APARTMENTS, BUSINESS, OR STUDIO: What’s next for this Downtown Fort Myers site [Video]

FORT MYERS, Fla — This 100-year-old building in downtown Fort Myers has been vacant for two decades.

As your Fort Myers community correspondent, I saw the deserted building in the middle of this growing downtown, and I had to find out the city’s plan for it.

“It’s Prime Real Estate” Waterfront Historical building may get a new owner and use.

Councilman Liston Bochette took us inside the Hall of 50 States.

“I know my mother danced here when she was a little girl, and I was in here when it was the chamber of commerce and played shuffleboard outside,” says Bochette.

The community now looks to Bochette to provide the best opportunities for downtown Fort Myers as it grows.

The city owns the building and the land.

“We just attended the National Historical Preservation Convention last week, and it’s in sight, says Bochette. “It’s exciting to see cities that preserve their elements while they’re still growing forward, too.”

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