Estero Planning News Today

Planning board members were underwhelmed by the proposed design for a planned entertainment complex on a 20-acre property on Williams Road.

The Estero Planning, Zoning, and Design Board approved a development order for a five-story, 115-room Hilton Garden Inn at 8009 Sweetwater Ranch Blvd. The 2.16-acre site is cleared and vacant at the southwest corner of Via Villagio and Sweetwater Ranch Boulevard. 

The Village of Estero has less than 200 acres of land available for development, which has prompted community leaders and residents to assess how best to handle the explosive growth in the village and surrounding areas.

The Estero Planning, Zoning and Design Board approved a development order for a four-story apartment complex with 137 units at the northwest corner of Three Oaks Parkway and Coconut Road. The 5-2 vote for approval came after more than four hours of discussion. 

The Estero Planning, Zoning and Design Board unanimously approved a development order for the construction of a Goodwill store.

More than 2,500 residents of The Brooks in Estero are signees on a petition against a four-story apartment complex now before the Village of Estero Planning, Zoning & Design Board and slated to be built in their community's Town Center — the site of a former Winn-Dixie grocery store and other businesses.

A new mixed-use planned development was proposed during the public information portion of the Estero Planning, Zoning and Design Board’s Tuesday meeting.

A Wawa with 12 fueling pumps is proposed on the south side of Corkscrew Road on the parcel previously occupied by Ruby Tuesday in Estero.

A development order was approved July 11 by the Estero Planning, Zoning and Design board for a 20-acre mixed-use planned development on the southwest corner of Via Coconut Point and Corkscrew Road.