St. Peter Claver Place Apartments, a new affordable housing complex in Fort Myers, has units that are now available for rent. The Dioceses of Venice and the National Development of America unveiled the apartments Feb. 27 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It took eight years to transform a vacant lot into 136 apartment units. From interest rates and construction costs to insurance rates, these hurdles made it difficult for the developers to keep rates between $600 to $1,250 for residents. The complex has already received 1,500 rental applications, WINK News reports.