Fort Myers Beach

About Fort Myers Beach

Population

7,085 in city
586,908 in metro

Size

15 km² (6 mi²)

Altitude

0.792522370815 m

Fort Myers Beach is a beautiful tourist island in southwest Florida, located just south of Fort Myers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Part of its allure is due to excellent night life and its proximity to Sanibel Island. With seven miles of beachfront, Fort Myers Beach is comprised of Estero, San Carlos, and Black Islands as well as a portion of the mainland. Two preserves are located within Fort Myers Beach. Bowditch Point Park is located at the northern tip of Estero Island, and Lovers Key/Carl Johnson State Recreation Area is located on Black Island. The first development on Fort Myers Beach was a subdivision named Seminole Sands built in the early 1920s by Capt. Jack DeLysle, who came to the area after World War I. DeLysle joined the Crescent Beach Road and Bridge Company, which built a wooden toll bridge to the island in 1921. The bridge, with a toll of 54 cents, brought a development boom to the island. In 1928 a highway was built from Fort Myers to the island along with a new, sturdier bridge. Fort Myers Beach’s first high-rise complex, Island Winds Condominiums, was built in 1974. Many of Fort Myers Beach’s modern buildings were built in the high-rise boom of the 1980s and 90s.

Metro Cities

Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Estero, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers, San Carlos Park, St. James City

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
147	All Buildings
145	existing
2	planned

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Pointe Estero Beach Resort	-	1986
2	Ocean Harbor Baron	-	1992
3	Ocean Harbor Ambassador	-	1991
4	Island Beach Club	-	1999
5	Lovers Key Beach Club Resort	-	1999

Building types

No.	Type
124	low-rise building
21	high-rise building
2	bridge

Other buildings

No.	Type
1	Famous buildings
0	Buildings with construction images