The project will include up to 530 residential units, includinggarden condominiums, village apartments, townhouses andsingle-family homes. There will be 300,000 sf of commercial space,including 52,500 sf of general office and 34,500 sf of medicaloffice space; 177,000 sf of retail space, which includes a 100-roomboutique hotel; and 36,000 sf of space for civic use. Thecenterpiece of the project will be a regional theater called theGulfshore Playhouse, with a 550-seat mainstage proscenium theater,a 150-seat studio theater and a Children's Learning Institute.

The land is currently zoned for agricultural use, but a LeeCounty Commission hearing to consider rezoning the land is expectedto be held in the fall.

Andy D'Jamoos, vice president of sales and marketing for theD'Jamoos Group, tells GlobeSt.com that in past years the site,which contains some old buildings on it, had served as a downtownarea. "There's a lot of history to this corner. It was the downtownfor the community," D'Jamoos says. "It gives us an opportunity torevive what was traditionally downtown."