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Naples Prices Are Pushing SWFL’s Wealthiest Buyers Up the Coast
Naples has long been Southwest Florida’s default address for buyers with money to spend, but the math there has changed. As prices in Naples property have climbed into territory that gives even wealthy buyers pause, a growing number of them are looking north, past the city limits and into stretches of coastline that, until recently, barely registered in the luxury conversation. Estero Bay, a quiet estuary tucked between protected mangroves and one of Florida’s oldest aquatic preserves, is where a lot of that money is landing.
The clearest evidence is Saltleaf, a 500-plus-acre coastal community that has gone from raw acreage to one of the region’s most significant development stories in a matter of years. Investment across its residential, marina, golf, dining, wellness and infrastructure components now exceeds half a billion dollars, spanning The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Estero Bay; Saltleaf Golf Preserve, with its 18-hole championship Preserve course, 9-hole short course, The Leaf and clubhouse; Saltleaf Marina and its 72 slips; Acqua Bistecca Estero Bay; and the infrastructure connecting it all.
