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Pelican Preserve Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL

Pelican Preserve homes for sale in a recorded 55+ community: 159 county-recorded sales at a $425,000 median, every neighborhood compared, the CDD, association and club costs, flood facts and the age rules. Updated October 2026.

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Pelican Preserve homes for sale sit inside a gated, age-restricted 55+ community at Treeline Avenue and Colonial Boulevard, east of I-75, inside the City of Fort Myers, ZIP 33913. The community association counts about 2,498 homes. Lee County recorded 159 qualified Pelican Preserve sales at a median of $425,000 in the 12 months through September 25, 2026 (the newest sale in the county file), from $209,500 to $950,000. Pelican Preserve is one section of our Fort Myers homes for sale and communities guide. Updated October 2026.

Aerial view of Pelican Preserve's lakes, golf course and neighborhoods in Fort Myers, Florida — Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP via USGS The National Map.

This page shows live Pelican Preserve listings, what Pelican Preserve homes actually sold for on the Lee County record, how the 32 neighborhood plats differ in product and price, and the costs, age rules, club options, flood facts, schools and drive times that come with a Pelican Preserve address. Every figure names its record and date, and every source is listed at the bottom of the page.

By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, Domain Realty Group. Data updated: October 2026. Call Domain Realty Group at 239-441-2816.

Key takeaways for Pelican Preserve buyers

Pelican Preserve is age restricted by a recorded instrument: the 2001 Community Declaration (Lee County Instrument 5303163, OR Book 3535, Page 4531) requires at least one occupant 55 or older in every occupied home.
The community association counts about 2,498 homes, finished in 2022; the Lee County roll matches 2,342 home parcels under the Pelican Preserve legal names (1,600 single family and 742 condominium).
Lee County recorded 159 qualified sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026, at a $425,000 median, against 131 sales at $456,000 in the 12 months before that.
Single-family homes sold at a $455,000 median (105 sales) and condominiums at $352,500 (54 sales) on the same county record.
Pelican Preserve is inside the Gateway Services Community Development District: the FY2027 assessment is $1,187.25 per single-family home and $1,050.19 per multifamily unit, adopted August 20, 2026.
The 2026 property tax rate for taxing district 090 (City of Fort Myers) is 16.9702 mills, about $1,697 per $100,000 of taxable value.
The golf club is optional and separately owned: the January 2026 rate card lists golf initiation at $25,000 refundable or $15,000 non-refundable, and social membership at $2,000 plus $3,180 a year.
On a full overlay of 2,494 home parcels on FEMA's flood map, 488 (19.6 percent) are in Zone AE and the rest in Zone X; every parcel is in Lee County Evacuation Zone D.
WCI Communities began Pelican Preserve in 2001, Lennar bought WCI in 2017, residents took control in June 2019, and the association says construction finished in 2022.

Pelican Preserve homes for sale right now

Pelican Preserve homes for sale are linked below, filtered to the Pelican Preserve development and sorted by price, with searches for houses, condominiums, and the Prato and Casella neighborhoods. Data updated: October 2026. Days on market, sale-to-list ratios and active-listing counts come from the MLS and are being added in our next data refresh.

Listing data refreshes from the MLS throughout the day, and a listing shown may already be under contract. Every Pelican Preserve home is in Fort Myers, FL 33913, so homes for sale in Pelican Preserve Fort Myers and Pelican Preserve Fort Myers FL 33913 searches return the same set.

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What do homes in Pelican Preserve sell for?

Pelican Preserve homes sold at a median of $425,000 on the Lee County record across 159 qualified sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026 (the newest sale in the county file), from $209,500 to $950,000. Single-family homes sold at a $455,000 median and condominiums at $352,500. The 12 months before that recorded 131 sales at $456,000. Data updated: October 2026. We tracked every qualified Pelican Preserve sale on the Lee County file, neighborhood by neighborhood, to build the tables below.

Lee County recorded sales	Sales	Median	Low	High	Median $ per heated sq ft
12 months, all homes	159	$425,000	$209,500	$950,000	$244
12 months, single family	105	$455,000	$274,000	$950,000	$265
12 months, condominium	54	$352,500	$209,500	$567,000	$221
Prior 12 months, all homes	131	$456,000	$150,000	$995,000	$260
Prior 12 months, single family	94	$468,000	$150,000	$995,000	$269
Prior 12 months, condominium	37	$430,000	$210,500	$580,000	$229
24 months, all homes	290	$445,000	$150,000	$995,000	$253

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser sale and parcel files, DOR-qualified improved sales over $1,000, index built October 27, 2026. No sale in the latest 12 months was builder-direct: every one was a resale. The county median moved down 6.8 percent, from $456,000 to $425,000, while the number of sales rose from 131 to 159.

The Pelican Preserve price trend since 2015

The county record shows the build years and the resale years clearly. Through 2020, WCI and then Lennar were still selling new homes, and builder-direct sales made up a large share of each year. From 2022 on, every recorded sale was a resale.

Year	Sales	Median	Single family (sales / median)	Condo (sales / median)	Builder-direct sales	Median $ per heated sq ft
2015	277	$290,633	208 / $307,208	69 / $191,940	161	$156
2016	252	$305,462	183 / $330,155	69 / $262,980	161	$167
2017	272	$297,998	200 / $324,610	72 / $250,000	153	$163
2018	289	$280,000	199 / $325,000	90 / $192,750	156	$157
2019	376	$269,000	226 / $311,750	150 / $191,824	236	$155
2020	320	$280,750	208 / $305,000	112 / $274,594	112	$160
2021	229	$340,000	119 / $410,000	110 / $305,999	39	$193
2022	159	$500,000	97 / $549,950	62 / $362,749	4	$291
2023	162	$520,000	103 / $570,000	59 / $385,000	0	$299
2024	139	$495,000	95 / $515,000	44 / $467,000	0	$285
2025	146	$437,500	104 / $449,000	42 / $377,000	0	$253
2026 (to date)	120	$439,000	78 / $465,000	42 / $380,000	0	$244

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser sale files by calendar year. Builder-direct is estimated as the first qualified sale within one year of the year built. The 2019 build peak (376 sales, 236 of them builder-direct) set the low median of $269,000, a year when 150 of the 376 sales were condominiums; the 2023 median of $520,000 is the high point of the series.

Price bands in the last 12 months

Of the 159 recorded sales, 32 closed at $300,000 or less, 33 between $300,000 and $400,000, 37 between $400,000 and $500,000, 45 between $500,000 and $750,000, and 12 between $750,000 and $1,000,000. No Pelican Preserve sale in the window reached $1,000,000. The $500,000 to $750,000 band was the busiest, and it holds most Carena sales and the larger Casella condominiums.

The highest and lowest recent Pelican Preserve sales

Highest 12-month sales	Recorded	Price	Heated sq ft	Built	Neighborhood
10437 Solaro St	October 15, 2025	$950,000	2,644	2016	Solaro
10492 Solaro St	August 10, 2026	$950,000	2,989	2014	Solaro
10912 Pistoia Dr	April 3, 2026	$875,000	2,445	2018	Pistoia
9917 Vicenza Dr	October 15, 2025	$875,000	2,655	2012	Tract E
10504 Solaro St	August 19, 2026	$865,000	2,644	2014	Solaro

Lowest 12-month sales	Recorded	Price	Heated sq ft	Built	Neighborhood
10510 Amiata Way #402	July 8, 2026	$209,500	1,245	2005	Siena
10550 Amiata Way #202	April 24, 2026	$210,000	1,245	2006	Siena
10510 Amiata Way #202	December 1, 2025	$215,000	1,245	2005	Siena
10510 Amiata Way #404	June 30, 2026	$220,000	1,248	2005	Siena
10530 Amiata Way #405	September 10, 2026	$220,000	1,245	2005	Siena

The highest qualified Pelican Preserve sale anywhere in the county file is $1,050,000 for 10631 Vicenza Ct, recorded July 10, 2023, a 2,989 square foot single-family home built in 2015.

Price per square foot in Pelican Preserve

County dollars per square foot on this page use heated (living) area from the Lee County roll, not total area under roof. On that basis the 12-month median was $244 per square foot for all homes, $265 for single-family homes and $221 for condominiums. The calendar-year peak was $299 in 2023, and the 2026 year to date sits at $244.

What the county record cannot show

The county file records the price and the date a deed was recorded. It does not record the asking price, how long the home was listed or how many homes are for sale today. Those are MLS fields, and they are being added in our next data refresh; the listing links above show current inventory now.

Pelican Preserve neighborhoods compared

Pelican Preserve is 32 neighborhood plat groups on the Lee County roll, from the 2000 to 2005 Sun City Center Ft Myers sections to the Casella IV condominiums finished in 2022. The neighborhood decides the product, the size and most of the price. The table shows each group's homes and its sales over 24 months. Data updated: October 2026.

Neighborhood (county legal name)	Homes	Product	Year built	Median heated sq ft	24-month sales	24-month median
Prato	332	Single family	2016 to 2020	1,917	44	$447,500
Materita	197	Single family	2014 to 2017	1,907	21	$510,000
Pelican Preserve (unnamed plat group)	179	Single family	2011 to 2014	1,713	30	$402,500
Carena	141	Single family	2013 to 2015	2,041	23	$625,000
Villa Capri	141	Single family	2006 to 2013	1,744	12	$340,500
Sun City Center Ft Myers Parcels A + B	130	Single family	2003 to 2005	1,355	14	$350,000
Siena	110	Condominium	2005 to 2006	1,248	16	$225,000
Aviano	88	Condominium	2004	2,068	4	$407,575
Avila (Sun City Center Ft Myers)	80	Single family	2000 to 2004	1,591	9	$415,000
Pistoia	77	Single family	2018 to 2020	2,202	10	$777,500
Viadana	76	Condominium	2006 to 2014	2,024	7	$450,000
Palazzo I	66	Condominium	2008 to 2009	1,242	7	$245,000
Palazzo III	66	Condominium	2017 to 2019	1,257	10	$284,750
Casella I	64	Condominium	2015 to 2017	2,020	11	$480,000
Solaro	56	Single family	2014 to 2016	2,644	6	$907,500
Casella II	52	Condominium	2018 to 2020	2,020	9	$525,000
Sevilla (Sun City Center Ft Myers)	52	Condominium	2002 to 2004	2,050	9	$390,000
Portofino (Sun City Center Ft Myers)	49	Single family	2001 to 2004	1,866	4	$436,250
Bellagio (Sun City Center Ft Myers)	48	Single family	2001 to 2005	2,472	4	$642,500
Verona (Sun City Center Ft Myers)	46	Single family	2001 to 2003	1,227	5	$297,000
Palazzo II	44	Condominium	2015 to 2016	1,242	4	$272,500
Palazzo IV	43	Condominium	2018 to 2019	1,257	4	$270,000
Casella III	40	Condominium	2020 to 2021	2,032	4	$470,750
Casella IV	40	Condominium	2021 to 2022	2,032	6	$519,000
Azzurra (replat)	39	Single family	2012 to 2015	2,644	5	$920,000
Tract E of Pelican Preserve	24	Single family	2002 to 2019	2,250	2	$662,500
Trentino Estates	22	Single family	2005 to 2006	2,910	2	$855,000

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser parcel roll and qualified sales, grouped by the short legal description, 24 months to the October 27, 2026 index. Smaller groups (an Avila replat of 16 homes, a 16-home replat on Sirene Way, six stray Sun City Center Ft Myers parcels and two one-parcel spellings) are left out of the table but counted in the community totals. A median of two to six sales is a range, not a price.

Prato at Pelican Preserve

Prato is the largest Pelican Preserve neighborhood: 332 single-family homes built 2016 to 2020, with a median heated area of 1,917 square feet. It recorded 44 sales in 24 months at a $447,500 median, the most of any neighborhood, and its 12-month sales ran from $325,000 on Prato Dr to $800,000 at 10687 Prato Dr. Use the Prato search link above for current listings.

Materita

Materita holds 197 single-family homes built 2014 to 2017, with a 1,907 square foot median heated area. The county recorded 21 sales in 24 months at a $510,000 median. Twelve-month sales on Severino Lane, Migliera Way and Materita Dr ran from $390,000 to $780,000.

Carena

Carena is 141 single-family homes built 2013 to 2015 along Carena Circle, Giulia Drive and Vitale Way, with a 2,041 square foot median. It recorded 23 sales in 24 months at a $625,000 median, and 14 Carena sales in the latest 12 months ran from $425,000 to $744,000. Carena's own association dues are one of the neighborhood figures shown in the cost section below.

Villa Capri

Villa Capri is 141 single-family homes built 2006 to 2013 on Camarelle Circle, Tiberio Drive and Valentina Court, with a 1,744 square foot median heated area. The county recorded 12 sales in 24 months at a $340,500 median. Twelve-month sales ranged from $280,000 on Camarelle Circle to $725,000 on Tiberio Drive, a spread that reflects home size.

The original Sun City Center Ft Myers sections

The oldest Pelican Preserve homes still carry the community's first name, Sun City Center Ft Myers, in their legal descriptions. Avila (80 homes, built 2000 to 2004, 24-month median $415,000), Verona (46 homes, $297,000), Bellagio (48 homes, $642,500) and Portofino (49 homes, $436,250) are single family; Sevilla (52 homes, $390,000) is condominium. Parcels A and B add 130 single-family homes built 2003 to 2005 at a $350,000 median.

Siena

Siena is 110 condominium homes built 2005 and 2006 on Amiata Way, with a 1,248 square foot median heated area. It recorded 16 sales in 24 months at a $225,000 median and holds all five of the lowest Pelican Preserve sales of the last 12 months, from $209,500 to $220,000. Siena is the least expensive way into Pelican Preserve on the county record.

Aviano

Aviano is 88 condominium homes built in 2004 on Aviano Drive, larger than Siena at a 2,068 square foot median. The county recorded 4 sales in 24 months at a $407,575 median, and 12-month sales ran from $400,000 to $470,000. Aviano Drive is also one of the streets with the most homes mapped in FEMA Zone AE, covered in the flood section.

Palazzo I to IV

The four Palazzo condominium phases total 219 homes on Palazzo Way: Palazzo I (66 homes, 2008 to 2009), Palazzo II (44, 2015 to 2016), Palazzo III (66, 2017 to 2019) and Palazzo IV (43, 2018 to 2019), each with a median of about 1,242 to 1,257 heated square feet. Twenty-four-month medians ran from $245,000 in Palazzo I to $284,750 in Palazzo III.

Casella I to IV

Casella is four condominium phases on Casella Way, built 2015 to 2022, with 196 homes in all and a median of about 2,020 to 2,032 heated square feet. Casella IV, finished 2021 to 2022, holds the newest homes in Pelican Preserve. Twenty-four-month medians ran from $470,750 in Casella III to $525,000 in Casella II, and a Casella II home sold for $567,000, the highest condominium sale of the last 12 months.

Pistoia

Pistoia is 77 single-family homes built 2018 to 2020, among the last single-family releases, with a 2,202 square foot median. It recorded 10 sales in 24 months at a $777,500 median, and its 12-month sales ran from $740,000 to $875,000, including one of the two $875,000 sales tied for third-highest in the community.

Solaro and Azzurra

Solaro (56 homes, built 2014 to 2016) and the Azzurra replat (39 homes, built 2012 to 2015) share the largest median floor plan in Pelican Preserve, 2,644 heated square feet, and the highest neighborhood medians: $907,500 for Solaro and $920,000 for Azzurra over 24 months. Solaro recorded three of the five highest 12-month sales, topped by two $950,000 sales at 10437 and 10492 Solaro St.

Viadana

Viadana is 76 condominium homes built 2006 to 2014 along Pelican Preserve Boulevard, with a 2,024 square foot median heated area. It recorded 7 sales in 24 months at a $450,000 median; 12-month sales ran from $390,000 to $450,000.

Trentino Estates

Trentino Estates is the smallest named single-family neighborhood and the largest by floor plan: 22 homes built 2005 and 2006 with a 2,910 square foot median heated area. Only 2 sales were recorded in 24 months, at a $855,000 median, so Trentino listings are rare.

The Pelican Preserve plat group and Tract E

A 179-home single-family group recorded under the plain Pelican Preserve legal name, built 2011 to 2014 on Materita Drive and Cetrella Drive, recorded 30 sales in 24 months at a $402,500 median. Tract E of Pelican Preserve adds 24 single-family homes built 2002 to 2019 at a $662,500 median on 2 sales.

Is Pelican Preserve a 55+ community?

Yes. Pelican Preserve is age restricted by a recorded instrument: Article 5 of the Community Declaration, recorded in Lee County as Instrument 5303163, OR Book 3535, Page 4531, signed December 4, 2001, requires each occupied home to have at least one occupant 55 years of age or older. The declaration calls Pelican Preserve "a mixed-use, age-restricted community."

What the Pelican Preserve declaration requires

Section 5.1 of the Community Declaration sets the rule: at least one person 55 or older in every occupied home. The declaration was recorded under the community's original name, Sun City Center Ft. Myers. The Portofino neighborhood declaration (Instrument 5306409, recorded December 12, 2001) and its First Amendment (Instrument 5370019, 2002) repeat the same restriction, and the master age restriction controls over any neighborhood document unless the neighborhood's rule is stricter.

The 80 percent rule under federal and Florida law

Federal fair housing rules let a community qualify as housing for persons 55 or older when at least 80 percent of occupied units have at least one occupant 55 or older, and it publishes and follows age-verification procedures (24 CFR 100.304 to 100.307). Florida mirrors the standard in section 760.29(4) of the Florida Statutes. The Pelican Preserve declaration lets the board admit a household whose oldest occupant is 50 to 54 only while at least 80 percent of homes keep a 55+ occupant.

Visitors under 18

Article 5 of the declaration bars permanent occupancy by anyone under 18. Visits by people under 18 are limited to 30 days per calendar year. This is a recorded occupancy rule that applies to every Pelican Preserve home.

Age verification at resale and lease

Every resale and every lease requires a signed age self-certification under oath. The association may disapprove a sale or lease only if it would put the 55+ exemption at risk, and it must seek an injunction if occupancy would leave more than 20 percent of homes without a 55+ occupant. Changing Article 5 needs the consent of 100 percent of homeowner members, except changes made to follow age-restricted housing law.

What does it cost to own in Pelican Preserve?

Pelican Preserve ownership costs stack in four layers: the Gateway Services CDD assessment on the tax bill, the master association fee, a neighborhood association fee, and property tax at the City of Fort Myers rate. Club membership is optional and extra. We print only figures with a dated source and label the MLS-reported ones. Data updated: October 2026.

Cost layer	Amount	Period and source
Gateway Services CDD, single family	$1,187.25 a year ($1,153.88 operations plus $33.37 debt)	FY2027, adopted August 20, 2026
Gateway Services CDD, multifamily	$1,050.19 a year ($1,025.32 plus $24.88)	FY2027, adopted August 20, 2026
Master association (Pelican Preserve Community Association)	about $1,463.11 a quarter, $5,852.44 a year	2026 MLS "Master HOA Fee" field (MLS-reported)
Neighborhood association, Portofino	$700 a quarter, $2,800 a year	Portofino 2026 approved budget
Neighborhood association, Carena	$478 a quarter, $1,912 a year	2026 MLS "HOA Fee" field (MLS-reported)
Resale Capital Fee (buyer paid)	$2,660	January 2026 association newsletter
Property tax, district 090	16.9702 mills	Lee County 2026 millage book

The Gateway Services CDD assessment

Pelican Preserve is not its own CDD. The recorded declaration places it inside the Gateway Services Community Development District, a Chapter 190 district established May 22, 1986, which runs a separate Pelican Preserve fund in its budget. For FY2027 (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027) the board adopted $1,187.25 per single-family home, up from $1,185.98, and $1,050.19 per multifamily unit, down from $1,063.70. Both figures include a 4 percent gross-up.

Gateway Services CDD, Pelican Preserve	Operations	Debt	FY2027 total	FY2026 total
Single family (1,668 units)	$1,153.88	$33.37	$1,187.25	$1,185.98
Multifamily (830 units)	$1,025.32	$24.88	$1,050.19	$1,063.70

The only debt on Pelican Preserve parcels is the Series 2023-2 special assessment bond, $1,255,000 originally and $1,210,000 outstanding at September 30, 2025, maturing May 1, 2044. Pelican Preserve homes do not carry the Gateway-side lake bank restoration debt. The CDD amount appears as a non-ad valorem line on the county tax bill.

What the CDD pays for in Pelican Preserve

The FY2027 Pelican Preserve fund budgets $5,087,307 in expenditures. The largest lines are waterway management ($1,267,000, including $650,000 for pond bank improvements), safety and security ($1,132,000, including $345,000 for contracted security services and $210,000 for streetlights) and landscape services ($744,447). The association says the District owns the preserves, ponds, stormwater system, roads, sidewalks, streetlights, guardhouse, fountains and neighborhood monuments inside Pelican Preserve.

Pelican Preserve master association dues

The Pelican Preserve Community Association does not publish its dues on a public page; member documents sit behind the resident login. The 2026 MLS "Master HOA Fee" field on resale listings reports $1,463.11 a quarter, $5,852.44 a year. That is an MLS-reported figure, not an association statement, so confirm the current amount on the resale certificate for the exact home. The association is managed by KW Property Management.

Neighborhood association dues

Each Pelican Preserve neighborhood has its own association and sets its own fee on top of the master fee. One is published: Portofino approved a 2026 budget of $140,000 for 50 homes, a fee of $700 a quarter ($2,800 a year), up from $625 a quarter in 2025. Carena's fee shows as $478 a quarter in a 2026 MLS field. Other neighborhoods do not publish theirs, so ask the seller for the last two statements.

The Resale Capital Fee and the proposed change

A Pelican Preserve buyer pays a Resale Capital Fee at closing: $2,660, per the association's January 2026 newsletter. The same newsletter published a board proposal to raise it to $4,500, rename it the Community Contribution Fee, and cap yearly increases at 7.5 percent instead of 10. The outcome of that proposal was not published in the sources we read, so confirm the fee on the resale certificate.

Property taxes in taxing district 090

Every Pelican Preserve home is in Lee County taxing district 090, City of Fort Myers. The 2026 total is 16.9702 mills, up from 16.5034 in 2025, mainly because the City raised its rate from 6.5000 to 6.9000 mills for FY2027 and a new City parks voted debt levy of 0.1170 mill appears. Each $100,000 of taxable value costs $1,697.02 at that rate.

Taxing authority, district 090	2026 mills	2025 mills
City of Fort Myers	6.9000	6.5000
Lee County general revenue	3.7623	3.7623
School, state law	3.0230	3.0710
School, local board	2.2480	2.2480
Lee County Library District	0.4218	0.4218
City parks voted debt service	0.1170	0.0000
Water management, mosquito, hyacinth and navigation districts (six lines)	0.4981	0.5003
Total	16.9702	16.5034

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser 2025 and 2026 Taxing District Millage Books; City of Fort Myers FY2027 Budget in Brief.

The Pelican Preserve reserve study

A third-party reserve study dated November 6, 2025 found the master association's reserves 31.5 percent funded, according to the association's January 2026 newsletter. The association gave that result as the reason for the proposed increase in the Resale Capital Fee. No master or neighborhood special assessment was found in any public source we read.

A worked yearly cost example for a single-family home

Take a Carena single-family home at the 2026 roll's median single-family taxable value of $322,103. Property tax at 16.9702 mills is $5,466.15. Add the FY2027 CDD assessment of $1,187.25, the MLS-reported master fee of $5,852.44 and Carena's MLS-reported $1,912. The yearly total is $14,417.84 before insurance, utilities and any club membership. Homestead and other exemptions change the taxable value, so run this with the exact home's tax bill.

Line	Yearly amount
Property tax ($322,103 x 16.9702 / 1,000)	$5,466.15
Gateway Services CDD, FY2027	$1,187.25
Master association (MLS-reported)	$5,852.44
Carena neighborhood association (MLS-reported)	$1,912.00
Total	$14,417.84

Water, sewer and other bills

Water and sewer are billed by the utility, not through the assessment. The association says the District provides water and wastewater service to about 800 Pelican Preserve homes; others are served by the City of Fort Myers. Check the provider on the seller's water bill. Fiber TV and internet come from Hotwire Communications after a resident vote.

Is the golf club required at Pelican Preserve?

No. Pelican Preserve golf is optional. The recorded declaration says membership in the community association "does not include membership in the Golf Club," and The Club at Pelican Preserve has been owned and operated by Heritage Golf Group since February 2022, when it bought the club from Lennar. Owners may join as golf members, social members or not at all.

The 27-hole Pelican Preserve course

The Club at Pelican Preserve has 27 holes in three nines, the Heron, Egret and Ibis, with TifEagle ultradwarf greens, an aquatic driving range, practice greens and a golf shop. The course architect is Lewis C. "Chip" Powell. The club's 26,145 square foot clubhouse holds a fitness center, locker rooms, a cafe, a dining room, a sunset patio and a banquet hall.

2026 Pelican Preserve golf membership rates

Membership	Initiation	Annual dues	Monthly
Golf, refundable	$25,000	Couples $11,600; individual $9,720	$967 couples; $810 individual
Golf, non-refundable	$15,000	Couples $11,600; individual $9,720	$967; $810
Social	$2,000, non-refundable	$3,180	$265

Source: The Club at Pelican Preserve membership brochure, January 2026 rate card. Dues run January 1 to December 31, the card lists no food and beverage minimums for golf members, and fees are subject to Florida sales tax.

A social membership costs $2,000 to join and $3,180 a year. It includes six rounds of golf per membership year from November to April at the prevailing fee and unlimited play from May to October at prevailing rates, and it can be upgraded to golf. Social member rounds were listed at $99 for 18 holes in season and $59 off season.

Cart, guest and optional club fees

Golf cart fees are $32 for 18 holes and $21 for 9. Golf member guest fees run $109 for 18 holes from November to April and $65 from May to October. An annual private cart trail fee is $3,300 for couples and $2,800 for individuals. Private golf carts in the community also need yearly association approval and liability insurance of at least $300,000 per person and $50,000 property damage.

Who owns the Pelican Preserve golf club?

Heritage Golf Group owns and operates the club, which it bought from Lennar in February 2022. The declaration says the Golf Club "is not subject to the terms of this Declaration," so club rules and fees are set by the club, not the association. The Town Center, by contrast, belongs to the residents' association.

What is in the Pelican Preserve Town Center?

Pelican Preserve's Town Center, Plaza del Sol, is the resident-owned hub: the association's board bought it from the developer within 18 months after residents took control in June 2019. It holds the fitness center, pools, spa, theater, studios and dining, and the association adds sports courts and nature areas across the 1,100-acre community.

Fitness, pools and spa

The Town Center has a fitness center with cardio and weights, studios for yoga, spin, Pilates and Zumba, an outdoor resort pool with an adjacent adult lap pool, an indoor pool, an indoor track on the second floor, locker rooms, sauna and steam rooms, and the Pelican Oasis Spa. The January 2026 newsletter listed fitness center hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily.

Pelican Preserve sports courts

The association lists 8 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts and 12 pickleball courts, plus a softball field, a basketball area, two bocce courts, a lawn bowling rink, table tennis, billiards and horseshoes.

Clubs, dining and the theater

About 50 resident interest clubs meet in the Town Center and the Brokke Center, which holds a cafe, library, computer room, card rooms, a poker room and a performing arts room. The Town Center adds a theater (99 seats in the 2013 WCI filing), a woodshop, sewing, art and ceramics studios, and an amphitheater. Destinations is the restaurant and bar, and Flip-Flops is the poolside grill.

Nature preserve and trails

The association counts 58 ponds, 20 conservation areas and 38 acres of boardwalk and nature preserve on about 1,100 acres, with dog parks, a fishing pier and a butterfly garden. Audubon International awarded the community a Gold Seal under its Sustainable Development program, according to WCI's 2013 SEC filing.

Is Pelican Preserve gated?

Yes. Pelican Preserve is a gated community with a staffed gatehouse on the association's contact list at (239) 768-1121. Gate security is a Gateway Services CDD expense: the FY2027 Pelican Preserve fund budgets $345,000 for contracted security services and $1,132,000 for safety and security in total. The gatehouse staffing hours are not published.

What the CDD security budget covers

The FY2027 safety and security line covers contracted security, $20,000 for police patrol, $210,000 for streetlights, gatehouse utilities and repairs, and $200,000 of road capital outlay. The Pelican Preserve Advisory Committee, which meets the second Thursday of each month, advises the District board on these facilities.

The gated emergency access road

City of Fort Myers Ordinance 3936, heard January 31, 2022, amended the Pelican Preserve development order to add a gated emergency-only road between Prato Drive and Gateway Boulevard, to be maintained by the Gateway Services District. It was requested jointly by WCI Communities, the community association and the District.

Leasing and rental rules in Pelican Preserve

Pelican Preserve homes can be leased, but every lease goes through the neighborhood association and the recorded age rules. The master declaration treats leasing as a non-commercial use and sets no minimum lease term in its text. Every tenant household must meet the 55+ occupancy rule and sign the age certification.

Neighborhood approval before a tenant moves in

Neighborhood associations approve each lease. Portofino's lease application, for example, must be filed at least 20 days before the lease starts with a $150 non-refundable fee, states "This is a 55+ community," and bars move-in before board approval. Other neighborhoods use their own forms and may differ.

What the MLS shows, and pets

2026 MLS listing fields report a 30-day minimum lease and a two-pet maximum. These fields are agent-entered, not association statements, so confirm both on the neighborhood's rules or resale certificate. Portofino's form says domestic pets are permitted with association approval, and the association lists dog parks among its amenities.

Is Pelican Preserve in a flood zone?

Partly. On an overlay of all 2,494 Pelican Preserve home parcels on FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer, 2,006 (80.4 percent) sit in Zone X and 488 (19.6 percent) in Zone AE, a special flood hazard area, with no coastal V zone. About one home in five is mapped AE, so the flood zone depends on the exact address.

Where the Zone AE homes are

The AE parcels cluster by street: about 144 on Aviano Drive (condominium units included), about 100 on Amiata Way, 81 on Trieste Drive, 45 on Breno Drive, 38 on Ravenna Way, 15 on Tirano Court and 8 on Diamante Way. Of the 488 AE parcels, 263 are condominium units and 225 are single-family homes. A smaller 60-point screen of the roll found 7 of 60 points in AE, a lower share that the full overlay replaces.

FEMA map panels for Pelican Preserve

Pelican Preserve sits on four FEMA flood insurance rate map panels: 12071C0431G and 12071C0433G, effective December 7, 2018, and 12071C0432F and 12071C0434F, effective August 28, 2008. FEMA's layer publishes no base flood elevation for these AE areas, so an elevation certificate for the exact home is the document that matters. Search any address at the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.

The City of Fort Myers flood insurance discount

Pelican Preserve is in the City of Fort Myers' flood insurance community (NFIP 125106), which FEMA's October 2026 Community Rating System list places at Class 6, a 20 percent discount, current since October 1, 2025. FEMA says the discount now applies to all National Flood Insurance Program policies in the community, not only those in the special flood hazard area.

Pelican Preserve evacuation zone

All 2,494 Pelican Preserve home parcels are in Lee County Hurricane Evacuation Zone D, the storm surge category 4 zone. An evacuation zone measures storm surge exposure and is separate from a FEMA flood zone, so a home can be in Evacuation Zone D and FEMA Zone X at the same time. Check the county's evacuation zone map for the address.

Hurricanes Ian and Milton

Hurricane Ian made landfall at Cayo Costa on September 28, 2022; the National Hurricane Center measured the Caloosahatchee River surge at Fort Myers at 5 to 8 feet above ground, and the RSW airport station recorded a 96-knot gust (data flagged incomplete) and 6.54 inches of rain. Hurricane Milton in October 2024 brought a 5.27-foot river gauge peak and 3.0 to 4.4 inches of rain to Lee gauges. No public record of structural damage inside Pelican Preserve was found.

Flood insurance claims in ZIP 33913

FEMA's open claims data shows 17 National Flood Insurance Program claims in ZIP 33913 from Ian, only two of them with building payments, totaling $13,647.35, and none in the Milton window. ZIP 33913 is much larger than Pelican Preserve, so these counts are an upper bound for the community. The ZIP's all-time total is 40 claims.

Insurance notes for Pelican Preserve buyers

Florida's wind mitigation inspection form changed to OIR-B1-1802 Rev. 04/26 for inspections on or after April 1, 2026, and a completed form is valid for up to five years. Pelican Preserve homes were built 2000 to 2022, most of them under the Florida Building Code that took effect March 1, 2002. A current wind mitigation report can change a premium, so ask the seller for one.

Schools and healthcare near Pelican Preserve

Pelican Preserve's recorded declaration restricts permanent occupancy by anyone under 18, so school zones matter mainly for resale research. Every Pelican Preserve home falls in Lee County elementary Proximity Zone J, middle Zone EE and the East high school zone, sub-zone 2, for 2026-27. Gulf Coast Medical Center, a Lee Health Level II trauma center, is 9.5 miles away.

School zones for Pelican Preserve addresses

Lee County assigns students by choice among the schools in a proximity zone, not to a single neighborhood school. Zone J elementary choices are Treeline, Gateway, Ray V. Pottorf and Colonial; Zone EE middle choices are Fort Myers Middle and Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle; East sub-zone 2 high school choices are Dunbar, East Lee County, Gateway, Lehigh Senior and Riverdale. Treeline Elementary, at 10900 Treeline Avenue, is 2.2 miles away. Confirm any address with the district's school zone tool.

2026 school grades

School	2026 grade	2025 grade	Drive from Veneto Dr entrance
Treeline Elementary	B	C	2.2 mi
Ray V. Pottorf Elementary	B	B	4.2 mi
Gateway Elementary	B	B	6.5 mi
Colonial Elementary	C	C	5.7 mi
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle	B	B	4.6 mi
Fort Myers Middle	C	C	7.6 mi
Gateway High	A	B	5.0 mi

Source: Florida Department of Education 2026 school grades, file dated September 1, 2026; Lee County 2026-27 proximity zones; OSRM driving routes.

Hospitals near Pelican Preserve

Hospital	Drive from Veneto Dr entrance
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Lee Health), 13681 Doctors Way	9.5 mi, about 18 minutes
Lee Memorial Hospital (Lee Health), downtown Fort Myers	8.6 mi, about 19 minutes
HealthPark Medical Center and Golisano Children's Hospital	14.9 mi, about 28 minutes
Planned Lee Health Fort Myers hospital, Colonial and Jones-Walker Boulevards	4.9 mi, about 10 minutes

Gulf Coast Medical Center has 699 licensed beds and is a Level II trauma center. Lee Health's planned Fort Myers hospital, announced June 3, 2025, is a 53-acre campus with up to 260 beds, targeted to open in early 2028.

Lee Health and UnitedHealthcare in 2027

Lee Health hospitals and physicians go out of network with UnitedHealthcare on January 1, 2027, including employer, individual and Medicare Advantage plans, as reported by Lee Health and WGCU on August 26, 2026. Buyers on a UnitedHealthcare plan should check their plan's network.

Where is Pelican Preserve?

Pelican Preserve is in east Fort Myers, ZIP 33913, on Treeline Avenue at Colonial Boulevard, inside the City of Fort Myers. The association office is at 10561 Veneto Drive. RSW airport is 8.1 miles and about 18 minutes by road, and the I-75 ramp at Colonial Boulevard is 3.1 miles. Data updated: October 2026.

From the Veneto Dr entrance, by road (free flow)	Miles	Minutes
Walgreens, 10672 Colonial Blvd	1.5	6
I-75 on-ramp at Colonial Blvd	3.1
JetBlue Park	6.9	14
Edison Mall	7.2	16
Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)	8.1	18
Gulf Coast Town Center	10.0	19
Bell Tower Shops	10.4	20
Downtown Fort Myers (Centennial Park)	11.4	23
Florida Gulf Coast University	11.8	24
Fort Myers Beach Pier	19.8	37
Sanibel Causeway at Punta Rassa	21.0	37
Naples Pier	40.9	55

Source: OSRM routes from the Veneto Dr entrance, free-flow, not rush hour. Season and road work add time.

Straight-line distances from the center of Pelican Preserve

Measured straight-line from the median Pelican Preserve parcel, downtown Fort Myers is 7.1 miles, RSW 4.1 miles, Gulf Coast Medical Center 6.1 miles, Fort Myers Beach 14.8 miles and FGCU 8.9 miles. Straight-line figures are shorter than any drive; use the road table above for planning.

Is Pelican Preserve in the City of Fort Myers?

Yes. All 2,342 matched home parcels sit in Lee County taxing district 090 and the City of Fort Myers fire district, with City zoning. That decides the millage, the building department, the flood insurance community and the City's 20 percent CRS discount. The mailing city is Fort Myers for every home.

What is changing near Pelican Preserve

Lee DOT began about $3 million of work at Daniels Parkway and Treeline Avenue around May 4, 2026, and FDOT's $42.8 million diverging diamond at I-75 and Daniels Parkway started in January 2026 for completion in summer 2028. The I-75 and Colonial Boulevard diverging diamond, $52.7 million, is complete. On November 17, 2025 the City approved commercial intensive zoning, up to 2.8 million square feet, on about 21 acres at the northeast corner of Daniels and Treeline, by a 4 to 3 vote; residential uses are barred there.

A park proposal on Treeline Avenue

City Ordinances 4086 and 4087 would rezone about 32 acres at 13100 Treeline Avenue, land donated to the City by the Arborwood CDD, to recreation for a passive park. The Planning Board voted 6 to 0 on March 4, 2026 and Council heard it April 20, 2026; the outcome was not published in the sources we read.

How Pelican Preserve compares with nearby communities

Pelican Preserve is the only one of these three Fort Myers communities whose recorded documents set a 55+ rule, and it recorded the most sales of the three in the latest 12 months. The table compares Verandah homes for sale and Paseo homes for sale on one yardstick: Lee County qualified sales over 12 months. Data updated: October 2026.

Lee County record, 12 months	Pelican Preserve	Verandah	Paseo
Homes on the county roll	2,342	1,586	1,143
Year built	2000 to 2022	2003 to 2025	2006 to 2017
Qualified sales	159	106	67
Median sale price	$425,000	$481,500	$373,500
Single-family median	$455,000	$550,000	$675,000
Condominium median	$352,500	$262,500	$330,000
Median $ per heated sq ft	$244	$238	$232
Recorded age restriction	Yes, 55+ (Instrument 5303163)	None in the 2002 master declaration	None in the condominium declaration (Section 12.3)

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser sale and parcel files, DOR-qualified sales, index built October 27, 2026; recorded declarations for each community.

How to read the comparison table

The three counts use each community's plat names on the county roll (for Verandah, its twelve plats inside the community footprint, several of which do not carry the Verandah name), so they can differ from association totals: Pelican Preserve's association counts about 2,498 homes. Verandah's and Paseo's age rows cover the documents named; their neighborhood-level declarations were not all read. Each community's mix of condominiums and single-family homes moves its overall median, so compare the single-family and condominium rows as well.

The history of Pelican Preserve

Pelican Preserve began in 2001 as WCI Communities' Sun City Center Ft. Myers, the name still on its recorded Community Declaration, signed December 4, 2001. WCI went through Chapter 11 in 2008 and 2009, Lennar bought WCI in February 2017, residents took control in June 2019, and the association says construction of 2,498 homes finished in 2022.

WCI and the Sun City Center Ft. Myers name

WCI began planning in 2001, with Bay Colony-Gateway, Inc. as declarant on the first neighborhood documents. The declaration's 2001 plan called for about 2,500 homes and about 57 acres of commercial property. The earliest homes on the county roll, in Avila, Bellagio, Portofino and Verona, date from 2000 to 2005.

Bankruptcy, the 2013 filing and the build years

WCI filed Chapter 11 in August 2008 and emerged as a private company on September 3, 2009. Its 2013 SEC registration described Pelican Preserve as an age-restricted, active adult, master-planned community of about 2,150 home sites, with 986 still owned or in backlog at March 31, 2013. The county record shows 161 builder-direct sales in each of 2015 and 2016 and 236 in 2019.

Lennar, resident control and the club sale

Lennar completed its purchase of WCI on February 10, 2017 for about $643 million. Residents elected the master association board in June 2019, bought the Town Center from the developer within 18 months, and updated the governing documents. Lennar sold the golf club to Heritage Golf Group in February 2022, and the association says construction finished that year.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Pelican Preserve homes for sale

These are the questions Pelican Preserve buyers ask most, answered from the Lee County record, the recorded Community Declaration, the Gateway Services CDD budget, the club's 2026 rate card, FEMA's flood map and the Florida Department of Education. Each answer carries the same dates as the sections above, so every figure can be checked against its source below.

Is Pelican Preserve a 55+ community?

Yes. The recorded Community Declaration, Lee County Instrument 5303163, OR Book 3535, Page 4531, requires every occupied home to have at least one occupant 55 or older. The board may admit a household whose oldest member is 50 to 54 only while 80 percent of homes keep a 55+ occupant.

How many homes are in Pelican Preserve?

The Pelican Preserve Community Association counts 2,498 homes, with construction finished in 2022. The Lee County roll matches 2,342 home parcels under the Pelican Preserve legal names, 1,600 single family and 742 condominium; the gap is mostly legal names outside the county search. The 2001 declaration planned about 2,500 homes.

What is the median home price in Pelican Preserve?

$425,000 on the Lee County record, across 159 qualified sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026, the newest sale in the county file. The 24-month median was $445,000 on 290 sales, and the 12 months before that recorded 131 sales at a $456,000 median, so the 12-month median moved down 6.8 percent.

How many homes sold in Pelican Preserve last year?

Lee County recorded 159 qualified Pelican Preserve sales in the 12 months through September 25, 2026, up from 131 in the 12 months before that. In calendar 2025 the county recorded 146 sales at a $437,500 median, and 120 sales were recorded in 2026 through mid-September.

What are condo prices in Pelican Preserve?

Pelican Preserve condominiums sold at a $352,500 median across 54 recorded sales in the latest 12 months, from $209,500 in Siena to $567,000 in Casella II. Condominium neighborhoods include Siena, Aviano, Viadana, Sevilla, Palazzo I to IV and Casella I to IV, with median heated areas from about 1,242 to 2,068 square feet.

What are single-family home prices in Pelican Preserve?

Single-family homes sold at a $455,000 median across 105 recorded sales in the latest 12 months, from $274,000 to $950,000. Neighborhood medians over 24 months run from $297,000 in Verona to $920,000 in Azzurra, so the neighborhood decides most of the price for houses for sale in Pelican Preserve.

How much does it cost to join Pelican Preserve?

Joining means buying a home; the club is optional. A buyer pays the $2,660 Resale Capital Fee at closing (January 2026), then the master fee of about $1,463.11 a quarter (MLS-reported), a neighborhood fee, the $1,187.25 FY2027 CDD assessment for a single-family home and property tax. Golf or social membership costs extra.

Is the golf membership mandatory at Pelican Preserve?

No. The recorded declaration says membership in the community association does not include membership in the Golf Club, and the club is separately owned by Heritage Golf Group. Pelican Preserve owners may join as golf members, as social members or not at all, and the association calls its model unbundled golf.

How much is a golf membership at Pelican Preserve?

The club's January 2026 rate card lists golf initiation at $25,000 refundable or $15,000 non-refundable. Annual dues are $11,600 for a couple ($967 a month) or $9,720 for an individual ($810 a month), running January 1 to December 31, with no food and beverage minimum and Florida sales tax added.

Social membership costs $2,000 to join and $3,180 a year ($265 a month) on the January 2026 rate card. It includes six rounds of golf per membership year from November to April at the prevailing fee, unlimited play from May to October at prevailing rates, and it can be upgraded to a golf membership.

Who owns the Pelican Preserve golf club?

Heritage Golf Group has owned and operated The Club at Pelican Preserve since February 2022, when it bought the club from Lennar. The 27-hole course and its 26,145 square foot clubhouse are not part of the Town Center, which the residents' association owns, and the declaration says the club is not subject to it.

Does Pelican Preserve have a CDD?

Yes. Pelican Preserve is inside the Gateway Services Community Development District, established May 22, 1986 under Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes. The District runs a separate Pelican Preserve fund for security, streetlights, roads, landscaping and ponds, and bills it as a non-ad valorem line on the Lee County tax bill.

What does the Gateway Services CDD assessment cost in Pelican Preserve?

For FY2027, adopted August 20, 2026, the assessment is $1,187.25 per single-family home ($1,153.88 operations plus $33.37 debt) and $1,050.19 per multifamily unit ($1,025.32 plus $24.88). The debt is the Series 2023-2 bond, $1,255,000 originally, which matures May 1, 2044.

What are the Pelican Preserve HOA fees?

The master association does not publish its fee; 2026 MLS fields report $1,463.11 a quarter, $5,852.44 a year. Neighborhood fees are added: Portofino's 2026 budget sets $700 a quarter, and Carena's MLS-reported fee is $478 a quarter. Confirm the exact figures on the resale certificate for the home you are buying.

What is the Pelican Preserve Resale Capital Fee?

It is a one-time fee the buyer pays at closing: $2,660 per the association's January 2026 newsletter. That newsletter published a proposal to raise it to $4,500 and rename it the Community Contribution Fee, with yearly increases capped at 7.5 percent. The result of that proposal was not published in the sources we read.

What is the property tax rate in Pelican Preserve?

Pelican Preserve homes are in Lee County taxing district 090, City of Fort Myers, at 16.9702 mills for 2026, or $1,697.02 per $100,000 of taxable value. The City's share rose from 6.5000 to 6.9000 mills for FY2027. The CDD assessment is billed separately on the same tax bill.

Is Pelican Preserve in the City of Fort Myers?

Yes. Every matched Pelican Preserve home parcel is in taxing district 090 and the City of Fort Myers fire district, with City zoning. The original development order is a City ordinance, and the City's flood insurance community, NFIP 125106, holds a Class 6 Community Rating System discount of 20 percent.

What ZIP code is Pelican Preserve?

Every Pelican Preserve home is in ZIP 33913, Fort Myers, Florida, on the Lee County roll. The association office is at 10561 Veneto Drive, Fort Myers FL 33913, and The Club at Pelican Preserve is at 9802 Pelican Preserve Boulevard. ZIP 33913 also covers neighboring communities, so search by community name.

Is Pelican Preserve gated?

Yes. Pelican Preserve has a staffed gatehouse, reached at (239) 768-1121 on the association's contact page. Security is paid through the Gateway Services CDD: the FY2027 Pelican Preserve fund budgets $345,000 for contracted security services within $1,132,000 for safety and security. Gatehouse staffing hours are not published.

Can I rent out a home in Pelican Preserve?

Yes, with neighborhood approval. Every tenant household must meet the recorded 55+ occupancy rule and sign an age certification. Portofino, for example, requires a lease application 20 days ahead with a $150 fee and board approval before move-in. MLS fields report a 30-day minimum lease; confirm it on the neighborhood's own rules.

Can children live in Pelican Preserve?

No one under 18 may live in a Pelican Preserve home as a permanent occupant under Article 5 of the recorded Community Declaration. Visitors under 18 may stay up to 30 days per calendar year. The rule is recorded in Lee County Instrument 5303163 and applies to every neighborhood in the community.

What is the 80/20 rule in a 55+ community?

Federal rules let a community qualify as housing for persons 55 or older when at least 80 percent of occupied units have an occupant 55 or older, with published age-verification procedures; Florida mirrors this in section 760.29(4). Pelican Preserve's declaration uses that 80 percent floor to limit board waivers for ages 50 to 54.

Is Pelican Preserve in a flood zone?

Partly. Of 2,494 home parcels overlaid on FEMA's flood map, 488 (19.6 percent) are in Zone AE and 2,006 (80.4 percent) in Zone X, with no V zone. The AE homes cluster on Aviano Drive, Amiata Way, Trieste Drive, Breno Drive and Ravenna Way. Check the exact address before you buy.

What hurricane evacuation zone is Pelican Preserve in?

All 2,494 Pelican Preserve home parcels are in Lee County Evacuation Zone D, the storm surge category 4 zone. The evacuation zone is separate from the FEMA flood zone, so a Pelican Preserve home can be in Evacuation Zone D and FEMA Zone X at the same time. Confirm an address on the county map.

Did Hurricane Ian flood Pelican Preserve?

No public record of structural damage inside Pelican Preserve was found in county, FEMA or National Hurricane Center sources. Ian's Caloosahatchee River surge reached 5 to 8 feet above ground at Fort Myers. FEMA lists 17 flood insurance claims in the whole of ZIP 33913 from Ian, two with building payments totaling $13,647.35.

How far is Pelican Preserve from the beach?

The Fort Myers Beach Pier is 19.8 miles and about 37 minutes by road from the Veneto Drive entrance in free-flow traffic, and the Sanibel Causeway at Punta Rassa is 21.0 miles and about 37 minutes. The Naples Pier is 40.9 miles, about 55 minutes. Season traffic adds time to every one of these drives.

How far is Pelican Preserve from the airport?

Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is 8.1 miles and about 18 minutes from the Veneto Drive entrance in free-flow traffic, by Treeline Avenue south to Daniels Parkway and then Chamberlin Parkway, a route that avoids I-75. Straight-line, the terminal is 4.1 miles from the center of Pelican Preserve.

Where is Pelican Preserve?

Pelican Preserve is on Treeline Avenue at Colonial Boulevard in east Fort Myers, ZIP 33913, inside the City of Fort Myers. The I-75 on-ramp at Colonial Boulevard is 3.1 miles by road, downtown Fort Myers is 11.4 miles, and Gulf Coast Medical Center is 9.5 miles from the Veneto Drive entrance.

Who built Pelican Preserve?

WCI Communities developed Pelican Preserve from 2001, first under the name Sun City Center Ft. Myers, with Bay Colony-Gateway, Inc. as declarant on the early documents. Lennar bought WCI on February 10, 2017 for about $643 million and finished the build-out. Casella IV, built 2021 to 2022, holds the newest homes.

When was Pelican Preserve finished?

The association says construction of its 2,498 homes finished in 2022. The Lee County roll shows year-built dates from 2000 to 2022, with a median of 2014, and the county record shows the last builder-direct sales in 2022 (four that year). Every recorded sale since 2023 has been a resale.

What is the Pelican Preserve Town Center?

The Town Center, Plaza del Sol, is the resident-owned hub the association bought from the developer within 18 months after the June 2019 turnover. It holds the fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, the Pelican Oasis Spa, a theater, studios, card rooms and dining, with 8 tennis and 12 pickleball courts nearby.

Are pets allowed in Pelican Preserve?

Pets are allowed with limits. Portofino's lease form permits domestic pets with association approval, the association lists dog parks among its amenities, and 2026 MLS fields report a two-pet maximum. Pet rules can differ by neighborhood, so confirm them in the neighborhood's rules and on the resale certificate for the exact home.

Who manages Pelican Preserve?

The Pelican Preserve Community Association is resident controlled since June 2019 and managed by KW Property Management, at (239) 985-1770 from 10561 Veneto Drive. Each neighborhood has its own association, and the Gateway Services CDD, with its Pelican Preserve Advisory Committee, runs the roads, ponds, gate security and streetlights.

What is the most expensive home sold recently in Pelican Preserve?

The highest sales in the latest 12 months were two at $950,000: 10437 Solaro St (2,644 square feet, built 2016), recorded October 15, 2025, and 10492 Solaro St (2,989 square feet, built 2014), recorded August 10, 2026. The highest qualified Pelican Preserve sale in the county file is $1,050,000 for 10631 Vicenza Ct, recorded July 10, 2023.

What is the least expensive way into Pelican Preserve?

The Siena condominiums on Amiata Way. Siena recorded the five lowest Pelican Preserve sales of the latest 12 months, from $209,500 to $220,000, for homes of about 1,245 heated square feet built in 2005 and 2006. Siena's 24-month median was $225,000 on 16 sales. Note that Amiata Way is one of the streets mapped largely in Zone AE.

Are there new homes for sale in Pelican Preserve?

No builder sells new homes in Pelican Preserve now. The association says construction finished in 2022, the last builder-direct sales on the county record were in 2022, and none of the 159 sales in the latest 12 months was builder-direct. Every Pelican Preserve home for sale today is a resale.

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Pelican Preserve Homes for Sale in Fort Myers, FL

Key takeaways for Pelican Preserve buyers

Pelican Preserve homes for sale right now

Ready to tour Pelican Preserve homes?

What do homes in Pelican Preserve sell for?

The Pelican Preserve price trend since 2015

Price bands in the last 12 months

The highest and lowest recent Pelican Preserve sales

Price per square foot in Pelican Preserve

What the county record cannot show

Pelican Preserve neighborhoods compared

Prato at Pelican Preserve

Materita

Carena

Villa Capri

The original Sun City Center Ft Myers sections

Siena

Aviano

Palazzo I to IV

Casella I to IV

Pistoia

Solaro and Azzurra

Viadana

Trentino Estates

The Pelican Preserve plat group and Tract E

Is Pelican Preserve a 55+ community?

What the Pelican Preserve declaration requires

The 80 percent rule under federal and Florida law

Visitors under 18

Age verification at resale and lease

What does it cost to own in Pelican Preserve?

The Gateway Services CDD assessment

What the CDD pays for in Pelican Preserve

Pelican Preserve master association dues

Neighborhood association dues

The Resale Capital Fee and the proposed change

Property taxes in taxing district 090

The Pelican Preserve reserve study

A worked yearly cost example for a single-family home

Water, sewer and other bills

Is the golf club required at Pelican Preserve?

The 27-hole Pelican Preserve course

2026 Pelican Preserve golf membership rates

Social membership at the Pelican Preserve club

Cart, guest and optional club fees

Who owns the Pelican Preserve golf club?

What is in the Pelican Preserve Town Center?

Fitness, pools and spa

Pelican Preserve sports courts

Clubs, dining and the theater

Nature preserve and trails

Is Pelican Preserve gated?

What the CDD security budget covers

The gated emergency access road

Leasing and rental rules in Pelican Preserve

Neighborhood approval before a tenant moves in

What the MLS shows, and pets

Is Pelican Preserve in a flood zone?

Where the Zone AE homes are

FEMA map panels for Pelican Preserve

The City of Fort Myers flood insurance discount

Pelican Preserve evacuation zone

Hurricanes Ian and Milton

Flood insurance claims in ZIP 33913

Insurance notes for Pelican Preserve buyers

Schools and healthcare near Pelican Preserve

School zones for Pelican Preserve addresses

2026 school grades

Hospitals near Pelican Preserve

Lee Health and UnitedHealthcare in 2027

Where is Pelican Preserve?

Straight-line distances from the center of Pelican Preserve

Is Pelican Preserve in the City of Fort Myers?

What is changing near Pelican Preserve

A park proposal on Treeline Avenue

How Pelican Preserve compares with nearby communities

How to read the comparison table

The history of Pelican Preserve

WCI and the Sun City Center Ft. Myers name

Bankruptcy, the 2013 filing and the build years