After years of setbacks, key piece of South Seas redevelopment can begin

The Lee County Commission's decision to approve a rezoning request for the Captiva resort's owners allow for hotels and residential development on the property to move ahead.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. August 9, 2025
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The site of the former Harborside Hotel that was damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Ian and is being rebuilt at the South Seas resort on Captiva.
The site of the former Harborside Hotel that was damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Ian and is being rebuilt at the South Seas resort on Captiva.
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Just a day shy of the one-year anniversary of new owners closing on the purchase of the South Seas resort on Captiva in 2022, Hurricane Ian barreled across Southwest Florida, leaving unprecedented wreckage.

The South Seas, which sits on the northern tip of the Lee County barrier island between Pine Island Sound and the gulf, was not immune.

 

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