Development in Golden Gate Estates continues as grocery store chain Aldi was added to site plans for the mixed-use project under construction at what is known as the Randall Curve.
The 28-acre parcel northwest of the Immokalee-Randall Boulevard intersection, to be known as the Randall at Orangetree development, was approved by the Collier County Board of Commissioners in October 2021. The project is allowed to have 400 dwelling units and 150,000 square feet of commercial space. The Randall at Orangetree will adjoin the Winchester development, a 21-acre property owned by Barron Collier Cos. at the intersection of Immokalee Road and Orange Tree Boulevard, a half mile north of Randall Boulevard.
The proposed 2-acre Aldi is in preliminary approval phases, with the pre-application meeting with staff taking place last month. Additional developments planned for the property include Brickyard Car Wash and a 14-pump 7-Eleven store. Staff approved the site development plans for the car wash on June 20, and the 7-Eleven’s site plan, which also includes a car wash, was approved in January.
On the Winchester property, commissioners approved last week an amendment to the property that allows 130,000 square feet of indoor self-storage and 100,000 square feet of commercial area.
Planning and Zoning Director Mike Bosi said this approved self-storage space will benefit the rapidly growing Estates area.
“We know it’s consistent with the [Growth Management Plan] and we know it’s a project that’s going to bring a diversity of land uses to an area that has a growing population,” Bosi said. “So, therefore, it’s going to have some benefits from a transportation standpoint of shortening trip lengths that currently would occupy more of our transportation system.”
This isn’t the only self-storage project in the works near the Randall Curve area. A self-storage facility could take up 80,000 square feet of the allowed 125,000 square feet of C-3 commercial uses proposed on more than 10 acres of the Randall at Orangetree development. However, self-storage would require a Golden Gate Area Master Plan amendment, which has yet to be approved by staff.
Additionally at Winchester are plans for a two-story, 25,000-square-foot NCH medical office building, which completed the pre-application phase in October 2022, along with a McDonald’s drive-thru going through the site development plan phase.
