Park Plaza

Park Plaza is a single condominium tower at 4301 Gulf Shore Boulevard North, on the beach side in Park Shore. It holds 90 homes, all condominiums, under one street address. Venetian Village lies about a third of a mile off, measured straight across.

Start with the gate, because the word promises more than the arrangement delivers. The association's own site describes a "24/7 staffed gate and guard house which controls access to 5 beach side properties." Five properties, not one, so the entrance is shared with other buildings rather than being Park Plaza's alone. It's manned around the clock, and the front desk inside is separately staffed too.

Was Park Plaza built in 1983 or 1984?

Both years attach to it, and the record shows why. The Declaration of Condominium was recorded on 11 April 1983, and it stated that the improvements had not been substantially completed. It also reserved the right to file a surveyor's certificate later, so the condominium existed before the building did. The homes themselves carry 1984, 89 of the 90, with one carrying 1983. So 1983 dates the condominium and 1984 dates the homes: one tower finished once, not a range.

How are the 90 homes laid out?

The first level carries two homes, the second three, and then it is five apiece from level three to twelve. Then five apiece from fourteen to nineteen, with five penthouses above. No level is numbered 13.

Five floor sizes repeat up the building, from about 2,600 to about 3,500 square feet of air-conditioned space, each appearing between sixteen and nineteen times. One home sits well under that, at about 1,800 square feet. The association describes the outlook as "white sandy beaches stretching north to Sanibel Island and South to Doctor's Pass and beyond."

Do the parking spaces belong to the home?

Two of them do, by deed rather than by board permission. Under the declaration they are limited common elements, and recorded deeds and liens name both space numbers alongside the unit. The attached garage is covered and runs over two levels.

What can you use without leaving the building?

The deck, as the association lists it, holds a gas-heated outdoor pool and a large spa, a poolside cabana and a covered outdoor bar. Three courts on the third level are marked for tennis and pickleball, with courtside restrooms. The fitness room has men's and women's steam rooms, saunas and showers. Indoors: a 56-seat private cinema, a billiard room, a social room with a grand piano, and a card room with an honor library. Two guest suites can be reserved, and the lounge on the roof is air-conditioned.

Building staff work weekdays, 8am to 5pm: two housekeepers, two maintenance engineers and a licensed community association manager.

What does it cost, and what could change it?

Homes here have sold from around $2.8 million to around $4.5 million, and the ones behind that span ran 2 to 3 bedrooms. Only a handful of the 90 have traded, so that span is history, not a price list.

Budget around $3,600 a month. The figure is pitched high on purpose, so many homes fall below it. It doesn't arrive monthly: assessments are billed quarterly, due on the first day of the quarter, so the money arrives in four lumps, not twelve. There's no club here and no second association collecting a bundled membership.

Florida requires a structural examination of a building this old and this tall. An engineer or architect holding a state license must assess the structure and report what needs doing. The City of Naples puts it in the group whose first examination was owed in 2024. The same law presses an association to fund reserves for roofs, structure and waterproofing.

A due date says nothing about the result, and nothing about what's actually in the reserve account. An examination is the likeliest thing to move a quarterly bill or bring a one-off assessment, so two papers matter more than the monthly number:

• The engineer's report on the structure, and the work it hands the board.
• The reserve schedule, and the cash actually held against it.

What is the Park Shore Association, and do you have to join?

Joining is voluntary, so no, and it is a separate decision from buying. Owners at Park Plaza are eligible, and the bylaws settle that much. As amended on 12 February 2026, they draw the boundaries as five recorded Park Shore plats, and this land sits inside Unit 5, Block 12.

It is neither a homeowners association nor a master association, and it bills nothing and maintains nothing here. Its own FAQ says: "No, the Park Shore Association is a voluntary Neighborhood Association which advocates for the Park Shore neighborhood." What it owns in Collier County is one thing, a 2.7-acre private beach park at 4061 Gulf Shore Boulevard North.

Membership costs a one-time initiation fee plus annual dues, both reset by its board every year, and dues are not prorated. "Admittance by vehicle, bike, or on foot requires your active Park Shore Association membership card." Nothing transfers on a sale, so if you want the beach park you apply in your own name.

The building is an open-air atrium design with glass passenger elevators. A tiered fountain and stone waterfall sit at the heart of the tower, and the walkways to every front door look down on them.