Coconut Creek Neighbors Push Back on a Proposed 28-Home Rezoning Off Gail Boulevard in Naples

A small new-home neighborhood has been proposed in the Coconut Creek area of Naples, and the people who already live there have made their position clear with yard signs reading "NO REZONING." According to reporting by Gulfshore Business published October 13, 2026, the plan is called The Woodlands at Rock Creek and would put 28 single-family homes on about 15 acres.

The site combines a roughly 12-acre property at 3720 Gail Boulevard with an adjacent parcel of about 3 acres, per the same report. The buyer of the Gail Boulevard property is RV Group Development LLC, whose managing member, David Giles, told Gulfshore Business the group bought it in July 2026 with investors, many of them past and present custom-home clients. He described the group as "neighborhood planners" rather than developers looking to flip the land.

Gulfshore Business reported that two home designs have been rendered so far, named the Magnolia and the Oak. No prices or timeline were reported, and nothing has been offered for sale.

This is the heart of the story. According to Gulfshore Business, the land is currently zoned Estates, which in Collier County generally allows one home for every 2.25 acres. At that rate, 15 acres would hold only a handful of homes, nowhere near 28.

To build the plan as drawn, the developer is asking Collier County to rezone the land to a Residential Planned Unit Development. A planned unit development is a binding document for one specific site: it sets the number of homes, the layout, the setbacks, the buffers and the other standards that the project then has to follow. Giles told Gulfshore Business that the county's future land-use plan supports the proposed density, but the rezoning is still required before any of it can be built.

Giles also said that, by his reading, the 15 acres could theoretically support around 60 homes, and called 28 "quite conservative." Residents told the publication that an application they found earlier showed 24 units, with little detail available at the time. Those two figures are worth keeping straight: the number that matters is the one written into the final zoning document, if one is approved.

Neighbors raised three main concerns, according to Gulfshore Business.

• Wetlands and wildlife. Resident Doreen Vachon said the property includes 4.25 acres of wetlands and described seeing bobcats and a bear in the area. She wants the existing native foliage left undisturbed.
• Flooding. Resident Jennifer Fox said nearby homes have flooded several times during hurricanes, and residents worry about where new runoff would go.
• Traffic on a narrow road. Residents described Gail Boulevard as narrow, without streetlights and lined with ditches, and noted it already has speed bumps.

Fox called Coconut Creek a "piece of paradise," close to downtown while offering large properties. Residents have circulated a paper petition and asked the county to weigh the investment owners made when they bought their homes. They told the publication they had always known the land could be sold, and grew concerned when they learned the same developer was acquiring the neighboring parcel too.

There was also a code enforcement question. Gulfshore Business reported that an anonymous complaint filed through Collier County's online portal alleged unpermitted clearing and fill dirt brought onto a property with wetlands, and that a county inspector visited the site. Giles said county staff told him up to one acre can be cleared under the allowance for a single-family home, that about 20 trees were removed and a parking area created, and that every county process has been followed so far.

Giles told Gulfshore Business that the opposition stems from "misinformation" and that he intends to keep the property's character. He said an endangered species survey found no protected species on the site and that a tree survey has been completed.

On traffic, he said the plan would route access to Hazel Road rather than Gail Boulevard or North Road, sending cars toward Airport Road, and that a traffic study found the project's added traffic, which he put at about 40 cars, acceptable under county code. On drainage, the report said a stormwater management plan will be required, with most runoff directed to a central lake inside the project rather than onto neighboring lots.

None of this has been tested yet in front of the county. Those are the developer's statements and the residents' statements, as reported, and both sides will have the chance to put them on the record.

According to Gulfshore Business, no county neighborhood information session or zoning hearing has been scheduled, and surveying of the property is still under way. So nothing has been decided, and nothing is close to being built.

In Collier County, a rezoning like this one normally moves through public steps before any vote: a neighborhood information meeting where the applicant presents the plan to nearby owners, a hearing before the county's planning commission, which makes a recommendation, and a final decision by the Board of County Commissioners. Even after a rezoning, a project still needs site development plan approval and environmental permits before homes go in the ground.

If you own nearby, the things worth watching are:

• The notice of the neighborhood information meeting. That is the first public look at the actual site plan and the first chance to ask questions directly.
• The unit count and buffers in the written document. The number of homes, the access point and the buffers along existing lots are what you would live next to.
• The stormwater and wetland permits. These are reviewed separately from the zoning and are where drainage concerns are actually answered.

Nobody can honestly put a number on what a 28-home project would do to the value of the homes around it, and I would be wary of anyone who claims to. What this story does show is something every buyer looking at an acreage property in Collier County should understand: the zoning on the land around you is part of what you are buying.

Estates zoning is why neighborhoods like this one have the space they do. When a buyer falls in love with a large lot and the trees around it, it is worth checking how the vacant or lightly built parcels nearby are zoned, what the county's future land-use plan says about them, and whether anything has already been filed. I build that kind of check into my home buying process, because it is far easier to ask before you buy than after.

For buyers who would rather be in a new home than next to one being built, it helps to compare what is approved, what is proposed and what is still years away. My page on new construction homes in Naples covers how to sort those out, and my guide to buying a home in Naples walks through resale versus new. You can also browse established neighborhoods on my Naples communities page.

If you own in or near Coconut Creek and want to talk through what a change next door could mean for a future sale, or you are looking at a large-lot home anywhere in Naples, reach out to me directly. This article summarizes public reporting and is not legal or land-use advice for any particular property.

Kris Asquith, Broker Associate at Premiere Plus Realty, (239) 300-1427.