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Ultra-exclusive Naples, Florida home sale smashes records in 2025. It’s a teardown.

Ultra-exclusive Naples, Florida home sale smashes records in 2025. It’s a teardown.

Andrea Stetson | Special to The News-Press & Naples Daily News

The most expensive home sale in Collier County in 2025 didn’t just break the record, it shattered it.

When the family legacy compound of three adjacent properties at 2200, 2340 and 2170 Gordon Drive were sold in April for $225 million, it became the largest residential transaction in Florida’s history and one of the largest residential transactions ever in the U.S., just trailing the 2019, $238 million sale of a penthouse on Central Park South in Manhattan.

Up until this year the most expensive house in Collier County was sold in 2022 in Aqualine Shores for $62 million. The 2025 most expensive Collier sale is more than triple that amount.

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Big boost for SWFL tourism courtesy of New York Times’ ‘places to go’ list

Big boost for SWFL tourism courtesy of New York Times’ ‘places to go’ list

Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

If it’s possible to receive official validation for a comeback from a series of devastating hurricanes, then you could say The New York Times provided a big stamp of approval this week for Southwest Florida.

The Times published its annual “52 to places to go” for 2026, recommending to its audience locations around the world worth visiting this year.

Places like Sorola’s Spain, Winnie-the-Pooh’s England, Assisi, Italy, Dallas, Texas and yes, two islands off the coast of Southwest Florida that most people reading this are very familiar with.

Sanibel and Captiva.

“This recognition proves what we already knew, that Sanibel and Captiva are special, world class, beach destinations that offer unmatched eco-tourism, shelling, and hospitality,” said John Lai, the President and CEO of the Sanibel and Captiva Chamber of Commerce. “It’s rare to find destinations like ours that intentionally hold 70% in conservation and that in itself sets us apart from similar vacation options.”

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Top 10 most expensive homes sold: Naples property tops December 2025 list

Top 10 most expensive homes sold: Naples property tops December 2025 list

Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

The Top 10 most expensive homes sold Collier County in December 2025. Data provided by Royal Shell Real Estate.

1. 2426 Indian Pipe Way, Naples

  • List price: $16,500,000
  • Sold price: $16,500,000
  • Neighborhood/Development: Grey Oaks
  • Year built: 2025
  • Days on market: 788
  • Amenities: Clubhouse, Community Pool/Spa, Golf Course, Private Membership, Tennis Court, Private Pool/Spa, Built-In Grill, Deck, Fence, Outdoor Fireplace/Kitchen
  • View: Golf Course, Lake
  • Size: 9,712 square feet

Read the full article with property photos on naplesnews.com.

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Port Royal house closed for $35M in November. No. 1 on most expensive list

Port Royal house closed for $35M in November. No. 1 on most expensive list

Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

These are the 10 most expensive homes sold in November in Collier County.
Data provided by Royal Shell Real Estate.

1. 3373 Rum Row, Naples

  • List price: $37,500,000
  • Sold price: $35,000,000
  • Neighborhood/Development: Port Royal
  • Size: 8,377 square feet
  • Year built: 2025
  • Days on market: 0
  • Amenities: Bayfront, Boat Dock/Lift, Private Pool/Spa, Built-In Gas Fire Pit/Grill, Fence, Outdoor Kitchen
  • View: Bay

Read the full article with property photos on naplesnews.com.
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Damaged by multiple hurricanes, Useppa Island getting millions in repairs from new owners

Damaged by multiple hurricanes, Useppa Island getting millions in repairs from new owners

J. Kyle Foster | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

 

Old Florida. Dade County pine. Quiet and peaceful. Old oaks and rich vegetation. No roads. No cars. That’s Useppa Island.

 

Useppa Island also is multi-million-dollar homes – all white with tin roofs; an exclusive society of members; a 100-acre playground for the wealthy who want their privacy.

 

And Useppa Island is rich in history – from the Calusa Indians to pirates and explorers, fishermen looking for – and finding – giant tarpon – to visits from captains of industry – the Vanderbilts, the Rothchilds, the Rockefellers, John Roach and Barron Collier, both of whom once owned the island at one point. Useppa also was where CIA agents took over in the spring of 1960, and used it as secret training camp for the invasion of Fidel Castro’s Cuba – the Bay of Pigs invasion.

 

Located in the northern end of Pine Island Sound between Fort Myers in Lee County and Sarasota in Sarasota County, Useppa is special, its homeowners say, and they want to preserve it.

 

The News-Press/Naples Daily News took a tour Oct. 7 with Useppa Island Partners LLC Chief Executive Officer Steve Mezynieski and Chairman Simon Bound. The company, made up of a group of 10 homeowners, bought the island in September for $16 million. Now, they say, they’ll invest $35 million to restore the infrastructure and make upgrades.

 

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Big homes, big money: Top-10 most expensive homes sold in October in Collier County

Big homes, big money: Top-10 most expensive homes sold in October in Collier County

Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News

Here are details on the Top-10 most expensive homes sold in Collier County for October 2025.

(Data provided by Royal Shell Real Estate.)

1. 3300 Gin Lane, Naples

  • List price: $25,900,000
  • Sold price: $23,200,000
  • Neighborhood/Development: Port Royal
  • Size: 8,187 square feet
  • Year built: 2025
  • Days on market: 214
  • Amenities: Bayfront, Boat Dock, Private Pool/Spa
  • View: Bay, Canal

Read the full article with property photos on naplesnews.com.

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