While Golden Gate is a short drive from Naples, it is a world apart in many aspects. The area, not an incorporated city, was established in the early 1960s by the Gulf American Land Corp, led by Jack and Leonard Rosen.
In the late 1950s, the Rosen brothers purchased the “swampland” for approximately $100 per acre; then creating 180 miles of canals and 800 miles of roads.
Golden Gate was famously marketed in the 1960s as a “City of the Future” by developers. The real estate venture transformed 175 square miles of wetlands into residential subdivisions. The area is split into the denser Golden Gate City and the more rural Golden Gate Estates…