Aerial over the roof of Building 1 at Excalibur Motor Condominiums, Fort Myers, with a rooftop HVAC unit above every bay

Hurricane season

How it’s built for wind, water and what you keep inside.

Wind design
170 mph
FEMA flood zone
Zone X
Inland from the open Gulf
9 miles
Roof membrane
60-mil TPO

Read the evidence

Protection is a system, not one impressive number.

Start with the whole building: structure, roof, doors and windows have to work as one closed envelope. Then read the site separately. A wind-design figure, a flood designation and a storm record answer different questions.

Excalibur publishes all three so a buyer can compare the specification, the property and what the finished buildings have actually experienced without treating one as proof of another.

Structural design
170 mph
170 mph ultimate design wind speed
Building envelope
Concrete
Concrete construction with an integrated concrete mezzanine, 60-mil TPO membrane, warranty documented, and impact-rated openings.
Site position
Zone X
FEMA Flood Zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area; 21 ft site elevation, per site survey; roughly nine miles inland from the open Gulf.
Building and bay systems
Both buildings
Full fire sprinkler systems in both buildings, dedicated HVAC per unit on the owner's own meter — one 3-ton A/C in the smallest unit, up to three 3-ton A/C units in the largest, and a 16 × 14 ft insulated segmented overhead door.
Rendering of an empty finished unit with a marbled epoxy floor, the stair and the second floor above

01

How the buildings are put together

Concrete construction with a concrete second floor, a 60-mil commercial roof over it, insulated 16 by 14 ft garage doors at the drive aisle, and impact-rated openings. Each part is named, with what it is and why it is there.

Read the construction detail
Rendering: Excalibur Motor Condominiums, Fort Myers, Florida

02

Milton and Helene, with no damage

Milton and Helene came through with no water intrusion, no leaks and no damage to any unit. That is the operating record, not a claim that either storm tested the building to its design figure. The record and the engineering stay separate.

Read the storm performance record

Buyer due diligence

Four questions to ask before you compare buildings.

A buyer should be able to trace every broad promise back to a specification, a map or an observed record. These are the questions that separate those kinds of evidence.

01

What does the wind figure apply to?

Ask whether it describes one product or the complete building. Here it is the whole-building figure: 170 mph ultimate design wind speed.

See the structural specification

02

Are the openings part of the envelope?

Large doors and windows matter because a building has to remain closed under pressure. Ask for the opening rating, the door type and how those parts relate to the building design.

See the doors and openings

03

What is above the collection?

The published roof specification is 60-mil TPO membrane, warranty documented. Ask about the membrane, the assembly beneath it and the documented warranty.

See the roof assembly

04

What does the map say about the site?

FEMA Flood Zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area. The site is also roughly nine miles inland from the open Gulf, with 21 ft site elevation, per site survey.

See the site and storm record

Direct answers

What cautious buyers ask first.

The buildings are engineered to a 170 mph ultimate design wind speed.

FEMA Flood Zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area. Flood insurance is not federally required at this site.

Roughly nine miles inland from the open Gulf.

Hurricane Milton, October 2024: no water intrusion, no leaks, no compromised units.

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The strongest proof is the building itself.

Walk the property, see the buildings and ask anything. Visits are by appointment, and one of the owners meets you at the gate.