The City of Cape Coral is making an aggressive move to diversify the city's commercial industry and spur new economic development.  The city has issued two requests for proposals seeking developers to build a hotel and ice rink adjacent to the city's Sun Splash Family Waterpark and an academic village and research park in the northeast section of the city.  In both cases, the city owns the land and will offer developers a low-price land lease to help minimize development costs.

The deadline for responding to the proposal is October 30, while the academic village deadline is Dec 23.  Copies of the RFP are available online at demand-star.com or by calling (239) 574-0831