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In a win for hundreds of opponents, Collier County planning commissioners have sided against a controversial high-rise development on Isles of Capri.

While the amendments have been years in the making and have garnered support from a majority of landowners and environmental groups, they still face organized opposition, namely from The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, which has raised a multitude of concerns about the revisions. One of the Conservancy's biggest concerns is that the changes won't go far enough to steer development away from primary — or essential — habitat for panthers, in part due to the old data the county uses to determine where it's located. "We are very disappointed in the decision by the Planning Commissio...

Last-minute changes, interpretations and emotions are at the center of numerous projects from one of the most monumental weeks in Collier development history. For months and longer, government officials, citizens and advisory committees had all been scrutinizing plans for the Vanderbilt Beach area's One Naples luxury towers that County Commissioner Penny Taylor had termed as "the most controversial (issue) in many, many years." But much of that effort and a big part of the county staff's planned presentation at Monday's public hearing became largely worthless when Stock Development blin...