Isles of Collier Preserve

Isles of Collier Preserve fills the 2,400-acre former Sabal Bay site in East Naples, behind a gate off Tamiami Trail East. Minto Communities closed on the land in December 2012 and was both the developer and the homebuilder, so every house here came from one company.

Minto announced in March 2026 that it had sold the last new home. That changes how a purchase works here. You are buying from an owner rather than a builder, so what's in front of you is an existing house and an existing set of association documents.

What is there to do on the water?

The community has a boathouse, a dock and a kayak launch onto the Cypress Waterway, with Minto kayaks available. The Overlook Bar & Grill sits on the shore of the same waterway.

Is Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club part of the community?

No. It is a separate club, at its own address on Hamilton Avenue, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line. Owning a home at Isles of Collier Preserve conveys nothing there, and joining is a second decision with its own money behind it.

The shape of that decision matters: a place for a boat at Hamilton Harbor is bought as a slip membership in the club, not rented by the month. The club describes what that buys in a single line: "Slip membership reserves your slip size and locks in pricing." So it's a capital decision rather than a monthly one, which changes both the conversation with a lender and the timing of the whole move. On size, the club says its boathouse "can hold as many as 325 boats up to 55 feet in length (depending on weight)", and that it "offers wet slips for boats up to 60 feet that allow you to come and go as you please".

What is at the Isles Club?

The Isles Club is the social center of the community. A high-ceilinged central breezeway leads to a large gradual-entrance swimming pool, with a separate lap pool and a 3,000-square-foot fitness center. The Overlook Bar & Grill is the community's own restaurant, and Minto describes it as residents-only.

There are pickleball, tennis and bocce courts, all lit for night play. Canine Cove is the dog park, and greenways run through the property with walking and biking trails, exercise stations and Nature Watch areas.

What kind of homes are here?

Detached houses and attached villas, in almost equal measure: 46% houses, 45% villas. The other 9% sits in low-rise buildings of one to three stories, and that is the share that changes the arithmetic. Roughly one home in eleven is a condominium in a small building rather than a house or a villa. That means a different ownership structure, a different monthly charge and a different lending conversation, so settle which of the three you are buying before anything else.

The homes date from 2014 onward, and one edge of the community joined the plan later than the rest. In February 2022 Minto bought an adjoining 103 acres on the western border and added 229 homesites there. Those were planned as 138 paired villas and 91 detached houses, which took the plan to 1,825 homes at buildout. Sizes run from about 1200 to about 4350 square feet, with bedroom counts of 2 to 5. Prices sit between the $470,000s and around $4.5 million.

What does it cost to carry a home here?

Budget around $750 a month. That is a planning figure rather than a quote, and the amount attached to a particular home should be confirmed against the association's own documents before it goes into anyone's sums.

What should you pin down before you offer?

• The exact assessment on that address, taken from the association's documents rather than from a listing.
• Whether the association has finished its handover from the developer. The last new home is sold, but the handover is a separate event with its own timing.
• The pet policy and the minimum lease term, if a dog or a rental plan is part of the thinking.

How far is the rest of Naples?

In a straight line, Fifth Avenue South is about 4 miles away, and so are the Naples Pier and beach. The Naples Botanical Garden is about 0.8 miles north, and Rookery Bay Reserve headquarters about 4.7 miles. Marco Island is about 11 miles and RSW about 30, both meaningfully longer by road than those straight lines suggest.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve borders the south side, the Naples Botanical Garden the north, and Dollar Bay is another of its borders. More than half of the original 2,400 acres is dedicated to natural habitat and nature preserve, connected by trails, bike paths and waterways.