Another boutique location on Estero Boulevard will not be rebuilt. The owners of the 14-unit Beacon Motel, which was located in front of the old Cottage/Shuckers, have other plans for that property.
The Beacon was located at 1240 Estero Boulevard and had a popular red light landmark out front easily viewable from Estero Boulevard. That light structure and the entire motel were destroyed by Hurricane Ian. It is now a 90 by 175/15,750 square foot empty lot.
The owners of the property have submitted an application for a special exception with the Town of Fort Myers Beach to turn the property into a parking lot. The application states that, “Since Hurricane Ian washed the Beacon Motel away at this location leaving us with a vacant lot, developing the property with something as low profile as a parking lot seems to be more preferable than erecting any kind of structure that would interfere with the view of the Gulf from Estero Boulevard.”
Shortly before the storm, a picture of perhaps someone who had too much to drink went viral when she was captured asleep on top of the red light structure.
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