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Cleveland Developer Runs into Bureaucratic Static in Planning 1.8 million SF Regional Mall

FORT MYERS, FL-The Richard E. Jacobs Group of Cleveland feels it is receiving less than traditional Southern hospitality in planning a 1.8 million sf, estimated $30 million regional shopping center in this west Florida city, about 120 miles northwest of Miami.

By Harold Kelman | Updated on August 11, 2000

Before they’ll approve a 1.8 million sf mall, Lee County planners want the developer’s assistance in putting a research park on a nearby 100-acre site. The developer promises to help but won’t carve his promise in stone. That places a roadblock in front of the estimated $30 million project.

The Richard E. Jacobs Group of Cleveland plans to build Gulf Coast Towne Centre on a 244-acre site, three miles south of Fort Myers near the intersection of Alico Rd. and I-75.

The regional, with six anchors and 150 other stores, would be the centerpiece of University Village, a mixed-use complex also slated for 600 apartment units, 80,000 sf of offices and a hotel.

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