Fort Myers land sells for $30.8M

64 acres sold for $30.8M in Fort Myers. (CREDIT: GULFSHORE BUSINESS)

In this Gulfshore Business report, new developments continue to go up across Southwest Florida, thanks, in part, to some big real estate deals.

Just east of I-75 and north of State Road 82 in Fort Myers 64 acres were sold for $30,800,000.

Varden Capital Properties, based in Atlanta, bought the land from the Huether Family.

The Huether Family made a good profit because they bought the land 20 years ago for $2,200,000.

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