{"id":374782,"date":"2026-08-18T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374782\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:36:09","slug":"benchmark-breaks-ground-on-condo-building-sanibel-captiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374782\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmark breaks ground on condo building &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BENCHMARK GENERAL CONTRACTORS<br \/>\nRendering of new Gulf Beach Condominium on Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p>Benchmark General Contractors reported that it broke ground on Aug. 31 on Gulf Beach Condominium, a new 14-unit residential condominium building on Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p>The 28,542-square-foot development will rise two stories above parking on a single building footprint and will offer residential condominium living for full-time and seasonal residents. Amenities will include a pool and dune crossover ramp, providing direct beach access. Construction is expected to be completed by October 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Benchmark project team includes Doug Hrabik as senior project manager. MK Architecture is serving as architect, while Michael D. Stewart, P.E., is serving as engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Benchmark noted that the project reflects its continued commitment to the long-term recovery and rebuilding of the island. Gulf Beach Condominium represents one of several multi-family residential projects that Benchmark has undertaken as Sanibel\u2019s community works to restore its housing stock.<\/p>\n<p>Gulf Beach Condominium is at 527 E. Gulf Drive, Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p>To reach BENCHMARK GENERAL CONTRACTORS, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2026\/08\/benchmark-breaks-ground-on-condo-building\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENCHMARK GENERAL CONTRACTORS Rendering of new Gulf Beach Condominium on Sanibel. Benchmark General Contractors reported that it broke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-374782","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\/374782","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=374782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}