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Thousands of new homes being built in SW Florida. What's happening in Naples, Collier?
New home construction continues across Southwest Florida, and in Collier County coincides with two major I-75 interchange updates: at U.S./SR 951 (Exit 101) and the county's first diverging diamond under construction at Pine Ridge Road (exit 107).
Thousands of homes, single-family and multi-family, have been approved, are in the planning stages or are under construction in the largest county in the state of Florida with 1,997 square miles of land. Most available land is in the north and east, and growth is pushing that way.
Golden Gate Estates, a vast residential area in eastern Collier County, is still under construction, offering large acreage lots ranging from 1 to over 10 acres. The Golden Gate community is estimated to have a population of about 30,000, according to World Population Review. It has an expected build out of more than 54,000 residents, with a density of about 1 person per acre.
A community called Bellmar made up of three villages, including a whole new town, is proposed and has been approved at the county level for as many as 8,350 homes in east Collier County near Golden Gate Estates. Collier Enterprises has obtained some of the required local and state permits for the rural village east of Golden Gate Estates, the developer still needs what's known as a Section 404, or wetlands permit, under the Clean Water Act to begin construction.
As many as 2,111 luxury single-family homes and villas may be built along the 951/Collier Boulevard corridor in the communities of Caymas, Seven Shores, Tamarindo and Summerlit – all on the northbound side of Collier Boulevard.
Fiori, Sparrow's Amberlin South, Savoy, Allegro and Cadenza, Hammock Park, Azalea Park and Ekos will add 2,228 apartments and townhomes to Collier Boulevard.
Ekos on Collier, is a proposed rental community that would be "100% affordable" and target essential workers, such as teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other "civil servants," including county employees, as well as seniors and veterans.
An assisted-living facility with a memory care unit and an independent living community will add 339 units to the area through Marquies and Watercrest independent living. Both will be located at 951 and Rattlesnake Hammock.
A 92-unit assisted living and memory care center – The Watermark Marco Island opened on Marco Island in April.
Minto Communities has started sales in its final phase of Isles of Collier Preserve, which eventually will have 1,825 homes at buildout. Located at 5445 Caribe Ave., just off of U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail East, the Isles is in its 17th phase, one that will add 229 homesites.
On Corkscrew Road and State Road 82, at the intersection of Collier, Lee, and Hendry counties, Alico Inc. is getting out of the citrus business and into development. The publicly traded company based in Fort Myers is planning two villages in what ultimately will be a 3,000-acre master-planned community with about 9,000 homes.
Greenway Fritchey is two proposed communities on two different tracts of a 229.1-acre property at the northeastern intersection of Greenway and Fritchey Roads, about a half mile north of Tamiami Trail East. The communities if approved would build 5.72 dwelling units per acre for a total of 1,300 homes. The planned residential development includes a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to create affordable workforce housing.
Naples-based Gulf Bay Group of Cos., the developer of Fiddler's Creek, has proposed a four-story, 750-unit apartment complex on land many neighbors believed would remain untouched by residential or commercial development forever. The project includes 225 rent-restricted units, set aside for affordable and workforce housing.
A new residential subdistrict on what's now agriculturally-zoned land — at 341 Sabal Palm Road – if approved would allow for development of up to 423 single-family and townhomes, at a density of 2.5 units an acre on a roughly 169-acre site, near the Picayune Strand State Forest. The property has been the site of a citrus grove for decades.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Naples, Collier County, FL: What new communities being built, planned?
