Fort Myers Beach bar rebuild an example of resilient waterfront construction

The reconstruction of a new, more resilient The Beach Bar points to how some buildings moving forward will be better prepared for stronger storms.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. November 14, 2024
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The Beach Bar on Fort Myers Beach is being rebuilt two years after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ian.
The Beach Bar on Fort Myers Beach is being rebuilt two years after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ian.
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Just a little more than two years after Hurricane Ian made landfall, construction is underway on the rebuilding of a popular Fort Myers Beach bar wiped away in the September 2022 storm.

Crews are on site just a few feet from the Gulf of Mexico. Work is progressing toward a 2025 completion.

 

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