If you've ever dreamed of running a restaurant at historic McCollum Hall in Fort Myers, now is the time to act. The city's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is accepting proposals for a restaurant at the hall, and also a music and performing arts center.

If you're looking for an apartment in Southwest Florida, or to move from one apartment to another, this likely is a good time to do so. Some people in commercial real estate believe at least one out of five units is vacant in Lee County, and in some buildings, it may be closer to one out of three.

About 200 people attended the ribbon cutting and official opening for a new vo-tech school in Lee County.

A woman dedicated to helping FGCU students get internships all around Southwest Florida has won the award as Young Professional of the Year, given by the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce.

The Collaboratory in downtown Fort Myers will begin hosting free workshops on artificial intelligence on August 14. It will be the first session for business owners, put on by the new Human Intelligence/Artificial Intelligence Hub at the Collaboratory.

The day before Hurricane Ian, there were well over 150 businesses on Sanibel-Captiva Island. Not one was open the day after the storm. But island vibe helps several Sanibel shops, stores and restaurants weather string of hurricanes and slow summer sales.

If you drive around Southwest Florida, you can't help but notice all the construction going on. It's a new restaurant here, home fix-up stores there and shopping plazas packed with national brands everywhere.

An organization in Southwest Florida is launching an effort to make artificial intelligence more human. It's supposed to show business people and regular citizens how the new technology can be helpful.

The parent company of the food delivery robots pulled them earlier this month to send them to cities in the U.S. and Europe.

Voting is now open in the Florida Chamber’s 2026 Coolest Thing Made in Florida competition.