Developer opens SWFL lagoon-centric community to big crowds

Metro Development Group’s newest lagoon community in north Fort Myers is its fourth. Another in Parrish will open next year. Others are planned in Pasco, Hernando and Duval counties.

  • By Janet Leiser
  • | 5:00 a.m. July 29, 2025
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Brightwater Lagoon, a 6-acre water park, is the signature amenity at the north Fort Myers master-planned community.
Brightwater Lagoon, a 6-acre water park, is the signature amenity at the north Fort Myers master-planned community.
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Brightwater Lagoon offers a sandy beach with cabanas, six acres of crystal clear water, a swim-up bar, water slides and mini golf.

Yet Brightwater, the north Fort Myers master-planned community east of Interstate 75, is more than 25 miles from Fort Myers Beach.

 

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