City of Fort Myers receives competing bids on former News-Press site

Author: David Dorsey, Gulfshore Business
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City of Fort Myers News-press Building
Former News-Press building

The city of Fort Myers plans to vote Jan. 21 on whether to meet March 3 to consider Catalyst Community Development LLC as the buyer for almost 10 acres at 2442 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., former site of The News-Press.

Catalyst submitted an unsolicited bid of $11.5 million.

As that became public record, another suitor for the land formally notified the city of a second bid, sending a letter to city officials on the afternoon of the vote, hoping to also be considered as a buyer for The News-Press site.

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