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HAMILTON HARBOR YACHT CLUB IN NAPLES 

Tech billionaire Michael S. Dell’s MSD Partners purchased the exclusive Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club in Naples for $16.6 million on Sept. 27. The seller was Collier Enterprises Inc., a Naples-based real estate investment and development firm that also sold its Old Collier Golf Club last week to Hoffmann Family of Companies for $45.3 million. Dell is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies computer IT company and also the money behind The Athens Group’s redevelopment of the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, which permanently closed in May and is proposed to be the future home of a Four Seasons resort. Dell’s MSD Partners and MSD Capital control a luxury portfolio that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club purchased two years ago. MSD, which has offices in New York, California and West Palm Beach, is a private investment firm established in 1998 to exclusively manage the assets of Michael Dell and his family. Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club is tucked away in a protected harbor off Naples Bay on 28.38 acres at the southern tip of the city of Naples near Naples Botanical Garden, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Gordon Pass and Keewaydin Island. Developed by Collier Enterprises in 2008, the private club has 25 floating wet slips and an advanced storage center that can hold as many as 325 boats. Its Old Florida-style clubhouse includes a full-service restaurant and bar. For the full story, click here.