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City staff and CBRE present redevelopment options for City Hall and police‑HQ sites; land swap with Broward County discussed
Summary
City staff and CBRE presented conceptual massing plans for the City Hall Circle and the police‑headquarters site at Hollywood Boulevard and Park Road, discussed a possible land exchange with Broward County for a new South Regional Courthouse, and outlined next steps including community outreach and an RFP process.
City staff and commercial‑real‑estate consultants from CBRE presented options July 2 for redeveloping underused city parcels, including the City Hall Circle campus and the police‑headquarters site at 3250 Hollywood Boulevard, and described an ongoing dialog with Broward County about a potential land exchange to host the county’s proposed South Regional Courthouse complex.
Joanne Hussey, director of communications, marketing and economic development, said the presentation was “food for thought” and required no decisions at the meeting; staff asked the commission to consider the sites over the summer. CBRE executives outlined conceptual massing plans the city commissioned to test what could be developed while retaining civic uses.
Key points and options presented: - City Hall Circle (9.98 acres): CBRE and Gritics massing work shows the site could support a rebuilt city hall and other civic uses while also accommodating commercial and residential development if the city chose to redevelop. The existing structures are roughly 58 years old, and consultants flagged deferred‑maintenance and the potential for structured parking as key constraints. CBRE said community outreach would be critical before any design or procurement steps. - Police headquarters / 3250 Hollywood Boulevard (approx. 8.65 acres remaining after partial site vacation): Consultants produced conceptual layouts that step down density toward single‑family neighborhoods, wrap parking behind retail or civic plazas, and preserve view corridors. Remaining acreage after the police department vacates was cited at about six acres for mixed civic/commercial uses. - Land swap with Broward County: County staff have proposed a South Regional Courthouse complex that would include the courthouse, probation and human‑services offices, an addiction‑recovery/comprehensive crisis center, and a maintenance/garage facility. The county’s preferred parcel is the city’s police‑HQ site; the county would be offering its South Regional Courthouse parcel (4.45 acres) in exchange. County representatives told staff they anticipate a decision timeline by October 2025 and requested the city evaluate environmental remediation needs and a full‑site concept.
Staff also briefed the commission on other city properties under consideration for reuse or redevelopment: the Fred Littman Multipurpose Center at 2030 Polk Street, a parcel on Taylor Street currently used for post‑office employee parking and chamber functions (the post‑office lease expires July 11), and five scattered sites released in an RFP for affordable housing with responses due to procurement on July 21.
Why it matters: The sites are centrally located and represent long‑term capital and land‑use decisions that could expand the city’s tax base, create civic space, and affect adjacent neighborhoods. Staff emphasized that redevelopment decisions should be preceded by a space program, detailed community outreach and a competitive procurement process.
Next steps suggested by CBRE and staff include a detailed space program (to define the city’s programmatic needs), expanded community outreach, and issuing a request for proposals to attract development teams that would submit design and financial proposals for the site or for an agreed land‑swap solution.
