{"id":231659,"date":"2026-04-14T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231659\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:22:09","slug":"new-affordable-senior-housing-coming-to-fort-myers-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231659\/","title":{"rendered":"New affordable senior housing coming to Fort Myers | Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developers of a 130-unit apartment complex in Fort Myers marked a groundbreaking that will provide residents 55 and older with an affordable place to live.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Housing Trust Group, a Coconut Grove-based company specializing in affordable housing, was joined by local elected officials it credited with helping bring Legacy Park II to fruition. The development is being built on two parcels across from one another at 2650 Oak Ridge Court, off Evans Avenue, between Colonial Boulevard and Winkler Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The project includes 80 units on a 2.3-acre lot on the south side and 50 units on a 1.2-acre lot on the north side. Future residents must meet income qualifications, earning less than 80% of the area median income.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former Miami Heat player Alonzo Mourning, a part owner involved behind the scenes, could not attend the ceremony because of travel with the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have eight projects under construction now, and 11 more in the pipeline,\u201d said Jordan Tolman, chief operating officer of Housing Trust Group. \u201cAlonzo\u2019s usually a general partner in our projects. He\u2019s very hands on with all the political influence that he brings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jordan Tolman, chief operating officer of Housing Trust Group, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for Legacy Park II, an affordable senior housing development in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

Housing Trust Group has completed 56 similar developments, primarily in Florida, with others in Texas. This marks the company\u2019s first project in Lee County.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lee County Commissioner David Mulicka and Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson welcomed the project. The city waived school impact fees because the development is intended for older adults rather than families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a senior, I appreciate housing opportunities for seniors,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cAs we know, here in Fort Myers we have a large population of seniors and not enough affordable housing for them. This is great to see one more effort to correct that \u2014 to address that issue.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A rendering depicts Legacy Park II, a planned 130-unit affordable housing community for residents 55 and older in Fort Myers. The project is being developed by Housing Trust Group.<\/p>\n

Housing Trust Group<\/p>\n

Amenities will include a resort-style pool, game room, fitness center and library.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud that our county commission helped provide $10.72 million to this project,\u201d Mulicka said. \u201cThe only thing better than groundbreakings are ribbon cuttings, and I look forward to coming back for that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wilbur Smith Law Firm helped secure funding, said attorney Sawyer Smith. County funding came from the federal Community Development Block Grant\u2013Disaster Recovery program, part of a $1.1 billion appropriation signed into law by former President Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHousing Trust Group and Lee County have worked extremely hard to deploy the CDBG-DR funds so that our community can begin to close the gap on housing that people can afford,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIn this particular case, HTG and Lee County are closing the gap on something much-needed in our area, which is senior housing. Wilbur Smith Law Firm, my colleague Terry Cramer and I, are privileged to have worked with HTG and all of those involved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A construction site along Oak Ridge Court in Fort Myers is shown ahead of development of Legacy Park II, a 130-unit affordable housing community for residents 55 and older.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

BDI Construction, based in Miami, will build the project. The family-owned company, founded by Teobaldo Rosell and now led by Carlos Rosell, frequently partners with Housing Trust Group on similar developments across the state. Fort Myers-based EnSite handled engineering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels good to give back to the community in a market where there is such a need,\u201d Carlos Rosell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The project carries a $55 million construction cost. In addition to county funding, Fifth Third Bank provided a $29 million construction loan, and Granbridge provided an $11.83 million loan. Florida Housing Finance Corp. also assisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a project in Miramar, where we tore down an old police station and built 110 units,\u201d said Ryan Benson, vice chair of the Florida Housing Finance Corp. \u201cWe had 10,000 applicants. That\u2019s how bad it is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tolman said the development will offer more than affordability.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as important as the affordability is the quality of life we will bring,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Developers of a 130-unit apartment complex in Fort Myers marked a groundbreaking that will provide residents 55 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1571,209,211,210,897,103652,103653,103651],"class_list":["post-231659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-affordable-housing","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-fort-myers","tag-housing-trust-group","tag-legacy-park-ii","tag-senior-apartments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}