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Michelin recognition comes to Downtown Bonita Springs

August 2026

Life in Bonita Springs Florida

August arrives in Bonita Springs with its usual theatrics: the humidity thick enough to cut and the air conditioning working overtime. This year it brings an unexpected footnote. Michelin has discovered us. Two Downtown restaurants earned recognition in the Guide's new Florida edition, proof that this town has never needed South Beach's volume to command attention. The money here has always spoken softly and let the wine list do the talking. This year the restaurant scene earned the recognition to match.

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Michelin Just Discovered What We Already Knew

The Bohemian and The Canary Club earned recognition in the Michelin Guide's new Florida edition, a first for Downtown Bonita Springs. It is the kind of quiet validation that confirms what regulars have known for some time. Come hungry, stay for one more cocktail and order dessert.

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Bonita Springs Market Report

July closings are in. Bonita Springs sold 125 homes, up 8.7% from last year and the third straight year of gains. Homes priced at $800,000 and above made up nearly a quarter of everything that closed, proof that the quiet-money crowd is still shopping. Cash funded more than half of it, the surest sign of a buyer who has never needed a bank's permission. Read below for the full breakdown on pricing, financing and inventory. While you are there, set up a saved search so you are first to know when the next one arrives.

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Luxury Watch: 21 Homes Sold Over $1M

Twenty-one homes closed above $1,000,000 in Bonita Springs in July, concentrated in Bonita Bay, Bonita National, Valencia Bonita, Spanish Wells, The Colony Golf & Bay Club, Imperial Shores and San Carlos Estates. This is Bonita Springs' particular measure of ambition. Not gold fixtures. Dock frontage and a mailbox nobody bothers to lock.

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Featured listings

A few current opportunities worth your time. Each link opens full photos, details and location on the site.

WildBlue lakefront with a preserve view

One of WildBlue's most desirable lakefront homesites, this Stonewater floor plan by Pulte delivers sweeping water views with a protected preserve beyond. Four bedrooms and four baths, built for the kind of evening that calls for a proper Negroni on the lanai while the light turns copper over the water.

View the WildBlue Listing: $1,699,000

Imperial River gulf access homesite

A rare corner lot with frontage on both the Imperial River and a private canal, plus direct Gulf access minutes from Downtown by boat. Bring your builder and your vision. This is a build-your-own opportunity rather than remodeling an existing property with legacy codes.

View the Imperial River Homesite: $649,900

Coconut Shores lakeside first floor condo

First floor and lakeside, surrounded by coconut palms in an established Estero community. Two bedrooms with a den and two baths, the kind of quiet that makes a weekday feel like a Saturday.  Two car garage, also!

View the Coconut Shores Condo: $350,000

Spanish Wells condo, furnished and ready

Two bedrooms plus a den behind the gates of Marbella at Spanish Wells Country Club. Furnished, move-in ready and built for a slower kind of morning.  The closest golf and country club to gulf beaches!

View the Spanish Wells Condo: $289,900

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Calling All Performers: Winter 2027 Calendar

We are already collecting dates for the Winter 2027 Downtown Bonita Springs calendar of events. This is Florida. We plan in reverse. If your organization performs at Riverside Park, send us your dates and times so we can get you listed before the snowbirds book their flights. A full update arrives toward the end of September. In the meantime, browse last season's lineup for a sense of what lies ahead.

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Chris Griffith Bonita Springs Realtor

Thinking about buying or selling this year? Let's talk while there is still time for 2026 residency requirements and 2027 homestead exemption deadlines!

Chris Griffith
239-273-7430
www.LifeInBonitaSprings.com

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