In keeping up with the market, hospitality developer transforms marina industry

A developer and property owner building a high-tech marina, a project worth up to $20 million, have learned being first isn’t easy.

Stefania Pifferi. Fort Myers-based GCM Contracting Solution, led by Robert Brown, is building an automated storage and retrieval technology system at Gulf Star Marina on Fort Myers Beach.
Stefania Pifferi. Fort Myers-based GCM Contracting Solution, led by Robert Brown, is building an automated storage and retrieval technology system at Gulf Star Marina on Fort Myers Beach.
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Southwest Florida hospitality developer Todd Carroll didn’t set out, per se, to be one of the first people in the world with a so-called robo-dock, a fully automated dry stack marina. He had nothing against a good forklift or crane.

 

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