Auction of Everglades City Railroad Depot canceled last minute with owner, roofer deal

J. Kyle Foster | Naples Daily News

Everglades City’s historic Railroad Depot apparently has more lives. A last-minute deal between the owner and a jilted roofing company was made Thursday, keeping the building from the auction block.

A foreclosure auction was set for Thursday morning with the dilapidated property set to go to the highest cash bidder. According to court documents, Naples-based Sun Coast Roofing Inc.’s attorney told Collier County Court Judge Michael J. Brown that “an agreement had been reached by the parties to stay the sale.”

No details of that agreement were in the documents.

Bill Odrey, owner of Everglades Adventure Center LLC ― the name under which the depot is registered ― did not answer questions sent by text. Naples Daily News asked whether someone had offered the money to pay Sun Coast or perhaps whether the bank with which he has a mortgage on the property stepped up to take care of the lien placed by Sun Coast to remain the first lienholder.

Questions remain. Like, what’s next? Read more on naplesnews.com.