J. Kyle Foster | Naples Daily News
If Naples officials decide to move the Naples Airport, a new one in east Collier County with private and commercial flights would cost at least $1.6 billion.
That’s what the exploratory study commissioned by Naples Airport Authority concluded.
The study submitted to the Airport Authority by Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is just the first element in the initial planning phase. The consultants estimate a 15-20-year timeline to first flight. It offers cost estimates, location considerations, ideas for a new use for the existing airport, where the money might be found and next steps if the Airport Authority Board of Commissioners chooses to move forward.
ESA was not asked to determine which site was best or whether the airport should be moved.
Whether the Airport Authority commissioners, with Naples City Council’s input, decides to pursue building a new airport somewhere in east Collier County is still up for discussion. The final exploratory study documents recently were sent to the Authority. The authority’s commissioners will discuss the study at its Aug. 15 meeting. The airport authority has a lease with the city of Naples for its 733 acres until 2068.
The study was commissioned in October 2023 following a $2 million noise study that was accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in June this year.
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Phil Fernandez | Naples Daily News
What’s rising, with a planned autumn opening, is The Perry Hotel Naples, a 160-room hotel along the Cocohatchee River that will feature the rooftop Tigress Restaurant & Bar.
The lodge is the second for The Perry, a boutique hotel brand that launched in 2017 in Key West, where developer FOD Capital is based.
What will the new Tigress Restaurant feature in Collier County, Florida?
The rooftop full-service 75-seat venue will serve Asian-fusion cuisine with dry-aged meats, chops and steaks. The property also includes a boardwalk that meanders from the pool deck to a riverfront pier with an eight-slip marina and a dock from which water sports, fishing trips, and dolphin and sunset cruises can depart, according to Mike Raymond, FOD’s CEO.
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Diana Biederman | Naples Daily News
On a hot summer day in 2004, I remember standing in line with my ’21’ Club colleagues at the first Shake Shack in New York City’s Madison Square Park.
Nowadays, it’s famous for its burgers and shakes, but during that visit, I don’t recall any burgers or crinkly fries because it was all about hot dogs and soft drinks.
In those early days, it resembled a kiosk with an assembly prep line with different staff responsible for different toppings.
Following a 40-minute wait, it was my first (and last) bite into a Chicago-style wiener.
Several years later, another location opened in my neighborhood across from the Museum of Natural History. The ever-present line around the block made the sidewalk tricky to maneuver.
Anyone working in the restaurant industry has always paid attention to anything Danny Meyer (the hospitality legend behind the concept) opens because he is among the world’s most successful restaurateurs. Whether dining at Union Square Café, the game-changing restaurant that made him famous in 1985 — or Shake Shack — you’re in for a special experience.
Twenty years and more than 400 Shake Shacks across the globe later, Naples is getting its first outpost at Mercato Shops. It’s set to open in 2025 and is taking over 3,000 square feet in what was formerly Charming Charlie’s and, subsequently, the pop-up Hand & Harvest Artisan Market.
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The I-75 at SR 951 Project began in 2023 and aims to reduce traffic delays and congestion. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is proposing enhancements for the I-75 intersection at State Road 951 on Collier Boulevard, which is currently under construction.
Crews are busily constructing bridge structures for a new bridge across Beck Boulevard, east of Collier Boulevard, which you may have seen on your commute, taking up space on either side of Collier Boulevard and causing lane closures. Motorists should proceed with caution and keep an eye out for workers and construction vehicles approaching and exiting the roadway, according to a recent article by Sophia Lowrie of Coastal Breeze News.
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Opus Stone, a gated neighborhood in north Naples, has released its price ranges.
According to a statement, homes in the 50-acre complex will cost at least $2 million. The project includes 51 residences located at Vanderbilt Beach Road and Massey Street, according to a recent article by Mark Gordon of Business Observer.
Seagate Development Group, the corporation behind the project, has recently released additional data regarding the Opus Stone, including:
The project will include three groups of new homes, each built on “oversized homesites.”
There will be 11 floor designs, with sizes ranging from 3,200 to 5,550 square feet under air.
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The developers of a 160-room boutique hotel along the Cocohatchee River in North Naples say the building will open this autumn under the moniker The Perry, which launched in Key West in 2017.
The $80 million project is located at 12155 Tamiami Trail N., Naples. The hotel, according to a release, has seven stories. The hotel has spacious guest rooms, most with balconies, a ground-floor pool and adjacent activity lawn, a poolside tapas eatery, a lobby coffee bar, a fitness center, an open-air deck with a rooftop pool, a poolside bar specializing in craft cocktails, and the rooftop Tigress Restaurant, a full-service venue serving chef-driven Asian-fusion cuisine and panoramic views, according to a recent article by Mark Gordon of Business Observer.
“The Perry Hotel Naples’ opening will significantly change the landscape for destination hotels available to travelers visiting Southwest Florida,” says Mike Raymond, CEO of FOD Capital, the project’s developer, in the release.
The hotel’s mood and surroundings, according to the developers, are heavily influenced by the local native ecology, which includes a riverine estuary, a mangrove forest, and an upland forest of native pines, oaks, and palm trees.
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