With Studio AD’s Albert Dambrose and Patrick Vanasse from The Neighborhood Company pitching his idea, Beach Theater owner Steve Boge received approval from the LPA this week to move forward with his plans to convert The Beach Theater into two restaurants.
LPA members were mostly concerned with 2 things; parking and the disruption into the residential neighborhood from outdooor music and crowd noise.
The 6425 Estero Boulevard property is very close to Egret and Curlew streets, and also happens to be where 2 LPA members live. In addition to the concern about music, residents do not want customers parking on their streets.
Boge agreed to be ready to valet park customers (and employees) over on the old Dolphin Inn lot which is on the other corner of Egret and Estero Boulevard. The Dolphin Inn was destroyed by Hurricane Ian and demolished months later. Boge is part of the ownership group that owns that property…