Alzada Company owner and developer of The Irving Downtown, Rebekah Barney, is featured in Gulfshore Life's Aug. 2022 Futuremakers Issue.

The profile, written by Stephanie Davis, is called "Urban Legend: Second-generation developer Rebekah Barney marks a new era in Fort Myers urbanization with The Irving," and features photography by Anna Nguyen. The multi-page feature describes Barney's vision and the philosophy behind Alzada Company's debut development, The Irving Downtown.

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“When I first got to Fort Myers, I saw this beautiful historic riverfront and charming downtown that was being underutilized,” she says. “It was so quiet in the early 2000s and now it’s become this exciting destination that everyone wants to be a part of.”

Read more from Gulfshore Life's August 2022 Futuremakers Issue online at GulfshoreLife.com.