A retiring Fort Myers junkyard owner and a Cincinnati-based developer looking for land were connected through Fort Myers attorney Sawyer Smith. Their connection will result in the junkyard vacating that land forever. In its place, in the heart of the Dunbar community, a new housing community will be built.
“We have already started working toward the evolution of this property, starting with the environmental engineering,” Smith said, noting the junkyard will close in February, after which the land will be cleared and remediated as part of the deal. “There comes a time when a community relies upon its local government to support it. At long last, the local government has supported the greater Dunbar community in saying, ‘No longer is Dunbar a place where everybody else brings their scraps.’”…