Charlotte County Approves The Boca Grande Peninsula Resort & Marina Project (site of the former Fishery Restaurant)

• BY Nancy Semon
• October 24, 2024
• Photo Credit:Charlotte County government

Charlotte County commissioners approved the final site plan Oct. 22 for a marina resort complex with a hotel, restaurants and condos in Placida near the Boca Grande Causeway.

The Boca Grande Peninsula Resort & Marina complex will sit on 15.65 acres that was once home to the Fishery, a historic and central part of the area’s fishing community from the 1940s to the 1980s. Since then, the site underwent different transformations but fell into disarray before Boca Grande residents Cookie Potter-Feinberg and her husband Jay Feinberg purchased the land out of foreclosure for $6 million in 2018.

Jay Feinberg is serving as project manager for the development.

The civil engineering firm Hole Montes Inc. of Fort Myers and Naples submitted the application to the county, and attorney Robert Berntsson of the Big W Law Firm represents the owners’ development company, Placida Point LLC.

Berntsson said while there is no timeline for development of the project, the property has been cleared of debris and its old, derelict buildings that suffered damage from hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Boca Grande Peninsula Resort & Marina will consist of four, three-story buildings totaling 210,044 square feet with 155 hotel rooms, a 4,000-square-foot ballroom and meeting area. There will be 4,000 square feet of retail space, six, three-story multifamily buildings totaling 258,726 square feet with 99 dwelling units, a 4,500-square-foot restaurant within the main hotel building, a 4,000-square-foot free-standing restaurant, two swimming pool/amenity areas and a 79-slip marina.

It will be located at 13000, 13110, 13120, and 13140 Fishery Road in Placida.