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VILLAGE CONNECTION – Village Adopts Budget, Invests in Estero’s Future
The Village of Estero adopted its Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget on Sept. 23 following two public budget hearings. The new fiscal year began Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30, 2027. Each year, Village Council and staff review Estero’s financial position, community priorities and future needs. The adopted budget provides sufficient funding for Village operations without raising taxes, while continuing to invest in infrastructure, recreation and other priorities important to the community.
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M Development’s lease battles reshape downtown Naples
In the five years since Aspen-based M Development arrived in downtown Naples, with its purchase of the old St. George & the Dragon restaurant property and surrounding parcels, it’s steadily continued to buy prime city real estate and attract new tenants. Although it sold its interest in that 4.3-acre...
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Naples woodworker gives fallen trees a second life as art
Ian Orlikoff used to fell trees for a living. Often, those downed trees would simply get turned into mulch. But then he started thinking about what else they could become. Now, the certified arborist runs Naples Live Edge Wood, where he makes custom tabletops, counters, shelves and more from trees that otherwise would be destined for the mulcher. The “live edge” refers to the contours of the wood, meaning the edges retain their natural, uneven shape.
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Publix expands SW Florida real estate footprint with Estero purchase
Publix has made another big real estate investment in Southwest Florida. The grocery chain has purchased the Shoppes at Verdana Village in Estero, where it's the anchor tenant. The deal included two developed outparcels. The purchase price: $26 million (confirmed by the state documentary stamp taxes paid in the transaction), said Paige Rausch, a commercial real estate and land analyst at Aslan Realty Advisors in Fort Myers. “This isn’t just a retail transaction — it’s a massive vote of confidence in where Southwest Florida’s population and economic center of gravity is moving," she said. "When Publix aggressively buys up the underlying dirt under its flagship locations rather than leasing, they are locking down long-term dominance along critical arterial routes." The shopping center, located at the southeast corner of Verdana Village Boulevard and Corkscrew Road, is about six miles east of Interstate 75. The eastern Lee County corridor is booming. The massive master-planned community called Kingston is underway nearby, approved for up to 10,000 homes on roughly 7,600 acres along Corkscrew Road and State Road 82. "Corkscrew Road is the gateway to Lee County’s future, and with Kingston’s immense footprint looming right down the road, this $26 million move … captures
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The Island at West Bay Club tops out as Estero rarity
The Island at West Bay Club is developer Kolter Urban’s latest ode to exclusivity: a luxury residential tower within a private country club community on Estero Bay. Manhattan Construction workers recently reached the tower’s 24th floor, where future residents may one day relax by a rooftop pool with soaring views of the bay, the barrier islands and the Gulf beyond.