How we know things

Every fact on CRE Census names its source and the date it was pulled. Here is where each one comes from.

Sources

Lee County Property Appraiser, GIS parcels. Commercial and industrial parcels (county land-use codes 1000 to 4999): address, land use, assessed, just, land and building values, owner of record and the most recent sale. 14,144 parcels, pulled Aug 4, 2026. Parcel outlines on the map are read live from the same county service. Florida public record (Ch. 119).
Lee County Development Activity Projects. 678 rezonings, site plans and major construction projects, pulled Aug 4, 2026. These are not trade permits.
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer.Flood hazard zones, read live from FEMA for the map and for the flood zone at each parcel’s mapped point. US public domain. Not a flood insurance determination.
Lee County GIS.Zoning areas (10,175 polygons) and building footprints with area, year built and stories (the Property Appraiser’s building records), read live from the county’s public services. The zoning service covers the areas the county zones; a parcel inside a city may be zoned by the city.
Base maps. Streets: © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Protomaps. Satellite: USGS The National Map, public domain.

“County says” marks the value as the county’s, with its source and pulled date.
“Confirmed” means the value came straight from the agency’s own record or map. Each finding shows a four-bar mark; four bars is confirmed.
When an owner’s correction is accepted, it will appear beside the county value, never in place of it.
We do not present estimates as the public record.

Anyone can browse the map. A parcel click shows its address, property type and how many facts are on file.
A verified owner sees everything on file for their own parcels.
Verified investors see full records within a daily limit. They never see an owner’s email or cell.
Values a visitor cannot see are not sent to the browser at all.