David Dorsey

1 week ago | naplespress.com | David Dorsey

Local News Al Ten Broek, who joined and then helped guide a company that began by redeveloping South Seas Resort on Captiva Island in the 1970s and then became the largest private employer in Lee County by the late 1990s, died May 5 at 84.

2 weeks ago | gulfshorebusiness.com | David Dorsey

IKEA, the Swedish furniture store chain with five retail locations in Florida, has no plans to announce a new store in the Fort Myers area, according to its media relations team. John Talmage, economic development director for Lee County, said he has not had any discussions with IKEA, and Lee County Director of Communications Betsy Clayton said there were no permit applications or any email communications between the county and the furniture store.

2 weeks ago | gulfshorebusiness.com | David Dorsey

The space of a longtime former Fort Myers pharmacy has been made over into a place serving only one kind of drug: caffeine. Take Two Coffee, not even a year old, has moved to 3594 Broadway Ave., just south of the corner of Carrell Road and across the street from St. Michael Lutheran Church, from where owner Caleb MacPherson hopes to have something he didn’t have at the original location — a built-in client base.

2 weeks ago | gulfshorebusiness.com | David Dorsey

Tap 42 Craft Kitchen & Bar has opened at Bell Tower shopping center in south Fort Myers, marking the largest space yet of the 12-location chain that originated in Fort Lauderdale. Renovation of the 10,000-square-foot space began in October and took about six months and cost about $3 million, said Alex Rudolph, vice president of development for Tap 42. “I like to say we are kind of a hybrid,” Rudolph said.

2 weeks ago | winknews.com | David Dorsey

Tap 42 Craft Kitchen & Bar has opened at Bell Tower shopping center in south Fort Myers, marking the largest space yet of the 12-location chain that originated in Fort Lauderdale. Renovation of the 10,000-square-foot space began in October and took about six months and cost about $3 million, said Alex Rudolph, vice president of development for Tap 42. “I like to say we are kind of a hybrid,” Rudolph said.