Phil Fernandez | Fort Myers News-Press
The honchos behind The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Estero Bay shared this past week that they have 90% sold of its first 22-story edifice and are on a 2026 completion track for it near the western end of Coconut Road in Bonita Springs.
Celebrating with a topping out ceremony for this south tower, London Bay Development Group plans a north twin for an overall total of 224 condos situated within 500 acres of nature preserve, and so far has $600 million in sales.
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Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
A rare piece of Old Naples charm has come to market.
That charm, however, could be lost, with the sale of the property, which has been owned by the same family for decades.
On the property sits a quaint cottage, described as embodying the “charm, craftsmanship and lifestyle of a bygone era.”
The house is more than 85 years old.
Built with locally sourced heart pine and cypress, it has a front porch and a wood-burning fireplace, reminiscent of the old days (before central air and mosquito control made living in Naples year-round much more comfortable).
The sand for the foundation came from local beaches and the trees for the walls came from local suppliers at the edge of town because there wasn’t a highway, or rail line yet to bring in building supplies, said Lodge McKee, the exclusive listing agent with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in Naples.
It includes a second lot that’s vacant, which could make it more attractive to a buyer looking to build a trophy estate, family compound or generational retreat, rather than to preserve a piece of Naples history, McKee said.
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J. Kyle Foster | Naples Daily News
Tigertail Beach and outlying Sand Dollar Island on Marco Island have been renourished after damage from storms in 2024.
Naples-based coastal engineering firm Humiston & Moore implemented what will be an ongoing plan to protect the natural elements, the water quality and the homes and condos behind them, reusing sand pushed by the storms instead of importing it. This north part of Marco Island has been retreating over the past few decades at a rate of 40 to 50 feet a year, said Humiston & Moore Vice President Mohamed Dabees, who presented results of the project at the Marco Island City Council meeting Tuesday night.
About 200,000 yards of sand was used for the renourishment.
“That project is a ground-breaking project, because it set a very good precedent of working with nature in the sense that it’s not a typical project where we’re building hard structures. It’s a project that uses land force to make energy dissipation from storms,” Dabees said at the Feb. 18 meeting.
“(Hurricane) Irma started the collapse of that system,” he said. That’s when Marco and Dabees started to create this ongoing plan for using Sand Dollar Island, considered a spit, the lagoon and the surrounding mangroves to create a protective barrier. Each protecting the other. The spit that serves as a berm, the sand, the float (or marked) channel, the lagoon and the mangroves serve to absorb the energy caused by storms. All of which help protect the buildings and the rest of the island behind them.
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Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
A prime piece of waterfront real estate on Naples’ “Miracle Mile” has hit the auction block.
The shovel-ready redevelopment site – at 1500 Gulf Shore Blvd. N. – can be purchased via an online auction. It won’t come cheap: The minimum bid is set at $13,999,950.
The deadline for bids is March 13.
The nearly one-acre site sits east of Gulf Shore Boulevard, across the street from Lowdermilk Park.
It’s within a roughly 1 mile stretch of the road, dubbed the “Miracle Mile,” after showing such resilience in the face of so much devastation from Hurricane Ian. The area is seeing big changes, with a flurry of new development, as it recovers and evolves in the aftermath of the storm.
Overlooking Hurricane Harbor, the now-vacant site is in Coquina Sands.
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A popular eclectic new American restaurant in Naples has been named one of the best in the country. Here’s what you need to know before you go.
Diana Biederman | Naples Daily News
Bicyclette Cookshop in Naples made USA TODAY’s list of best restaurants in the country.
The USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2025 list, released today, features 44 restaurants, including everything from fine-dining restaurants to tiki bars and burger shacks.
The restaurants were selected by USA Today Network food journalists across the country, based on the establishments they know, love and recommend.
What happens when a wunderkind chef teams with a retired McDonald’s president on a new restaurant?
The ultra-fun Bicyclette Cookshop, where deliciously playful food in an industrial strip-mall setting boasts clever surprises without feeling twee or pretentious.
Like Rene Magritte, the surrealist painter who presented familiar objects and subjects in unfamiliar ways, executive chef-partner Kayla Pfeiffer ― a Food Network “Chopped” champ uses food as her medium ― next-leveling classic comfort fare where every intentional ingredient is well thought out.
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Dave Osborn | Naples Daily News
The 21st annual Cars on 5th brought thousands to downtown Naples on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Exotic cars filled Fifth Avenue South as auto enthusiasts enjoyed seeing so many cool rides up close.
The event ― organized by the Naples chapter of the Ferrari Club of America ― is part of what’s become the Naples Automotive Experience weekend. Comedian Jay Leno was in town for the weekend.
The Naples Automotive Experience benefits the St. Matthew’s House, with 100% of the proceeds going to the nonprofit. The 2024 event raised $1.7 million.
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