Brian and Silvia Konkel this month took ownership of this 7-Eleven store near the corner of Collier Boulevard and Vanderbilt Beach Road. It's the Bonita Springs couple's sixth 7-Eleven franchise. Photo by Tim Aten
Business & Real Estate
NEW & EXPANDING
SWFL couple hosts grand opening, celebrate sixth 7-Eleven franchise
A Southwest Florida couple celebrated their sixth 7-Eleven franchise in Collier and Lee counties with a grand reopening this month. Initially, Bonita Springs residents Brian and Silvia Konkel had planned to curb their local holdings at five stores, but a sixth one in the Naples area practically fell into their laps after another area franchisee retired this month. His high-volume store in front of the Winn-Dixie supermarket at Collier Boulevard and Vanderbilt Beach Road was an opportunity the Konkels couldn’t pass up.