The largest private employer in Sarasota County is making in-roads into Lee County.
PGT Innovations, which stands for “Progressive Glass Technology” and makes windows and doors, has agreed to a five-year lease of a new, 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lee County off Ben Hill Griffin Road, not far from Southwest Florida International Airport.
The building, known as Meridian Center North, is located at 10400 Meridian Center Parkway and has a current tenant in Wayfair, with PGT Innovations to take over the remaining space.
PGT Innovations already has confirmed the hiring of 100 new workers for what should generate about 240 jobs. The factory will be operational by June and modified over the rest of the year.
I grew up here and am aware of the historical migratory patterns of the Midwestern herd. I was one of the first to document the geographical influence of the interstates. Then before that, there was the U.S. 41 pipeline that ran from Lake Superior through close to all the states The Vin O C mentioned.
And on the no-see-um shores of Sanibel, married myself a euchre-playing hotdish who followed the Interstate 75 path to sunshine, dontcha know.
But that was too long ago. And these are the 2020s. So let s update ya.
Thanks to all those license plates in traffic and plenty of busy brokers sharing what they re living every day in this surging market, I ve been leading the way in reporting the Northeast exodus during the coronavirus crisis.
Man arrested at RSW, accused of burglarizing business
Published: May 6, 2021 12:41 PM EDT
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A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested on Tuesday at Southwest Florida International Airport after allegedly stealing more than $10,000 in electronics from an AT&T store in Fort Myers.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, detectives developed Keenan Primer as a suspect and learned he was planning to flee Fort Myers on a plane.
Detectives contacted the Lee County Port Authority and advised them of their investigation.
Primer was found by the Lee County Port Authority in a bathroom airport and attempted to provide them with a fake name, according to an arrest report.
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A Sheriff s Office report said the break-in at the locked business resulted in the theft of more than $10,000 worth of electronics including cell phones and Apple AirPods.
Sheriff s Office detectives developed Primer as a suspect and learned he was planning to leave Fort Myers on a plane.
The Lee County Port Authority was alerted and located Primer on Tuesday afternoon, suitcase in tow.
While being transported to Lee County Jail, Primer threatened deputies, the arrest report noted.
Primer will be arraigned June 7.
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