History Making Price for Collier County Mansion Set Last Week

Southwest Florida's most expensive listing has sold again, this time breaking the record as the priciest home sale in Collier County, Florida history.

The 9,394-sf beachfront Port Royal mansion at 2500 Gordon Dr. in Naples sold last week for a record-breaking $48.8M. Asking price was $60.9M. The buyers of the property have not been disclosed.

In 2007, Software mogul Art Allen purchased the six-bedroom, nine-bathroom home from Miles C. Collier, grandson of the county’s founder, for $40 million, according to the Naples Daily News.

Paradise Coast Wives, a reality show that goes behind-the-scenes of women who live in some of the most exclusive and wealthy neighborhoods, was once filmed in Naples. Allen's wife Carole was on the show and in one episode entertained cast members by the pool, including Shemane Nugent, wife of singer Ted Nugent, and Leanne Thrasher Chang, a former Naples High School star athlete turned top model.

In 2015, the home sold for $45.6 million. In 2012, just a half-mile north, a five-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion at 3100 Gordon Drive previously set the record for the most expensive sale in the region when it sold for $47.25 million to industrialist Randal Bellestri.