Boat Storage Facilty under Construction near Fort Myers Beach

Compass Rose Marina held an “anchor setting” event for a new boat storage facility on San Carlos Island at Fort Myers Beach.

The boat storage facility will be capa­ble of withstanding 200 mph winds and flood waters. It will be able to store 286 boats up to 50 feet in length; there also will be 29 wet slips. Construction is ex­pected to take about a year to complete.

The next phases of the project include 30,000sf of retail, office and mini-storage space. Also proposed are 20,000sf of civic space, a ship’s store, a restaurant, 75 luxury residential condos and 15 townhomes.