provided to The Santiva Chronicle
Kingfisher Real Estate welcomes its newest sales associate, Michael Billheimer, a Sanibel native and third-generation island resident.
Billheimer’s family discovered Sanibel Island in 1898 while visiting Hallie “Granny” Matthews, founder of Sanibel’s historic Island Inn. Granny Matthews emphatically encouraged the family to invest in “my island.”
They purchased beachfront property from the Bailey family and built High Tide Cottages, now High Tide Condominium. In 1953, Billheimer’s parents (Barb and Tom) became owners of the cottages, and Aunts Betty and Evelyn arrived to build and run the Nutmeg House restaurant, now Nutmeg Village…