Press Releases  
  The Lutgert Companies: Estancia at Bonita Bay Sold Out, 3 Residences Remain at AZURE The Lutgert Companies announced that Estancia at Bonita Bay has sold out. Estancia is the third of eight luxury condominium high-rise residences to be built by The Lutgert Companies at Bonita Bay.  
Club Everglades - A Members-Only Paradise For The Boating, Fishing & Hunting Enthusiast. Surrounded by national parks and preserves, an expansive area of natural beauty covering three million acres that teem with wildlife and marine life, Everglades City is a world unto itself.
 
Gulf Coast Commercial Corp. Selects Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, Inc. To Represent Gordon River Development. The project includes approximately 11.5 acres located on the southeast quadrant of Goodlette-Frank Road and Central Avenue.
 
Premier Commercial Properties Reports Commercial Sales and Leasing Activity. Colonial Bank has sold its building located on 2.4 acres at the northeast corner of Old 41 and Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs to Sta-Ker Services, Inc.
 
Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, Inc. REALTORS® Promotes Dave Jensen To Vice President. “Dave Jensen is an extremely knowledgeable and highly experienced real estate professional,” said Premier Properties General Manager Thomas A. Bringardner, Jr.
Equity Investments & Development, Inc. Selects Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, Inc. REALTORS® To Represent Twin Dolphins. Twin Dolphins’ location on The Isles of Capri offers a secluded island setting with magnificent water and island views.
     
News Articles of Interest - Courtesy Naples Daily News and Inman News  
New census figures predict explosive growth for state of Florida
Southwest Florida will add plenty of heat to the latest predictions by U.S. population trackers of a fiery growth rate in the Sunshine State. In figures being released to the public today, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts Florida's population will grow by 80 percent between 2000 and 2030 the third-highest growth rate in the nation behind Nevada and Arizona.
Collier home prices soar far beyond the rest of the state of Florida
Get ready for sticker shock. Collier County far surpasses the rest of Florida in the expensive category. The median sales price of a single-family home in Naples reached $468,000 during the first three months of the year.
Construction boom continues in Collier County
UPDATE: Construction is speeding up again in Collier County. The 2005-06 preliminary taxable property values show that taxable values rose by more than 19 percent in Collier County in the past year. POLL: What is your opinion of the booming growth in Southwest Florida?
Collier still a hot market, but factors slow housing supply
There's no shortage of people who want to move to Collier County. But a perfect storm of permitting delays, labor and material shortages, and scarce coastal land has caused a drop in the number of new houses and condos coming on line.
Centerpiece of Ave Maria university, town unveiled
UPDATE: The designs reveal a building one could see in a big city, where visitors would pay admission to see what's inside. But this 100-foot tall oratory, which will be the center of Ave Maria University and its town, will sit right here, in Collier County.
Florida the hottest spot for second homes Naples tops March online real estate index Naples tops March online real estate index. Costal towns remain popular as second-home markets, and Naples, Florida was the top search choice of consumers who used a vacation, investment and retirement home-search Web site in March.
Naples leads state in per capita income Naples ranks sixth in the nation and tops the state for the highest personal income per capita, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Bureau's annual report for 2003, the most recent figures available, ranks 360 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) by total personal income as well as personal income per capita.
 
Study: South West Florida's NCH rates among best hospitals The NCH Healthcare System ranks among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide for clinical excellence based on more than two-dozen common procedures and diagnoses, according to an independent health-care quality study. The Colorado-based HealthGrades rates the nation s nearly 5,000 hospitals based on Medicare patient outcome data reported to the federal government for the three years from 2001 through 2003.