Tim Aten Knows: Update on Costco, East Naples projects

Author: Tim Aten, Gulfshore Business
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Q: Any credibility to the “news” that the plans for a new Costco down on Collier Boulevard have fallen through? —Tim Hausler, Naples

A: No news may not be good news when it comes to the proposal to build a Costco Wholesale store in East Naples, but the inactivity doesn’t necessarily mean anything at this point.

Not much has changed since the site plan became public early this year for a 158,146-square-foot commercial building with fueling stations on the southeast corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and Collier Boulevard, immediately north of Physician Regional Medical Center-Collier Boulevard.

“Costco’s at step zero,” said Rick LoCastro, the Collier County commissioner for that district, but social media reports are unfounded that the national big-box membership retailer abandoned a proposal for a second store in the Naples area.

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