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CRA approves 30-day notice to solicit short-term uses for 901 N. Tamarind Ave.; board raises cost and timing concerns

2226759 · February 4, 2025
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The West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency on Monday voted unanimously to publish a 30‑day notice seeking proposals to lease 901 North Tamarind Avenue for a short-term pop-up use, such as a roller-skating rink.

The West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency on Monday voted unanimously to publish a 30‑day notice of intent to dispose of CRA-owned property at 901 North Tamarind Avenue and to seek proposals for a short-term lease for a pop-up roller skating rink or a similar activation.

Gina Baker, Historic Northwest Project Manager for the CRA, told the board the property is boarded and “a very good representation of slum and blight” in the historic northwest; she said state law requires the agency to post a 30‑day notice under Chapter 163 before disposing of CRA property. Baker said the agency acquired adjacent vacant parcels strategically because it intends an eventual affordable housing mixed‑use development covering the assemblage to the north.

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