Babcock Ranch Community

The Babcock Ranch Community is a 2,500+ acre project spanning Lee and Charlotte Counties. Our team is responsible for the initial conceptual designs, surveying, preserve, trail and greenway locations, facilitating public meetings, conducting feasibility studies, permitting, stormwater management, and environmental services. We collaborated with governmental staff, officials and community stakeholders to prepare documentation and feasibility studies to support zoning, land development and code writing. Our team prepared amendments to the land development regulations to reflect the master development order and the first increment development order, including a review checklist for all site plans based on the comprehensive plan, land development regulations, and all agreements.

Belltower

Johnson Engineering originally assisted in authoring the Bell Tower Shops (The Villas South) DRI in 1974 and has been involved with the majority of environmental, stormwater management, development and construction permitting. Bell Tower Shops complex is located on approximately 60 acres at the northeast corner of U.S. 41 and Daniels Road and has developed approximately 370,000 square feet of the original 836,352 square feet of approved shopping center.

The Bell Tower Shops is a neighborhood landmark, unique to Lee County, with lush landscaping, soothing water fountains and inviting, open-air spaces for rest and relaxation with cutting edge shopping opportunities. Bell Tower Shops is currently home to many popular retail stores including Saks Fifth Avenue, Williams-Sonoma, Banana Republic, Mole Hole, Chico’s, Jared The Galleria of Jewelry, Ann-Taylor, Talbots, Fresh Market, Ulta and several national and local boutiques. Restaurants abound with something for every palette including Bacchus, Blue Point Oyster Bar and Grille and Cru. The 20-screen Cobb Theatre complex sits across from the main retail village and is flanked by the Crown Plaza Hotel and the Colonnades’ office complex.

HealthPark

Johnson Engineering has been involved with the Lee Memorial HealthPark Florida campus since its inception, authoring the original DRI and obtaining the necessary construction permitting. The planning consisted of approximately 83-acres of interconnected lakes to form a single system. HealthPark Florida is a 400-acre mixed use complex approved for 968,603 square feet of acute care specialty hospital space, 340,000 square feet of medical and general office space, 200,000 square feet of medical education facilities, 310,000 square feet of retail space, 530 ALF units, 326 beds of assisted living, 240 beds of nursing care, 510 residential dwelling units, 132 lodging units, 60,000 square feet of recreational space, and 27,000 square feet of campus services.

Market Square

Market Square (aka The Marketplace) is located in the southeast quadrant of U.S. 41 and Daniels Parkway, originally approved for rezoning from AG-2 to CPD in September of 1991. The 56 +/- acre project was also approved as Development of Regional Impact (DRI). The project consists of approximately 430,000 square feet of gross floor area, including retail, service and office. Market Square is currently home to many popular retail and restaurant establishments, such as: Super Target, Barnes and Noble, American Signature Furniture, World Market, Petco, Cheeseburger in Paradise and Romano’s Macaroni Grill.

Collier Park of Commerce

We provided professional planning support for the annexation to the City of Naples for this 112-acre business park adjacent to Naples Municipal Airport. Services included support during interlocal service boundary agreement negotiations, comprehensive plan map amendment, rezoning, and coordination with city staff for a new future land use designation and zoning designation for this area of established and developing industrial, office, commercial, service and civic uses.

West Bay Club

West Bay Club is an 866-acre residential development approved for 1,121 mixed use dwelling units consisting of single family detached and attached homes, coach homes, six 20-story high-rise buildings, a Sports Club, Golf Club House, a driving range and an 18 hole award winning golf course. Preservation and restoration of a number of nature preserves allowed this site to be designated an Audubon International Certified Signature Sanctuary. Johnson Engineering has been involved with this project since its original 1996 residential planned development approval and has obtained all rezoning, environmental, stormwater management and development permitting for the Riverbrooke Run, Chapel Ridge, Laurel Oak, Nature’s Cove, Sunset Trace, Jasmine Bay and Orchid Bay.

First Street Village

First Street Village is a 12.5+/- acre project designed to be consistent with the new urbanism principles for redevelopment as required by the Downtown Fort Myers Redevelopment Area Master Plan and Smart Code, which was written for the City of Fort Myers by architect and urban planner Andres Duany. Located in the River District of downtown Fort Myers, Florida, First Street Village is a true mixed-use community, designed to offer 356 luxury residential condominiums, city homes, flats, and lofts; approximately 38,000 square feet of divisible office space, 105,000 square feet of Class “A” retail space including a 39,000 square-foot Publix supermarket. The project is significant as it reflects the long term vision established by the Redevelopment Plan. In addition, the City of Fort Myers offered tax incentives for the inclusion of a supermarket for the downtown area; a much needed facility for the surrounding residential units within the downtown.
Our team was responsible for the land use planning, planned unit development approvals, traffic/internal roadway layout, utility capacity analysis, preparing site design work and development approvals, multi-discipline coordination, presentations before the City’s land planning agency and City Council. We were also highly involved in negotiations with City of Fort Myers and developers along West First Street to develop consistent design standards and frontage for the road treatment.

Stanley Meadows

Stanley Meadows is a 150-acre subdivision, located near the Zephyrhills city limits and includes; villas, multifamily, single family lots and professional office. This Master Planned Unit Development (MPUD) is entitled for 738 units and 14,000 square feet of professional office. We prepared and submitted all necessary zoning applications and navigated this project through rezoning process, as well as the conceptual site layouts and detailed stormwater analysis.

The Forum

The Forum at Fort Myers, bordered by I-75, Colonial Parkway, S.R. 82 and Six Mile Cypress Slough, is a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) encompassing a 706+/- acre mixed-use development consisting of 1,272,824 square feet of retail, 756,040 square feet of office, 100,000 square feet of industrial, 1,256 residential units, 552 hotel units, 85+/- acres of preserve, and the donation of two park sites (one neighborhood park and one community park). The Community Park is a private/non-profit partnership with the YMCA. We provided the land use planning and zoning approvals, site design work/development approvals, developing special development areas, land development regulations, preparing DRI applications, with corresponding multi-discipline coordination and presentations before the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council (RPC); the City’s land planning agency; and City Council. Other development related projects were required including: the Hanson Street (a collector roadway necessitated by east-west traffic growth) extension and alignment, State Road 82 widening, including a donation of right of way, as well as accommodation of drainage for roadway expansions within the site, specific Forum sign regulations with alternate height approvals along I-75.