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Boca Raton planning board approves removal of 6.6-acre Bridal Station parcel from Boca Technology Center DRI
Summary
The Boca Raton Planning and Zoning Board voted 5-0 on April 17, 2025, to amend the Boca Technology Center DRI by removing about 6.6 acres at 680 Yamato Road from the DRI master plan map H-1, a change tied to a previously approved conditional mixed‑use project on the parcel.
April 17, 2025 — The City of Boca Raton Planning and Zoning Board voted 5-0 Thursday evening to approve an amendment to the Boca Technology Center Development of Regional Impact (DRI) that removes approximately 6.6 acres at 680 Yamato Road from the DRI and updates master plan map H-1.
The amendment, presented by the city’s Development Services staff, restores the Bridal Station property at 680 Yamato Road to private entitlement processes after the parcel’s removal from the DRI. Peter Begovich of the Development Services Department told the board the change reduces the DRI’s total acreage from about 224.44 acres to about 217.84 acres and removes a planned intermodal node and associated 20,000 square feet of transit‑oriented retail from the DRI map. Begovich said the Tri-Rail station and the station driveway already constructed on the parcel will remain in place.
City staff recommended approval, saying the amendment is consistent with the city comprehensive plan and land development regulations. Begovich reviewed the DRI’s history, noting the city purchased the area in 2000 (formerly the Blue Lake DRI) and that the roughly 224‑acre Technology Center includes the 124‑acre former IBM campus now called the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) and about 100 acres of other property. He told the board that earlier approvals for transit‑oriented phases had lapsed, and that on Jan. 14 the City Council approved a conditional site plan for the Bridal Station parcel for an eight‑story mixed‑use commercial/industrial/multifamily development (a CIMD) with about 340 units, including 10% affordable and 5% workforce units, and roughly 30,100 square feet of commercial use. That council approval is expressly contingent on adoption of a resolution removing the parcel from the DRI within one year, Begovich said.
Removing the parcel also slightly reduces the DRI’s required open space from about 13.88 acres to about 13.70 acres because 0.18 acres were allocated to the Bridal Station property. Begovich noted the CIMD approval includes approximately 3.88 acres of open space for the Bridal Station property, which exceeds the 0.1 acres that would have remained if the parcel had stayed in the DRI.
David Milledge, attorney for the applicant, presented on behalf of the petitioner and said he had no additional information beyond the staff presentation and stood ready to answer questions. No members of the public spoke during the public hearing. After a motion and second (names not specified on the record), the board voted by roll call: Mr. Morgan, Ms. McDermott, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Ritchie and Chair Cher Seville all voted yes. The motion passed 5-0.
The board’s approval amends the Boca Technology Center DRI master plan map H-1 and the DRI tabular data to reflect the parcel removal. The City Council previously tied final entitlement for the Bridal Station CIMD to the DRI removal; the transcript records that linkage as a condition in section 12 of Resolution O 3 20 25. No additional conditions, appeals, or referrals were recorded at the meeting. The board adjourned at about 6:10 p.m.
