Planning board backs 39-unit Flagler Drive redevelopment despite neighbor opposition; multiple waivers granted

The West Palm Beach Planning Board on March 18 recommended approval of a rezoning and site-plan package for a proposed luxury residential tower at 3705 South Flagler Drive, a parcel now occupied by a 1962 condominium that the applicant proposes to replace with a single new residential tower and a small commercial component.

Applicant presentation: Attorney Harvey Oyer, representing the applicant PK Flagler House LLC, said the proposal is a lateral rezoning from MF-32 to a Residential Planned Development (RPD) covering roughly 1.42 acres. Oyer described a development program that would keep the total apartment count at 39 units but reconfigure the site into a single tower with podium parking and large units (floor areas cited during the presentation ranged from roughly 2,700 sq ft for two- and three-bedroom units up to 5,700 sq ft for four-bedroom units and a roughly 10,000 sq ft penthouse). Oyer said the project places parking below grade and in a podium, concentrates vertical massing in a tower centered on the site to preserve lateral view corridors, and includes an amenitized podium deck and active uses…