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When the News-Press wanted to learn more about how the restaurant business is changing in Southwest Florida, the Fort Myers newspaper turned to Gary Tasman, CEO and Principal Broker at Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida.  Read more from in the Jan. 20th article (subscriber-only content). The landscape of  Fort Myers is changing. Are you ready for it? Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida wants to help you take advantage of this opportunity. contact-us.

North Fort Myers, Florida – Inge & Associates, Inc. has purchased the 66.85-acre vacant land located at 7700 & 7750 Bayshore Rd in North Fort Myers, Florida from Zuberbuhler Trust for $2,350,000. Gary Tasman, CEO and Principal Broker, and Lane Boy, Director and Broker, of Cushman and Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC represented the seller in negotiating the transaction. Cushman and Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC delivers integrated solutions by actively advising, implementing, and managing on behalf of landlords, tenants, and investors through every stage of the real estate process. They cultivate long term relationships, advising clients in buying, selling, financing, leasing, and managing assets. C&W also provides valuation advice, strategic planning and research, portfolio analysis, site selection and space location assistance. For more information about this transaction, or to learn more about Commercial Property Southwest Florida, please contact Gary Tasman at gtasman@cpswfl.com or visit www.cpswfl.com.

Fort Myers, Florida – Seagate Development Group has purchased the 20-acre vacant land located on the corner of Three Oaks Parkway and Oriole Rd in Fort Myers, Florida from William Scotsman Inc. for $1,745,000. Gary Tasman, CEO and Principal Broker, and Shawn Stoneburner, Senior Director and Broker, of Cushman and Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC represented the seller in negotiating the transaction. Cushman and Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC delivers integrated solutions by actively advising, implementing, and managing on behalf of landlords, tenants, and investors through every stage of the real estate process. They cultivate long term relationships, advising clients in buying, selling, financing, leasing, and managing assets. C&W also provides valuation advice, strategic planning and research, portfolio analysis, site selection and space location assistance. For more information about this transaction, or to learn more about Commercial Property Southwest Florida, please contact Gary Tasman at gtasman@cpswfl.com or visit www.cpswfl.com.

With the recent opening of the Calusa Sound Convention Center, the future is bright for the downtown Fort Myers River District and surrounding areas. Gary Tasman of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida explains the significance of this new facility to Fort Myers in this week’s issue of Business Observer. Read the full article on the Business Observer website. The landscape of  Fort Myers is changing. Are you ready for it? Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida wants to help you take advantage of this opportunity. contact-us.

When Tiger Woods Ventures and PopStroke Entertainment were on the hunt for a Southwest Florida location, they turned to the Go-To Team of Gary Tasman and Shawn Stoneburner at Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida.  Tasman and Stoneburner located the perfect site for Fort Myers’ new PopStroke golf and entertainment complex. Gary and Shawn closed the deal in October 2018, and PopStroke opened to great fanfare in September 2020. Learn more about Fort Myers’ newest sports entertainment venue on NBC-2.

Cushman & Wakefield takes top spot as global advisor and consultant for third year in a row CHICAGO – Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) announced today that the firm was named the world’s top commercial real estate advisor and consultant for the third consecutive year by Euromoney’s 2020 Real Estate Survey. Globally, Cushman & Wakefield was also named the No. 1 advisor and consultant for Property Valuation and Research for the third consecutive year, and No. 1 in Agency Letting/Sales for the second consecutive year. The firm also claimed the No. 1 spot for Investment Managers. “We are honored to again be recognized by Euromoney as the top real estate advisor and consultant in the world,” said John Forrester, President of Cushman & Wakefield. “We are especially proud of our people, who tirelessly strive to continuous improvement and innovation, setting the bar high for client service and who have continued to provide essential services, produce top-notch thought leadership and deliver real value solutions to our clients.” In addition to its global recognitions, Cushman & Wakefield was named the top advisor and consultant in Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Argentina, Australia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey, the U.S. and Vietnam. “The Euromoney real estate awards are voted for by all constituents in the industry – developers, advisers and banks,” said Euromoney editor Louise Bowman. “This makes them of particular importance in recognizing strength in each individual sector. We congratulate Cushman & Wakefield for their achievement in winning Best Global Overall real estate Advisers and Consultants for the third consecutive year; and for earning the respect of their peers and colleagues in the highly competitive global real estate market.” Euromoney’s 16th annual survey canvassed the opinions of leading firms involved in the real estate sector worldwide to determine which firms they believed to be the best providers of real estate products and services in their market during the past 12 months. Advisers, developers, investment managers, banks and corporate end-users of real estate were invited to take the survey. The full results are published on www.euromoney.com. About Euromoney Euromoney magazine was created in 1969 to cover the re-emergence of the international cross-border capital markets. The Euromarket, after which the magazine is named, is the predecessor to today’s mainstream global capital markets. Euromoney reported on, and championed, this market and its growth, in the process becoming the prime magazine of the wholesale financial world, its institutions and its users. Our specialist journalists bring you an authoritative round up of banking, capital markets, investment, foreign exchange and treasury, and regional markets, including Asia, Latin America and EMEA. Our benchmark surveys and awards will tell you how you and your competitors are rated by the industry, help you find the institutions best placed to handle your business, and can give you the edge you need when pitching to clients. Are you ready for what’s next in Southwest Florida’s real estate market? Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida wants to help you take advantage of this opportunity. contact-us.

Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida is being represented by CEO/Principal Broker, Gary Tasman for Part II of Navigating the Impact of COVID-19 webinar series. Tasman joins other top leaders in development, real estate and the land use industry to discuss how the local real estate has responded to the epidemic and the impact to our community. “It is important to provide timely, accurate data to the market in the wake of the post COVID-19 pandemic. This is a way to deliver high level, point specific data, with the top market leaders”, said Gary Tasman, CEO & Principal Broker at Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida. “Commercial real estate is rapidly changing in Southwest Florida, the epidemic has created opportunities in some areas and significant challenges in others.” The Urban Land Institute’s mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating a sustainable, thriving future for communities. They carry forth that mission by serving the Southwest Florida region with pragmatic land use expertise and education. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, August 27th at 3:00pm – it can be seen by registering here: https://swflorida.uli.org/uli-southwest-florida-webinars-events/detail/6E4A2B52-B9B0-4A65-9FD9-D27A49201B25/ Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida provides commercial real estate solutions in every stage of the real estate process, representing clients in buying, selling, leasing, property management, financing and valuing assets.

Gary Tasman, Chief Executive Officer/Principal Broker of Cushman & Wakefield | Commerical Property Southwest Florida shares his thoughts on changes to retail business in the post-COVID world in the Gulfshore Business article, “Ready for Recovery” attached below.

Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Property Southwest Florida awarded the Property Management for the historic Arcade Theater by Bradford Arcade Property, LLC. The new owners closed on the purchase of the historic Arcade Theater block, a 103,805-square-foot multi-use office and retail complex, at the end of June. Gary Tasman, CEO and Principal Broker said “Our team came together to compete against many other firms for this opportunity. We are very excited to have won this important assignment and honored to manage this property. It is especially exciting because of the amazing generosity of their donors who made this acquisition possible. Because of them, the theater is more financially stable than ever before. It is now strategically positioned to continue growing as a major anchor to the downtown Fort Myers arts and entertainment scene.” Richard King, Vice President of Property Management and Facilities Services will head up the transition. Alex Adams will be the primary Property Manager with Tammy Cassin as Property Manager Coordinator. We are also happy to welcome Mike Smith and Marvin Jackson. They both have a long history as maintenance technicians for the property and we are happy they joined our team.