$46M redevelopment of Fort Myers low-income community to begin this month

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 4:05 p.m. October 1, 2025
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A 230-unit affordable housing community is being built in Fort Myers on the site of the Horizon Apartments.
A 230-unit affordable housing community is being built in Fort Myers on the site of the Horizon Apartments.
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Construction is getting ready to begin on the $46 million redevelopment of an existing public-income housing community in Fort Myers.

The community is the Fort Myers housing authority-owned Horizon Apartments at 5360 Summerlin Road west of U.S. Highway 41 and south of Boy Scout Drive. It was built in 1983.

According to Curran Young Construction, the groundbreaking is expected to happen in mid-October, and the work will last 22 months.

 

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