Wyndham Garden Inn on Beach faces demolition

Wyndham Garden Inn, once one of the jeweled beachfront hotels on Fort Myers Beach with one of the most expansive spots for enjoying the sand and peering out to the Gulf of Mexico, is slated to be demolished by the Town of Fort Myers Beach if its owner does not do so by this Thanksgiving.

The property was cited by the town with a notice on Sept. 25 as an unsafe building structure. The town council and management began a new policy of citing unsafe structures earlier this year with letters threatening demolition by the town.

The Wyndham Garden Inn, located on Estero Boulevard close to Santini Plaza, was among the hardest-hit commercial structures on the southern portion of the island after Hurri-cane Ian struck two years ago. It has been in disrepair ever since.

The town's notice was sent out to the address of record for the owner FMBH LLC, which has a registered address at 501 Goodlette Road North, Suite D 100 in Naples. According to state records, the registered agent for the LLC is BP Financial. The title manager for the LLC is Herbert Pohlmann with an address at 4100 Corporate Square, Suite 15, in Naples.

The town's notice, issued by building official Joseph Specht, gives the owner 60 says to vacate and arrange for the property to be demolished before the town does the demolition itself and charges the owner for the cost.

The property owner has 30 days to appeal.