Who’s tops in Lee County property values? [Central Florida]

Who’s tops in Lee County property values? [Central Florida]

Lee County may be on sale, but don’t expect to get its best properties cheap.

It should come as no surprise that the rock mines, shopping centers and retirement communities are among the biggest and most valuable properties in Lee County.

The News-Press analyzed the Lee County Property Appraiser’s Office records – 530,000 properties with 105 separate characteristics – to come up with the lists of biggest parcels and most valuable properties. We found a lot of familiar names, along with some new players and some surprises.

Most valuable of the privately owned real estate, at $204.4 million, is Shell Point Retirement community in Iona, which provides a broad array of services ranging from homes to health care to hospice for its 1,675 residents.