Appraisal questions and price concerns delay sale of city-owned Fort Myers property

The Fort Myers City Council put off the sale of the property slated for a new Farmer Joe's Market.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 7:48 p.m. June 21, 2022
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The Fort Myers City Council voted Tuesday to delay the sale of a 36.64-acre parcel set to go to a local developer for $600,000 less than the property was appraised for in 2016, long before local property prices skyrocketed.

 

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