South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island is making a significant comeback nearly three years after Hurricane Ian.

It may be more than two decades old, but an agreement on a Captiva resort's density still holds, a Lee County judge has ruled. That means no more than 912 units are allowed at South Seas Island ...

In the Know: Working an ongoing $1 billion recovery after 2022's Hurricane Ian, Captiva's South Seas Island Resort held official reopening May 22, 2025 after many amenities, such as restaurants ...

If approved, staff wrote, the plan “will reduce density, increase hotel room intensity and building heights.” Legal whiplash South Seas, neighbors grapple with Captiva Island resort's future ...

With $1 billion, South Seas resort reopens but continues charging ahead on redevelopment after Hurricane Ian while preparing for next major storm.

Al Ten Broek, who founded a company that began by redeveloping South Seas Resort on Captiva Island in the 1970s and then became the largest private employer in Lee County by the late 1990s, died ...

South Seas has welcomed generations of families and friends to its tranquil 330-acre retreat on Florida’s Captiva Island for more than 75 years. Nestled within a protected wildlife preserve and ...

Was it OK for Lee County to change its rules to let storm-damaged South Seas Island Resort build back higher and more densely? An administrative law judge ruled Monday that it was, leaving the ...