat the growing issue.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe Charlotte County airport\u2019s involvement with the initiative will start with 100 airport authority employees taking part in the training program, with plans to expand the training to the entire airport community, according to Punta Gorda Airport officials. Miami International Airport was the first airport in the state to implement the initiative in November 2020.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers had two days of training in 2015 for Lee County Port Authority employees, in collaboration with Lee County Port Authority Police Department, Florida Gulf Coast University, Southwest Resource Center and the Department of Justice on how to recognize human trafficking and the proper way to report it, Lee County Port Authority Chief Communications & Marketing Officer <\/span>Victoria Moreland said. The port authority police also work with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Customs and Boarder Protection on continuous training.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nTo further their education, RSW employees must take part in online training consisting of eight courses, including human trafficking, each year and must post a perfect score on the test following each course to be recertified.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nNaples Airport provides training to all employees, focusing on educating employees about human trafficking as well as ways to identify signs of human trafficking and prevention tools, Naples Airport Community Engagement and Communications Manager Zachary Burch said. \u201cThe Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Blue Lightning Initiative is something that the Naples Airport Authority is also looking into as we work to further strengthen our human trafficking prevention efforts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nGary Duncan, chief operating officer at Punta Gorda Airport, started the process of bringing the Blue Lightning initiative to PGD several months ago with the airport\u2019s commercial carriers, Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines, already having established Blue Lightning Initiative partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security. \u201cIf we can help stop just one incident, then all the training will be worth our while,\u201d Duncan said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe online program comprising four 20-minute lessons educates aviation employees on how to recognize the indicators of human trafficking and how to appropriately report what they see. Objectives include expanding training to reach partners in large and small airport settings, improving the training by using specific, scenario-based teaching, and enhancing efforts to get critical counter-trafficking information to employees working in the air and on the ground.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAs of March, Blue Lightning Initiative\u2019s 88 partners have trained more than 200,000 aviation industry personnel and actionable tips continue to be reported to federal law enforcement.\u00a0<\/span>","post_title":"Southwest Florida airports prioritizing employee training on human trafficking","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"southwest-florida-airports-prioritizing-employee-training-on-human-trafficking","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-12 11:25:26","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-12 15:25:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.gulfshorebusiness.com\/?p=25386","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":25366,"post_author":"461","post_date":"2022-04-08 15:55:27","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-08 19:55:27","post_content":"A new luxury resort-styled community is being developed just outside of Boca Grande. Ground will be broken on 16 acres of waterfront property at 13000 Fishery Road by the end of the year, with completion plans set for 2024.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe approximate cost of the Banyan Gasparilla Sound project is $250 million, but that is heavily dependent on the market due to the fluctuating cost of building materials, said Rich Taylor, Gulf to Bay Sotheby\u2019s International owner and director of marketing and sales. His team represents the developer, Integra Investments, a Florida-based development firm with experience in residential and placemaking communities throughout the state.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe property originally was purchased by Cookie Feinberg for $6 million in 2018, with the assemblage entitled by Jay Feinberg. The Feinbergs launched the project and are selling the property to Integra for a price not yet available via public records.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWithin the first three weeks of taking reservations, 80% of the 99 private condominiums were reserved to be sold<\/span>. <\/span><\/b>The resort also will include 83 boutique residences and amenities featuring an 11,000-square-foot spa and wellness center. Other amenities include white glove concierge services, signature restaurant and bar, card room and lounge, two resort pools and sundecks overlooking the sound. In addition to pool-side dining options, the community will house a main restaurant Taylor envisions to be Mediterranean fusion with menu items including local fish and vegetables in addition to more traditional cuisine.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe private condominium residences range from 1,450 to 2,161 square feet and start at $1.3 million, while the boutique resort residences will be fully furnished, ranging from 985 to 1,511 square feet and starting at $1 million.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>","post_title":"Luxury resort-style community coming to Gasparilla Sound in Charlotte County","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"luxury-resort-style-community-coming-to-gasparilla-sound-in-charlotte-county","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-08 16:28:36","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-08 20:28:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.gulfshorebusiness.com\/?p=25366","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_25"};
