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London Bay seeks to remake Outrigger site; LPA sends project back for more work after hours of testimony
Summary
London Bay presented plans to redevelop the Outrigger site on Estero Boulevard with a mixed-use project including 196 lodging/residential units, 46,000 sq ft of commercial space and a public linear park. The Local Planning Agency continued all applications to May 8 after sustained questions about height, density, flood measures and public benefits.
London Bay Development Group asked the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency on April 14 to approve a series of changes that would allow a large mixed‑use redevelopment of the former Outrigger property on Estero Boulevard.
The applicant said the project would reintroduce a hotel and public amenities on the south end of the island, and would include a site-specific comprehensive plan amendment, a planned commercial development (CPD) rezoning, special exceptions and variances for construction in an environmentally critical zone. The package proposes 196 total units — described by the developer as 150 hotel/lodging units and 46 multifamily residences — roughly 46,000 square feet of commercial space (26,000 private club; 20,000 publicly accessible) and about 340 parking spaces.
In a four‑hour presentation and cross‑examination, London Bay’s team described revisions they said respond to community feedback: reduced building massing, a widened public linear park and expanded public-access commercial space, additional bicycle and golf‑cart parking, removal of a planned neighborhood water taxi and a…
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