Luxury Real Estate

By Bob Melvin

Dear Friends,

There was a very important vote before the Charlotte County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. This vote decided whether Charlotte County will be either OPEN for Business or will continue to be CLOSED for Business. In short, the vote will allow developers, on a case-by-case basis, to increase heights of buildings up to 65 feet, from the current 35 feet.

No quality developer will come to Charlotte County without this flexibility. For each 10 feet a developer raises a building, a community enhancement “public access” has to happen on-site. The County staff and County Commissioners will make these decisions, based on merit, with lots of public input!

This flexibility is absolutely necessary for the economic development of Charlotte County. For example, I am currently working with several world-class hotel companies to bring an eco-tourism resort hotel to West Charlotte County. In turn, I believe that this type of development will also bring upscale retailers and upscale marinas, in particular, to West Charlotte County. In my opinion this is exactly the type of economic development we need.

I would like to encourage you to send an email to our County Commissioners, hopefully in support of this Planned Development amendment change. Make no mistake, change is coming to Charlotte County. This change will allow for higher-quality development… especially now that we have lots of rooftops, and a lot more that have been approved and not yet built… this is a “window of opportunity” for hotel and commercial development.

For example, did you know Charlotte County has the most waterfront in Florida with the least amount of hotel rooms? These are the types of businesses we need, and I hope you agree.

All the best,

Bob Melvin
Owner/Broker/Realtor

Gasparilla Properties, Inc.
P.O. Box 1364
411 Park Ave.
Boca Grande, FL 33921
941-380-8891 Cell
941-964-5650 Office
941-964-5654 Fax
bmelvin@GasparillaProperties.com
www.GasparillaProperties.com

Bob Melvin Properties LLC
1861 Placida Road, Suite 203
Englewood, FL 34223
941-473-5444
941-473-5447 Fax
bmelvin@bobmelvin.com
www.bobmelvin.com


Editor’s Note
Bob Melvin is the Broker, Owner and REALTOR® of Gasparilla Properties and he and his company are considered the “go to” experts for real-estate sales in the Boca Grande, Fla. area. Issues like this are very important for luxury brokers and agents to be aware of and take an active part in shaping. I hope that we will follow Bob’s wonderful example and do our best to improve our communities through positive public policies. Here’s to Charlotte County’s future as a luxury community.