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Beachview Villas ribbon cutting. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n
Officially opened May 21 following a complete post-Ian teardown of Beachview Cottages, the brand-new Beachview Villas at 3325 W. Gulf Drive on Sanibel Island celebrated its renaissance with an Aug. 5 ribbon-cutting hosted by the SanCap Chamber.\n<\/p>\n
Sanibel Captiva Beach Resorts has owned the Gulf-front property, first built in the early 1950s pre-causeway, since 1979, said Tony Lapi, president and chairman of the board.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have kept the same unit count of 22, but the makeup has changed,\u201d Lapi said. \u201cThere are 10 junior suites, 11 one-bedroom suites, and the Junonia \u2013 a four-bedroom, four-bath unit with a game\/lounging area and full kitchen. There is really nothing like it on Sanibel, sitting directly on the gulf.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a victory this achieves!\u201d said John Lai, chamber president and chief executive officer. \u201cAnother of our prime beach properties has returned, built to the highest standards of resiliency and refined lodging.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Lapi commended the chamber\u2019s support of Beachview Villas\u2019 comeback and island accommodations in general.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOur chamber of commerce has done an outstanding job supporting all the hospitality accommodation businesses,\u201d he said. \u201cThey clearly understand that without accommodations, other businesses would suffer. The more units coming online will create a rising tide that floats all boats.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
ABOUT SANCAP CHAMBER\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
The SanCap Chamber is dedicated to promoting the prosperity of its members and preserving the quality of life of our community. The Chamber plays a key role in facilitating communication and cooperation between business, residents, and government to enhance the economic health of the islands. Its website,\u00a0sanibel-captiva.org<\/a>, receives over 1.3 million visits per year. For more information about the chamber, visit\u00a0sanibel-captiva.org<\/a>\u00a0or contact John Lai, president and CEO, at 239-472-2348 or\u00a0John@sanibel-captiva.org<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beachview Villas ribbon cutting. -COURTESY PHOTO Officially opened May 21 following a complete post-Ian teardown of Beachview Cottages,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-370141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370141","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=370141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}