NABOR Market Report | October 2023
October Inventory Expands in Anticipation of Winter Buyers
Here are some of Collier and Lee County’s newer, hotter, growing retail corridors for 2024
Phil Fernandez | Naples Daily News
If you’re wanting to track the next hot retail corridor in Southwest Florida, you can pretty much follow wherever Sunshine Ace sets up shop.
Like this year’s official summer landing at the 50-acre Founders Square complex at Collier Boulevard and Immokalee Road in Naples.
“Northeastern Collier County is among the fastest-growing regions in all of Southwest Florida,” said Sunshine Ace President Michael Wynn. His grandfather founded the original store in 1958 in downtown Naples, following the family starting a grocery in 1938. “The Immokalee Road corridor is poised for explosive growth over the next decade. (This) new store will serve the thousands of residents and businesses coming to this region over the next few decades.”
While growth is everywhere, here’s what to know about that spot and a few other newer sizzling corners of Southwest Florida as we close in on 2024. What kind of retail is coming to areas beyond the traditional, long-established malls, Tamiami Trail, Cape Coral’s Pine Island Road and Collier’s Fifth Avenue South?
What’s another clue on where retail emerges in SW Florida?
Increased residential growth leads to more stores, said LSI Companies President and CEO Justin Thibaut.
Commercial, retail and industrial development always lags new rooftops coming in, and given the last three years of increased permitting activity in the residential world, Thibaut said this was expected.
Of the types of developments and industries moving into these areas, he said many are anchored by multifamily residential, but some are remaining parcels that have sat idle while major residential developments were completed nearby.
Find out what is happening at Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard, and what’s causing the growth in Collier County corridors; new retail coming to Ave Maria, and more – read the full article on naplesnews.com.
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Rebuilding the Naples Pier: Architect renderings of new design reveal changes
Kendall Little | Naples Daily News
Last September, Hurricane Ian became the sixth hurricane to destroy the historic Naples Pier. Since then, city officials have been working to redesign the iconic beach fixture so locals and visitors can enjoy it again.
Right now, city officials and a design firm are completing 100% design plans, which will include every detail about the new pier’s structure, materials, and features.
The new $20 million Naples Pier won’t look exactly the same as it did before Ian hit Southwest Florida on Sept. 28, 2022. To make sure the pier is strong enough to withstand another storm, designers have changed a few things about the structure.
Here’s what’s new about the Naples Pier design:
Moving concessions
Before Hurricane Ian, the Naples Pier had offshore concession stands. Originally city officials and designers planned to keep the concessions over the water, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency said that might be an issue for insurance providers.The new design now features onshore concessions at the start of the pier.
Shaded areas and benches
The new design includes additional shaded areas along the pier. The two middle structures that used to be concessions stands will be covered areas for locals and visitors to escape the Southwest Florida sun.Designers have also added 16 bump-out benches for people to take in the gorgeous gulf views.
Taller and sturdier
Naples Pier will be three feet taller this time along with a larger and more elevated end structure for fishermen and people taking in the view.Read more about improved accessibility and the timeline for construction and completion.
NOTE: The Naples Pier is an iconic landmark in Naples that was originally built in 1888. Since this time, the pier has been rebuilt after hurricanes in 1910, 1926, 1944, and 1960. In 2015 the pier was reconstructed, and then soon after in 2017 Hurricane Irma damaged the structure. —naplesgov.com
In 2022, Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage to the Naples pier.
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$25-$30 million Naples theater would boast Pavarotti name, 900 seats, lush garden
Charles Runnells | Naples Daily News
If all goes well, a new $25 million – $30 million performing-arts center could open within two years in Naples. The 900-seat Theater in the Garden would be the second-biggest venue in Collier County, after Artis-Naples.
Organizers announced the proposed venue Friday.
“This project is born out of the proven need for another venue to perform in Collier County,” said Livio Ferrari, director of Theater in the Garden Inc., a not-for-profit corporation.
Pavarotti’s famous husband, who died in 2007, never visited Naples, she said. But his American opera career started nearby on Florida’s east coast.
“The door to his American career was opened by Florida, when he performed in 1965 in Miami,” Nicoletta Pavarotti said. “So when Livio came to us with this idea, we found it fascinating.
“We were looking for a special place where art and opera were in the hearts of people … a place where we can grow together in the name of Luciano … a place where we can even work on the future of opera.”
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Drone video of Delnor-Wiggins State Park shows dramatic view of Gulf of Mexico shoreline
Mark H. Bickel | Ricardo Rolón
Naples Daily NewsWith another snowbird and tourist season about to begin in Southwest Florida, here’s a look from our drone at one of the region’s most popular parks, Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park in Naples.
The video was produced by Naples Daily News drone pilot Ricardo Rolon in July. The drone traveled along the shoreline approximately 1.5 miles from the tip of Wiggins Pass and south past the state park, and into where private condominiums begin. Rolon said he flew the drone at a maximum altitude of 375 feet, but primarily stayed between 100-200 feet of altitude.
You are getting a view of the beach during quieter times. In the coming weeks the park and the beach will be filled with visitors and locals who will be there to soak up the sun and enjoy the amazing views.
The video also provides a view of the beach area nine months after Hurricane Ian hit Southwest Florida, with only a few indications of that storm’s aftermath.
Read more and watch the video of Delnor-Wiggins State Park on naplesnews.com.
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