Charlotte Katz Representing Buyers In Southwest Florida
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Owners of Coconut Point residences say mix suits their style
(Excerpted from Fort Myers News Press, 5-15-2010)
Living at the upscale Mediterranean-styled shopping, dining, entertainment district in Estero is like living in a little downtown.
People who do it enjoy the urban feel and accessibility. The exception from true urban living is it’s brand-new, super-clean and policed by security officers on Segways, golf carts and cars.
Coconut Point is a 500-acre master-planned community in Estero with 110 stores, 27 restaurants, office condos and 290 residential condos: some of the latter over shops on Fashion Drive and the rest in five buildings behind the shops. I, the owner of this blog, live at The Residences at Coconut Point. I’m repeating here that part of the News Press article that talks about my life at Coconut Point. (A short time ago, I wrote about the terrific purchase opportunities at The Residences, where prices are so sharply discounted that 30 units have gone under contract in the last sixty days.)
Even before Charlotte Katz, 82, lived in one of those buildings, she was a proponent of mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly places. Last weekend, she paused for a quick chat before heading out for errands at Dillards, J.Jill and Talbots. A buyer’s real estate broker, Katz and her late husband, Milton, lived in Pelican Landing in Bonita Springs. They bought the Coconut condo to flip it before the housing market crashed. After two years on the market, their Pelican (Landing) home received its first offer three weeks after Milton died, so Katz moved to Coconut Point as they had planned. Even though the timing was tragic, it was a good move, she says.
“I don’t feel isolated, and I have never lived alone in my life,” Katz says about her new home. “I like the fact that if the mood strikes me, I can just walk over and get a gelato.” She swims in the pool a few times a week and walks the shopping district for exercise.
Katz’s trained eye admires the fine building quality too. The homes have 10-foot ceilings, 3-centimeter granite kitchen countertops, marble bathroom countertops, private lanais or rooftop decks and solid-core, two-panel interior doors. Everyone wants to visit when you live above a shopping district. “Every time I tell someone I live at Coconut Point, their eyes light up,” Katz says. “Without fail.”
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