You know I know. Senior editor and columnist for Gulfshore Business and The Naples Press. Follow @TimAtenKnows on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Oakes Farms, which owns Seed to Table in North Naples, is seeking approval for a new entertainment destination in Bonita Springs featuring live music, restaurants, bars, pools and family recreation areas on about 12 acres near Bonita Beach Road and Old 41. gulfshorebusiness.com/gb-dai…
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Collier County commissioners approved a plan to add nearly 1 million square feet of commercial development and more than 6,700 homes to the town of Ave Maria. Know more now by reading the Gulfshore Business story by Aisling Swift. gulfshorebusiness.com/collie…
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The Oil Well Road outparcels fronting the Emblem Orange Blossom apartments will be the last businesses to be built as part of The Shoppes at Orange Blossom development. See the final lineup of what's coming in this week's Tim Aten Knows column. gulfshorebusiness.com/develo…
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Florida’s newly redrawn congressional districts will remain in effect for the 2026 midterm elections after the Florida Supreme Court declined to block the map while legal challenges continue. Today is the filing deadline for those congressional seats. gulfshorebusiness.com/gb-dai…
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As Naples Airport weighs a proposal from American Airlines to restore commercial passenger service for the first time since 2017, Gulfshore Business readers are signaling strong support for bringing scheduled flights back to the city. gulfshorebusiness.com/gb-dai…
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Construction of a 120-bed state veterans nursing home in Collier County can begin in July after federal officials confirmed arsenic contamination on the site can be remediated during construction rather than delaying the project. Know more now ... gulfshorebusiness.com/collie…
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Collier County’s Vanderbilt Beach Road extension project has reached substantial completion and is planned to open to traffic shortly after 10 a.m. this Friday, June 12, in Golden Gate Estates. (Aerial photography by Jacobs Engineering)
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The newly rebuilt Publix supermarket at Neapolitan Way shopping center in Naples is relaunching July 2, the grocery chain confirmed today. Since that anchor store shuttered Nov. 30, 2024, it was demolished and rebuilt on a slightly larger footprint at 4601 Ninth St. N.
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The Collier County Planning Commission rejected Fairways Inn of Naples’ proposal for a 76-room hotel, siding with Palm River Estates residents and property owners who argued the project was incompatible with the surrounding residential community. gulfshorebusiness.com/collie…
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Fort Myers-based Lee Health, the largest healthcare system in #SWFL and one of the largest in Florida, named COO Ben Spence as its next president and CEO during a press conference Monday. Spence will succeed Dr. Larry Antonucci, who is retiring this fall. gulfshorebusiness.com/health…
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Three new coffee shops are poised to open by fall within a three-quarter-mile stretch of U.S. 41 near Edison Mall in Fort Myers. Read the latest Gulfshore Business story by David Dorsey to learn the latest about Foxtail, 7 Brew and Urban Buzz.
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Do you support American Airlines launching scheduled commercial service at Naples Airport? Click the image to take our Gulfshore Business survey. gulfshorebusiness.com/gb-dai…
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The @AldiUSA discount grocery chain is taking nearly half of Winn-Dixie’s large anchor space vacated during Memorial Day weekend in Golden Gate Shopping Center on the corner of Golden Gate Parkway and Coronado Parkway in Golden Gate. gulfshorebusiness.com/retail…
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The Home Depot's third store in Collier County opened this week at 11880 Tamiami Trail E. in East Naples. Know more now by reading this week's Tim Aten Knows column. gulfshorebusiness.com/retail…
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The Oasis Restaurant, a Fort Myers breakfast and lunch staple for 37 years, changed hands and will be rebranded by the fall as Fort Myers Brunch at 2260 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. gulfshorebusiness.com/hospit…
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Naples entrepreneur Phil McCabe has found his ultimate home at Naples Beach Club, A Four Seasons Resort. The longtime hotelier was the first to close on the exclusive private residences immediately north of the new hotel on Gulf Shore Boulevard North.
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Summer brings plenty of heat, but for seasoned locals braving the warm months has its perks. Off-season dining deals make venturing out worthwhile, letting us enjoy restaurants we usually avoid when the crowds are thick. See some deals in The Naples Press. naplespress.com/arts-living/…
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South Seas resort has cleared a legal hurdle to receive building permits for its first additional units in more than 50 years — but not quite all of the legal hurdles to build them. Know more now by reading the Gulfshore Business story by David Dorsey. gulfshorebusiness.com/lee/le…
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The Naples franchise of Fresh Monkee, specializing in high-protein, low-sugar shakes and smoothies, is coming to the new Poinciana Plaza on the SW corner of Golden Gate Parkway and Airport-Pulling Road. Know more now by reading my Tim Aten Knows column. gulfshorebusiness.com/hospit…
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The future of a restaurant in the historic Olde Naples Building remains uncertain. The on-and-off-again project appears to be off again in downtown Naples. Know more now by reading this week's Tim Aten Knows column. gulfshorebusiness.com/hospit…
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