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Cape Council to consider incentives for 112-room suite hotel
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
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A major hospitality brand is planning to build a 112-suite hotel north Cape Coral and is looking to utilize city-offered incentives for the $29 million project. A TownePlace Suites by Marriott Hotel is planned at 1475 N.E. 8th Terrace, with the incentive package designed to attract a hospitality operator. The incentive will help bridge the gap in the project funding and improve tourism infrastructure, as well as install a backup generator at the hotel as a source of reliable power in the event of a
declared weather emergency, officials said. The total investment of the project is $29.1 million for the 13,500-square-foot, five-story hotel on the parcel behind a small shopping center that includes First Watch, Mission BBQ and Crumbl Cookies at Pine Island Road and Del Prado Boulevard. The project will include an outdoor pool, fitness room, and a “welcoming breakfast area.” A proposed Economic Incentive Package to the Continental 779 Fund, LLC totals an approximate $2,783,270, or 8.3% of the project cost, will come before Cape Coral City Council today.
Key highlights include a shelter partnership with Emergency Management, generator reimbursement by the city of $350,000 after a certificate of occupancy is issued, and the option to reserve up to 37 rooms in case of a local emergency. The proposed project commencement is November with an anticipated construction completion in April 2027. The project will be managed by Schulte Hospitality Group, a professional hotel management and development company that manages 200-plus hotels under brands from Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and others,
News of Note
Work on Del Prado Boulevard right of way to close portion of southbound lane next Monday Next Monday Oct. 27, Stevens Construction and its contractor are scheduled to be working along the right of way in front of the Busey Bank building under construction at 2524 Del Prado Blvd., just south of the Veterans Memorial Parkway overpass in Cape Coral. According to a report from the Lee County Department of Transportation, they will be constructing a new business entrance and installing new traffic loop detection system. This work will require sidewalk closures with pedestrian detours, along with a single travel lane closure heading southbound on Del Prado Boulevard. Construction of the entrance will take place during daytime hours. Work on the loop detection system will be done at night, with double lane closures along Del Prado Boulevard starting at 9 p.m. Work is expected be completed by Oct. 27, weather permitting. Please contact Matt Aldape at 239-744-7304 or 239-936-9006 for any questions about the project.
the presentation to be made to council states. The agreement and project will be reviewed for possible future replication with similar developments.” “This agreement supports significant economic and emergency management operations by providing financial incentives for new hotel development with strong municipal partnership provisions and compliance requirements,” the presentation states. In other business, council also is expected to vote on the revised building
See INCENTIVES, page 2
40th Oktoberfest opens to crowds
Festivities continue Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the German-American Social Club By CHUCK BALLARO
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Mike Greenwell remembered By CASEY BRADLEY GENT news@breezenewspapers.com
Friends, family and hundreds of community members gathered at JetBlue Stadium Saturday afternoon — many wearing Boston Red Sox jerseys — to celebrate the life of Mike Greenwell, baseball hero turned Lee County Commissioner. Danielle Justice, a former pastor and Greenwell’s niece, officiated Saturday’s Celebration of Life for the North Fort Myers High School graduate who went on to spend 12 years in the Major League as a left fielder, all of them with the Red Sox where he was known as Gator Mike. “The sheer number of people here speaks volumes,” Justice began. “He gave people his time. He gave people his heart. He gave people his example.” Greenwell, 62, a Red Sox Hall of Famer, died
Oct. 9 following a battle with thyroid cancer. Saturday’s service was open to the public, and nearly every part of the day’s event was either a nod to Mike’s life in baseball, or to his life as a dad and public servant. Greenwell and his wife Tracy were together
See MIKE GREENWELL, page 4 Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane addresses the crowd gathered for Mike Greenwell’s Celebration of Life Saturday. He is flanked by, from left, fellow Commissioners Cecil Pendergrass and Brian Hamman, former Commissioner Ray Sandelli and current Commissioner David Mulicka. CASEY BRADLEY GENT
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Klaus Kohl, seeing the crowds the German-American Social Club was getting for its spring Bierfest, decided he wanted to start an Oktoberfest and did so in 1986. Four decades later, the festival is one of the most popular events in Southwest Florida, bringing in tens of thousands of people from all over to drink beer, listen to music and raise their steins and say, “Zicke, Zacke, Zicke, Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi.” Oktoberfest kicked off Friday night and continued throughout the weekend under blue skies. It was a little warm, as it usually is this time of year, but that made whatever anyone was drinking a little more refreshing at the event that will continue for a second round this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Susie Zimmer, former publicity chair of Oktoberfest and the club, said things have gone smoothly this year. not surprising since the club has done this for 40 years. “We’ve had a great crowd and a lot of TV stations here. We’re happy to celebrate the 40th year of Oktoberfest and grateful to Teresa (Kohl) and her late husband who started all this,” Zimmer said. “Who would have thought we would have such a huge crowd?” As for Teresa Kohl, who has been involved for more than 30 years, she stepped
See OKTOBERFEST, page 2
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