{"id":225236,"date":"2026-04-09T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225236\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:24:09","slug":"manhattan-constructions-future-in-lee-county-unfolds-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225236\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Construction\u2019s future in Lee County unfolds | Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manhattan Construction established a regional base in Naples nearly 20 years ago. Now, the company is planning for its future in Lee County.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Oklahoma-based construction firm, founded in 1896, recently broke ground on a $15 million, 53,000-square-foot headquarters that will house about 300 employees across four companies operating under the Manhattan umbrella.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rooney Real Estate Company LLC purchased the 3.3-acre site at 14161 Jetport Loop in July 2025 for $2.9 million, property records show. The site sits east of Interstate 75 and west of Treeline Avenue, between Daniels Parkway and Alico Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Rooney<\/p>\n

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Francis Rooney, former U.S. congressman and chairman of Manhattan Construction, speaks during a groundbreaking event for the company\u2019s new Lee County headquarters.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

Francis Rooney, a Naples resident, former U.S. congressman and chair of Manhattan Construction, will face a longer commute than most employees. Currently, many workers travel from Lee County to Collier County to reach the company\u2019s existing headquarters at 3705 Westview Drive, just east of Naples Airport. The approximately 46,000-square-foot building, acquired in 2013, will be listed for sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make it easier for our employees,\u201d Rooney said. \u201cYou\u2019ve seen I-75 in the mornings and the evenings. It\u2019s like a parking lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The relocation positions Manhattan Construction closer to the center of development activity in Southwest Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere up here in Lee County is very pro-business and pro-development,\u201d Rooney said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Rendering<\/p>\n

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A rendering depicts the planned 53,000-square-foot Manhattan Construction regional headquarters, expected to open in 2027 in Lee County.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Construction<\/p>\n

The new headquarters is expected to be completed by April 2027, said Craig Bryant, Manhattan Construction\u2019s vice president of Southwest Florida operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNinety percent of our work is in Lee County or Charlotte County,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cIt\u2019s just important for us to be where the work is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

That work includes Phase 1 of Southwest Florida International Airport\u2019s terminal expansion, an ongoing project that has surpassed $600 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat job is a bit of an anomaly,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cMost of our projects are in the $10 million to $15 million range. We talk a lot about this pyramid. That $10 million to $15 million range is the foundation of what we do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Manhattan Construction also is building a 24-story condominium tower in Estero, The Island at West Bay Club, where construction has reached the 11th floor. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Leaders<\/p>\n

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From left, representatives of Manhattan Construction and partners join Francis Rooney, former U.S. congressman and chairman of Manhattan Construction, and Craig Bryant, vice president of Southwest Florida operations, during a groundbreaking ceremony in Lee County.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

Bryant said the company currently has 16 projects underway in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company maintains other regional offices in Tampa; Atlanta; Washington, D.C.; Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Dallas and Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday represents more than building a building,\u201d Bryant told about 50 attendees at the groundbreaking. \u201cIt repositions Manhattan long term with the community of Lee County.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new facility also will consolidate four Manhattan-affiliated companies under one roof. Following Manhattan\u2019s 2008 acquisition of Naples-based Kraft Construction, the company also took ownership of Spectrum, which specializes in concrete restoration, waterproofing and structural strengthening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Site<\/p>\n

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A cleared construction site at 14161 Jetport Loop in Lee County marks the future home of Manhattan Construction\u2019s new regional headquarters.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

Manhattan Road & Bridge and SafeZone Glass and Aluminum also will operate from the new headquarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important for us to all be in one place,\u201d Bryant said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan Construction established a regional base in Naples nearly 20 years ago. Now, the company is planning for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,26431,356,101725,5387,101726],"class_list":["post-225236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-headquarters","tag-lee-county","tag-manhattan-construction","tag-naples","tag-rooney-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}