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Both buildings are finished. The second building was completed in November of 2026. Contact us for current availability. This page is the record of how both buildings were built, filmed as it went, stage by stage.
The construction videos are below, in order.
- Units in two buildings
- 41
- Buildings on 5 acres
- 2
- Stages filmed on site
- 6
Two more videos
Both files are ours, shot on site and at the show. Nothing plays until you press play.
A walk around the buildings and the work in progress, shot by the family. Watch on its own page Owners' cars from the Naples Cars on 5th show, filmed in 4K. Watch on its own page
The whole build, in order: forty-one units in two buildings on 5 acres. Every stage was filmed as it happened.
- Units in two buildings
- 41
- Site on Shire Lane
- 5 ac
- Stages on film
- 6
Stage by stage
Stage 01
Land and entitlement
5 acres on Shire Lane
The family acquired the parcel at 13461 Shire Lane in the Six Mile Cypress corridor, three miles from the I-75 off-ramp to RSW, roughly a ten-minute drive. The site plan set two buildings and 41 units on 5 acres, with drive aisles wide enough to turn a 45-foot coach without a three-point maneuver.
The parcel sits in FEMA Flood Zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area. That was a deliberate choice, not a happy accident: it narrowed the search considerably.
Excalibur Motor Condominiums, Fort Myers, Florida, filmed on site during land and entitlement. Watch on its own page Stage 02
Design and permitting
Engineered to 170 mph
The buildings were engineered to a 170 mph ultimate design wind speed. The door openings, which are the largest and weakest part of any building of this type, were specified as 16 ft wide by 14 ft high insulated segmented units.
Each unit was designed with its own HVAC system rather than a shared plant, its own 220V, 150A, 1 or 3 phase individually metered electrical service, a luxury full bathroom with shower in every unit, and a second floor with wet-bar plumbing run to it during construction rather than chased in afterwards.
Excalibur Motor Condominiums, filmed on site during design and permitting. Watch on its own page Stage 03
Site work
Clearing, fill, stormwater and pads
Site clearing, stormwater management, underground utilities and the building pads. This is the least photogenic phase of any development and the one that determines whether the rest of it works. The drive aisles and the turning radii were laid out around the largest vehicle we expect anyone to bring, not the average one.
Excalibur motor condo progress video, filmed on site during site work. Watch on its own page Stage 04
Building 1, construction
The first building goes vertical
Nineteen units in the first building: shell, roof, doors, then the mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough-in. The roof is a 60-mil TPO membrane. Ceilings are 25 ft clear, which is what makes a two-post lift, a mezzanine, or a coach with the air conditioners on the roof a practical proposition rather than a measurement problem.
Progress video: walls going up, filmed on site during building 1, construction. Watch on its own page Stage 05
Building 1, delivery
The first building, complete
The first building was completed, and 16 of its 19 units are sold. Owners have since built out lifts, cabinetry, epoxy floors, finished second floors and full bar and lounge fit-outs. Several of the photographs on this site are of owners' completed units rather than a show unit, which is why they do not all match.
Vision to reality: progress at Excalibur Motor Condominiums, filmed on site during building 1, delivery. Watch on its own page Stage 06
Building 2
The second building is completed
The second building holds 22 units, units 101 to 130, including the 54-foot-deep Lance units, the Grand Vizier drive-through and the three-door Emperor. It was completed in November of 2026.
New Excalibur Motor Condominiums update video, filmed on site during building 2. Watch on its own page