$11.25 million for Fort Myers Beach house is 82% higher than record

A recently built home on Fort Myers Beach has sold for $11.25 million, shattering a price record for the area and likely helping write a new chapter for real estate on the barrier island.

The house is at 5940 Estero Blvd., and its sales price is an 82% jump from the previously largest residential sale on Fort Myers Beach — a beachfront property on Estero Boulevard that sold in December 2022 for $6.175 million, according to data from the Multiple Listing Service.

The house, which had been listed at $11.9 million, was built in 2023, a year after Hurricane Ian decimated much of Fort Myers Beach.