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Council approves Plantation Square redevelopment: 307-unit apartment building with 40% affordable units, waivers and design approvals
Summary
After extended public comment and council scrutiny, Plantation approved site plan, conditional-use and waiver requests for an 8‑story, 307‑unit mixed-use redevelopment on West Sunrise Boulevard; the project includes 40% income-restricted units and a proposed 19‑year, 50% tax-increment rebate up to $6 million to support deeper affordability.
Plantation City Council approved a multi-part application Aug. 27 to redevelop the Bank of America/Plantation Square site at West Sunrise Boulevard and North University Drive into a mixed-use project with a relocated bank and an 8‑story residential building containing 307 units.
The applicant (MMG Plantation Square, LLC) presented plans for an integrated development: a new multi-tenant building and bank on the north portion of the parcel, a 7‑story parking structure and an 8‑story multifamily residential building to the rear and center of the site. The developer told the council the structure would step down toward the property edges; staff said the 8‑story portion would be set well back from adjacent residential property lines and that mature canopy trees proposed for retention would screen most views from surrounding roads.
Key project facts approved by council: - Units: 307 total; 40% of units (123) restricted as affordable (mix of 80% AMI and 120% AMI restrictions per applicant’s commitment). The applicant proposed 77 studio units restricted at 80% AMI and…
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