Real Estate in Bonita Springs
Bonita Springs is situated in Lee County, Florida, Zip 34134.
Bonita Springs emerged slowly from its slumber as a sleepy fishing town in the late 1980s—a timetable many credit to the arrival of Bonita Bay, a 2,400-acre master-planned community. Now a bona fide city, its population increased 5.97 percent between July 2004 and July 2005. Bonita Springs has dozens of gated communities, upscale shopping centers, top-rated restaurants and a growing base of commercial activity. Neighborhoods have grown along the city’s main waterway, the Imperial River, and its major thoroughfares, the Tamiami Trail and Bonita Beach Road.
Bonita Springs clings to its past along Old 41 Road near the Imperial River, where moss-draped trees create a canopy above a city park, and older homes provide a glimpse back in time. The Everglades Wonder Gardens recalls the popular roadside attractions of the 1950s and gives visitors an up-close-and-personal look at ’gators and other indigenous Florida wildlife. The 1920s Shangri-La Springs Resort, where the hot springs reportedly attracted the likes of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Franklin D. Roosevelt, is also found in this county-designated historic neighborhood. Many restaurants and stores serve the growing Hispanic population.
Home prices in Bonita Springs range from below $100,000 for a mobile home or single-bedroom condo to more than $4 million in the gated communities of Bonita Bay and Pelican Landing.
