Commission recommends approval for 89‑unit Boca Raton Commerce Center after traffic, drainage questions

The Palm Beach County Zoning Commission recommended approval of a development‑order amendment and class A conditional use to add 89 multifamily units to the Boca Raton Commerce Center site, including a workforce set‑aside of 25 percent (22 units), after hearing neighbor concerns about traffic, emergency‑vehicle access and drainage.

Applicant presentation: attorney Cameron Nennas said the project occupies a 4.79‑acre parcel just south of Glades Road and west of the Turnpike and that an existing roughly 15,000‑square‑foot office building on the north side of the parcel would remain. He described the proposal as a transition use between industrial and residential neighborhoods: industrial and logistics properties lie to the east and south of the site and Meisner Point single‑family development lies to the west.

Nennas said the project was reduced during review from an earlier 110‑unit concept to the current 89‑unit plan, a…