Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press
After just missing setting a record for total passengers in July, Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) got the job done in August.
According to a press release from the Lee County Port Authority, 647,917 passengers traveled through RSW in Fort Myers in August.
It is the best August in the 43-year history of the airport. The previous best August was in 2021 when 647,534 passengers were counted.
Year-over-year, this was an increase of 5% compared to August 2024. The year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 0.3%.
Commercial airline leaders at RSW: August 2025
The traffic leader in August was Delta with 152,803 passengers.
Rounding out the top five airlines were:
Southwest (107,919)
American (97,808)
United (95,540)
JetBlue (70,952)
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Mark H. Bickel | C. A. Bridges
Satisfaction can be “guaranteed” but in many cases, it’s not delivered.
And at airports like Southwest Florida International (RSW) in Fort Myers, the quest to make everyone happy, or satisfied, can be especially challenging because of the volume of people coming and going every day.
In 2024, RSW set an all-time high with more than 11,000,000 passengers flying in and out of the region. This year the airport is on a similar pace with four months to go, including the start of the tourist and snowbird season.
In the latest North American Airport Satisfaction Study from J. D. Power for 2025, released Sept. 17, RSW once again is rated among the top medium sized airports in the U.S. earning Top-10 status.
On a 1,000-point scale based on 30,439 completed surveys of U.S. or Canadian passengers on items such as ease of travel, level of trust, terminal facilities, staff, food, beverage and retail, and more, RSW earned more points this year but dropped in the rankings from third (675) to 7th, coming in with 683 in 2025.
A historic expansion project is underway at RSW, including the construction of a new terminal.
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Joe Adams, Attorney, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., special to The News-Press
Q: I recently had new flooring installed in my condominium unit. The board president approached me, saying that they have reports from owners of the units below mine complaining they can now hear my family’s footsteps throughout the day. However, I think it is normal to hear footsteps in a condominium, given how close we all live to each other. I am not convinced that soundproofing is necessary. Is the board president overreacting about this? (J.D., via e-mail)
A: Disputes involving the transmission of noise are common in condominiums. Many sets of older condominium documents I have reviewed were written to require wall to wall carpet in all portions of the unit except areas where carpeting is not appropriate, such as kitchens and bathrooms.
Over the past couple of decades, various types of hard flooring (tile, wood, and various synthetic products) have become an alternative to carpet desired by many homeowners, including condominium dwellers. However, the noise from foot traffic, moving chairs, and other noises associated with day-to-day living often result in complaints from the owner living below.
While some associations still require carpeting throughout most of the unit, the modern trend is to permit hard flooring alternatives subject to an approval process by the association, which usually requires proof of the installation of some type of sound deadening barrier beneath the flooring. There are a number of products used in the flooring industry that are specifically designed for this purpose.
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Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press
A Sanibel Island home is No. 1 on the list of most expensive single-family property transfers in Lee County from Aug. 1-31.
The property, located at 1004 Bayview Drive, sold for $3,500,000. The list price was $4,095,000. It has five bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Following are the Top 10 real estate sales in Lee County recorded for August 2025:
(Data provided by Royal Shell Real Estate)
1. 1004 Bayview Drive, Sanibel
- List price: $4,095,000
- Sold price: $3,500,000
- Neighborhood/Development: Sanibel Island
- Size: 3,264 square feet
- Year built: 1999
- Days on market: 112
- Amenities: Bayfront, Boat Dock/Lift, Beach Access, Electric Vehicle Charging, Private Pool, Courtyard
- View: Bay
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Mark H. Bickel | Naples Daily News
A Naples home is No. 1 on the list of most expensive single-family property transfers in Collier County from Aug. 1-31.
The property, located at 3565 Fort Charles Drive in the Port Royal neighborhood, sold for $22 million. The list price was $29.5 million. It has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
Following are the Top 10 real estate sales in Collier County recorded for August 2025:
(Data provided by Royal Shell Real Estate)
1. 3565 Fort Charles Drive, Naples
- List price: $29,500,000
- Sold price: $22,000,000
- Neighborhood/Development: Port Royal
- Size: 8,960 square feet
- Year built: 2006
- Days on market: 136
- Amenities: Bayfront, Boat Dock, Private Pool/Spa, Built-In Grill, Deck, Outdoor Kitchen
- View: Bay
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Mark H. Bickel | Naples Daily News
New York. London. Chicago. Los Angeles.
When it comes to the ultra-wealthy and places they are purchasing a second home in 2025, these are some of the most popular locations, according to a story in Business Insider.
And right there with those places is in Southwest Florida. Naples made the Top-10 list in the U.S. for second homes in 2025.
According to the Business Insider story, the findings are based on Altrata’s proprietary Wealth-X and RelSci databases, which combine verified profiles, residential ownership records, and relationship mapping of the global wealthy.
Along with Naples, other emerging second-home destinations for the ultra-wealthy, according to the story, are Dubai and Lisbon.
Altrata, a wealth intelligence firm, ranked the top 20 cities where ultra-high-net-worth individuals − defined as those with a net worth of at least $30 million − are buying second homes in 2025.
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