Construction

Corporate headquarters for Creative Events & Taylor Rental in Fort Myers

Heatherwood Construction has begun construction and site work of the corporate headquarters for Creative Events & Taylor Rental in Fort Myers. Once complete, the new facility will be the largest event rental facility in Southwest Florida. Located in the Alico Industrial Park on Supply Drive, the 60,000-square-foot facility will be used as a showroom, office and warehouse space for the rental company, which is moving from its current Metro Parkway location for more space and better access to Interstate 75. Scott Whiteleather of Heatherwood Construction is the senior project manager, and Joe Poulin is the job superintendent. Odle McGuire Shook provided architectural design services.

A groundbreaking for the $11.5 million pediatric dental building project took place last week at the site of the project on the Edison Campus. This project is a partnership between Collier Health Services, the Naples Children and Education Foundation NCEF (founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival), University of Florida College of Dentistry and Edison College.

Daniels Commons

The CHS Ronald McDonald Care Mobile program has been a catalyst for much of the influx into Collier County of new investments in health care for needy children, directly attributable to findings from Care Mobile screening activities in the first/second years of the programs operation in our community. For example, a new dental clinic in East Naples ($1.5 million) and a new Pediatric Dental Residency Program on Edison Campus ($11.5 million). Both programs involve Naples Children and Education Foundation and the Dental Residency program also includes $4 million from the State of Florida. To date, the Care Mobile Program has touched the lives of over 7,000 children.

Construction has begun on Daniels Commons, a 5-acre professional office park located at Daniels Parkway and Appaloosa Lane in Fort Myers. The office park includes four distinct one- and two-story office buildings, with occupancy expected in summer 2008. Community Engineering Services, Inc. provided civil engineering and survey services for the project. Daniels Commons will boast two one-story office buildings of approximately 11,025 square feet, with one zoned as a medical building that can be divided into smaller offices. The office park will also offer a two-story building with fully built-out, turnkey office condos as well as second-floor package options.