By Jeff Jaarda, for BayWatch News This article appeared in the December, 2013 issue of BayWatch News A new season upon us, things are once again exciting and promising with real estate here in Bonita Bay.  As is always the case we real estate brokers are eyeing economic  trends and keeping tabs of the sales activity in Bonita Bay and competing communities in town and beyond. By many counts Florida as a whole has seen upticks in Closed Sales, Pending Sales and ultimately Median Sales Price...

Business Observer - Naples Office Sets Record Sale. │ September 28, 2012 NAPLES — Minneapolis asset management firm Olympus Ventures LLC has purchased the Fifth Third Center office building for $49.9 million. The price equated to $310 per square foot. According to property records, the seller was Naples-based FTC Naples LLC. Officers of FTC Naples’ parent, FTC Naples Manager Inc., include Richard Crawford of Naples; John Erb of Bloomfield, Mich.; Ira Jaffe of Southfield, Mich.; and Carl Cr...