On January 8th, the Fort Myers Beach Town Council gave owners of The Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina the first of 2 Yes votes needed to build a new 6-story 40-room boutique hotel across from the big resort. The 2nd public hearing and vote is Monday.
During the first public hearing in January, Pink Shell owner Bob Boykin would not commit to a time-frame to start building the new resort. He wants to wait to see how the 2025 season turns out before approaching a lender for the project so there is no time-frame on when the resort will break ground.
The final vote to approve the project was 3-1 with Councilwoman Karen Woodson voting no and Mayor Allers recusing himself because he does business with the resort. In January the Local Planning Agency voted to deny the project by a vote of 4-2.
***CORRECTION: In our newsletter this morning we wrote that the Town Council meeting is Tuesday. That’s incorrect, the meeting is Monday.
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