Mega powerhouse converting Florida eyesore to something very different

Reader Doreen Phillips reached out about a Naples enterprise in Southwest Florida that takes us down a trail to a dominant national powerhouse of the 21st century.

“I enjoy your column — always nice to know what is going on where we live,” she said. The “area on north side of Radio Road heading east between Briarwood and Maplewood has all trees/plants removed and land leveled. Do you know what is going to be built there?”

It may not surprise you to hear that, yes, it’s an apartment complex, and we’ll fill in some blanks. Some pretty big billion-dollar blanks for a heavy hitter…

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