Luxury on Pause

A planned $250 million redevelopment of the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club slated to begin this month is on hold following the filing of a lawsuit.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 12:00 p.m. June 17, 2021
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STEFANIA PIFFERI — The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club closed May 23, after 75 years. A planned $250 million upgrade is on hold because of litigation.
STEFANIA PIFFERI — The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club closed May 23, after 75 years. A planned $250 million upgrade is on hold because of litigation.
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When the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club shut its doors last month, the closing was meant to usher in a new era for the famed Collier County resort.

After more than seven decades and three generations, the Watkins family had bid their goodbyes and was preparing to sell the 125-acre property to a Phoenix-based developer of luxury hospitality venues nationwide.

 

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