Developer updates scaled‑back '1 Boca' plan as residents press charter vote, environmental and financial questions ahead of March ballot

At a Boca Raton City Council workshop on Oct. 14, 2025, Rob Frisbie, representing the 1 Boca development team, told the council and about two hundred residents that the project team has revised its proposal to shift most private development to the east side of Second Avenue and reduce the development footprint to about seven acres while preserving Memorial Park as public space.

The revised plan arrives as residents led by the group Save Boca presented a certified petition and more than 7,700 signatures seeking a charter amendment to protect public land, and as council members and staff discussed timing for placing ballot language with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections ahead of the next scheduled municipal vote in March. City officials and residents also debated tree removal, gopher tortoise habitat at Sugar Sand Park, the scope and transparency of public‑private partnership terms and the financial assumptions behind the proposed public investments.

Why it matters: The council and developer said the matter will go before voters if the council approves a project and places a question on the ballot; the city attorney said the next regular ballot the county supervisor has scheduled is March 10, 2026. The scope of any approved public‑private partnership, the location of developer‑built housing and retail, and whether existing parkland or conservation areas would be altered were central concerns cited by residents, park and environmental experts, and several council members.

Rob Frisbie, representing 1 Boca, said his team has held multiple public outreach events and is revising the plan based on feedback. "We believe these sessions have been…