Downtown Fort Myers’ arduous 40-year climb from a scene of boarded-up storefronts and deserted streets to a destination dotted with restaurants, hotels, apartments and condos is near its zenith. The finished product is only a few years away.
“If the economy doesn’t derail us, it should be less than five years,” said Nils Richter, who has been a player in the phoenix rising, since the 1990s.