Naples Beach Club opens wellness sanctuary. What does it cost to use?

Naples Beach Club opens wellness sanctuary. What does it cost to use?

Phil Fernandez | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

With our newest season of Spring here, the Four Seasons made it official this past week with the latest of its Southwest Florida rollouts at its sprawling 125-acre compound on the Collier County shore.

After a bit of a soft opening, the reinvented coastal Naples Beach Club location announced The Sanctuary is ready to begin treating Southwest Florida residents at its “wellness destination set across three serene levels, designed to elevate holistic health and vitality with offerings.”

What’s contained in those three relaxing levels of ahhhhh within the 30,000-square-foot “transformative refuge” at 801 Gulf Shore Blvd N.?

Let’s find out. Here’s what to know on the triple-decker, what some of its offerings cost, and what else is making debuts as the new venue formally known as Naples Beach Club, A Four Seasons Resort, floats deeper into 2026.

Sanctuary’s ‘5 elemental pillars of Ocean, Sky, Plant, Air and Heat’
The idea here ― at least the way it was presented to In the Know ― is rooted a little bit with the philosophies of the Calusa, the indigenous stewards of our shores well before you were born.

And with the similar aim to cultivate strength, balance and vitality through every stage of existence, treatments are organized around five elemental pillars of Ocean, Sky, Plant, Air and Heat. Sorry, Homer, no sixth element of beer.

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Healthcare building boom in SW FL: What’s coming that you may need?

Healthcare building boom in SW FL: What’s coming that you may need?

Liz Freeman | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

You don’t think about needing medical care until you do. But health care industry leaders in Southwest Florida know all about the high demand for care and how much that demand is going to grow.

That’s why they are in the middle of a billion-dollar building boom and investing in the latest medical advancements.

Construction of hospitals and specialty care centers are a frequent site in Fort Myers and Naples and everywhere in between.

The projects with massive price tags validate the population boom is far from over, where the slower-pace lifestyle that was once the draw is no more.

What’s being built isn’t just for retirees with aging ailments but also for families with kids who have vastly different medical needs.

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$170-million project: Osteopathic medical school coming to Collier, opening 2028

$170-million project: Osteopathic medical school coming to Collier, opening 2028

Liz Freeman | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

Naples Comprehensive Health is working on plans with a Florida company for an osteopathic medical school in Collier County.

The estimated $170-million project that is targeted to open in the fall of 2028 will be built in East Naples near the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and Collier Boulevard.

It is a five-acre site that is “shovel-ready” for the building of just under 110,000 square feet.

Bay College of Osteopathic Medicine LLC is looking for a “sister school” to complement its recently completed Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, according to county documents.

The Collier County Commission on Nov. 10 unanimously approved $6 million in economic development funds over 10 years for the initiative.

The project is expected to have a $1.7 billion to $2 billion overall economic impact in the region over 25 years, according county officials.

NCH in a statement said that the academic partner would oversee day-to-day operations, construction and faculty.

The Naples College of Osteopathic Medicine will accommodate 400 students on campus and is expected to graduate its first class in 2032, according to Dr. Robert Hasty, dean of the Orlando osteopathic school.

The project will go a long way toward addressing a physician shortage that is ongoing in the region, similarly to a physician shortage statewide and nationally, officials say.

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Donations keep coming for NCH’s $295M heart center in Naples

Donations keep coming for NCH’s $295M heart center in Naples

Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News

Substantial gifts toward the $295-million heart center underway on the campus of the NCH Baker Hospital keep coming in.

Longtime supporters Pete and Dawn Irving have given $10 million which is earmarked for the cardiac imaging wing on the third floor. The gift will enhance patient access to cutting-edge diagnostic technology.

The future heart complex will be located south of the Baker hospital near downtown Naples at the site of the Telford Education Center which was demolished.

The future heart center is officially named the R.M. Schulze Family Heart and Stroke Critical Care Center. Groundbreaking was in June and completion is targeted for fall 2027.

“This is philanthropy at its best: community members stepping forward to create something extraordinary for the health of everyone who lives here,” Scott Lutgert, chairman of the NCH board of trustees, said of the $10 million donation.

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Is NCH heading to Ave Maria? Yes, clinic opening soon

Is NCH heading to Ave Maria? Yes, clinic opening soon

Ave Maria’s growth means health care services are needed

Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News

Residents of the growing community of Ave Maria will have another option for medical care in the near future.

The nonprofit hospital system NCH is collaborating with Barron Collier Companies for an immediate care clinic in Midtown Plaza on Ave Maria Boulevard.

The clinic will offer care for non-life threatening illnesses and injuries with specialists coming on site on a rotating basis. The clinic will encompass 6,000 square feet of building space.

A future endeavor for the community will be a freestanding 24-hour emergency room near the main entrance to Ave Maria. The freestanding ER will be modeled after NCH’s two existing ones in Northeast Collier at Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard and in Bonita Springs.

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Tear down of NCH building starts for $265M heart center project: What’s the timeline?

Tear down of NCH building starts for $265M heart center project: What’s the timeline?

Construction of new $265 million heart center will take more than two years

Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News

NCH officials marked an end to one era and welcomed the start of a new one Wednesday.

Dozens of hospital leaders and medical staff gathered outside the Telford Education Center, which sits south of the Baker Hospital near downtown Naples, to mark the demolition of Telford.

The location is where the nonprofit hospital system will build a new $265 million heart center that was in planning and approval stages with the city of Naples for more than three years and is finally a go.

The 189,000-square-foot, five-story complex that is contemporary in design will consolidate heart and stroke care in one location with the latest technology for optimal patient care. Another goal is recruiting some of the best cardiac and stroke specialists from around the country to join NCH staff.

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