Developer buys busy Publix-anchored plaza for $15.5 million

FORT MYERS — One of the largest retail real estate developers and landlords in the region, The Sembler Co., along with Forge Capital Partners, has acquired a shopping center in Fort Myers.

St. Petersburg-based Sembler and Tampa-based Forge, through its Forge Real Estate Partners IV investment fund, paid $15.5 million for the plaza, Daniels Crossing, according to a statement from JLL Capital Markets. A Publix anchors the 112,003-square-foot center, the release adds.