Urban focus

When he was CEO of WCI Communities, David Fry oversaw some of the region's biggest suburban residential developments with tolled gates and lush golf courses.

Today, Fry's attention has turned to urban developments inside the city. For example, Fry plans to build a seven-story building in downtown Fort Myers where he plans to live in a 3,000-square-foot condo that will take the entire top floor with a view of the Caloosahatchee River. “We're going to downsize,” says the 55-year-old executive-turned-entrepreneur.

Fry is now living in a 6,000- square-foot contemporary home on the Caloosahatchee River. Initially built as a speculative home he planned to sell, Fry decided he liked the home so much he moved there from Fort Myers Beach.