{"id":446654,"date":"2026-11-04T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446654\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:16:18","slug":"fort-myers-schedules-nov-16-hearing-on-billy-creek-pud-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446654\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers schedules Nov 16 hearing on Billy Creek PUD | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fort Myers City Hall is shown in downtown Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

Evan Williams<\/p>\n

Fort Myers City Council will consider approving the Billy Creek Apartments Planned Unit Development at 1455 Lockwood Drive.<\/p>\n

Council set a Nov. 16 public hearing to consider the project, a 96-unit multifamily complex proposed by property owner Luis Jurado of Premiere Development Solutions LLC. It includes a clubhouse, playground, pedestrian bridge, green space and a potential dock for nonmotorized boats, according to a staff report. The plan calls for developing five of the site\u2019s 8 acres, with the remaining acreage reserved as wetlands.<\/p>\n

City staff recommends approval, but the plan received mixed reviews from the Fort Myers Planning Board. The board voted 5-1 in July to deny the developer\u2019s requested Residential Medium Density zoning over concerns about traffic levels, the impact on the area\u2019s single-family residences and drainage issues.<\/p>\n

But the board voted 4-3 in August to recommend approval, finding the project consistent with the city\u2019s comprehensive plan. Dissenting members continued to raise concerns about the multifamily apartment plan\u2019s compatibility with the existing neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Myers City Hall is shown in downtown Fort Myers. Evan Williams Fort Myers City Council will consider…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[173737,209,211,210,897,173738,106501,2157],"class_list":["post-446654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-billy-creek-apartments","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-fort-myers","tag-multifamily-complex","tag-planned-unit-development","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446654","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=446654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}