Executive Summary Bayshore Arts Village & Opera Naples Bayshore Drive, Naples, Florida, USA

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1 Executive Summary Bayshore Arts Village & Opera Naples Bayshore Drive, Naples, Florida, USA January 5th, 2017 Arno de Villiers B.Arch., Assoc AIA CBC Ph USA The Site The unique and beautiful seventeen-acre parcel on Bayshore Drive in Naples consists of eight acres of vacant buildable land, and nine acres of lakes and preserves less than three miles from downtown Naples! The Collier County Redevelopment Agency owns the land and a PUD is registered over the property allowing the building of 35 thousand square feet of commercial space, 40 residential units and a performance hall. See the diagram below. The CRA will be putting

2 the property up for sale through a RFP process that will be advertised within the coming months. The figure above represents the land-use areas as proposed in the current PUD. Tracts A & C represents the buildable mixed-use area and the remaining nine acres remaining accessible for public enjoyment. MPUD Amendment and Revised Site Plan To accommodate an increased residential density as well as a requirement for a larger performing arts facility by Opera Naples, the approved MPUD and will be amended. The proposed new Site Plan will be developed from the one below. The services of Richard Yovanovitch will be engaged to handle the legal aspects of the amendment process. Above: View from Opera House to the Bayshore Village

3 Opera Naples The Board of Directors of Opera Naples has agreed to enter into an AIA cost plus agreement with Arno Inc to design and build their $50mm new opera house and performing arts facility if Arno Inc will make a suitable portion of the property available to them to site for their new facility. A letter of agreement to this effect is attached as an annexure. The Proposed Opera Naples 1000 Seat Auditorium in Bayshore Village

4 Above: Music Lovers gathering outside the Proposed Opera Naples Facility

5 Above: View from the stage inside the Auditorium Opera Patrons in the Foyer about to enter the Auditorium

6 Bayshore Arts Village I propose to develop the four acres of the western portion of Tract A on Bayshore Drive as a mixed-use live-work village with piazzas and pedestrian alleys based on the principles in my treatise called Back to the Village. This document is available for your enjoyment in the articles section of my website View of the proposed Bayshore Arts Village showing the Village Square and Parking Garage beyond off Bayshore Drive The village will consist of an informal layout of one to three story buildings of small footprints with retail shops at first floor level and residential and/or office space above, a pattern that has been successful throughout history. I believe that making small commercial and residential spaces available for rent or purchase is a secret recipe for success in the current economic and social climate and will fill a need that no one in SW Florida is meeting. It represents a return to the way that people have lived for centuries having a work place at street level and living directly above. See typical floor plans below.

7 Above: Notice the differing building heights, widths, floor to floor heights, balconies and canopies of the livework units.

8 Small alleys entice visitors to wander and explore making unexpected discoveries of small boutique shops, bars, coffee bars and restaurants. Variety, as the saying goes, is the spice of life! Those principles work well in all villages that have developed over time such as in the photos below taken in Cassis, France.

9 Below: The commercial parcels of shops and offices, with living units above that surround piazzas and squares make up the heart and soul of a true village. Bayshore Arts Village will be directly accessible to passing motorists that can easily enter the site and park in the parking garage, and to pedestrians that live within a short walk-able distance. Note the number of present and planed living units in the surrounding developments in the diagram below. Regatta Windstar 267Mattamy 218 Botanical 160 Abaco 108 Cirrus 1,600 Isles

10 As stated, very few developments offer the amenities that will be made available by this proposal. By providing small affordable homes, offices and shops, true community living is fostered by the development of relationships, friendships and mutual dependence. Above: View of Bayshore Village with the Opera House across a pedestrian bridge. The surrounding preserve and lakes provide wonderful nearby recreational opportunities and will create a constant sense of a unity with nature. Parking Garages Two parking garages will be located on the site. One of at least 234 parking spaces will be located right off Bayshore Drive to serve the commercial and residential units and one of 300 spaces adjoining the Opera House.