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Developer presents revised downtown government campus plan, vows no private development west of Second Avenue
Summary
Rob Frisbie’s 1 Boca team presented a substantially revised proposal that reduces leasable area from 31 to under 8 acres, doubles public recreational space and concentrates private development east of Northwest Second Avenue; council and residents pressed for details on revenues, heights, phasing and guarantees.
Rob Frisbie, representing the 1 Boca team, presented a revised plan for the downtown government campus at the Boca Raton City Council workshop on Oct. 27, 2025, saying the proposal keeps all land west of Northwest Second Avenue “100% city owned and dedicated to public, civic, and recreational uses.”
The revision reduces the leasable area from 31 acres to less than 8 acres — all east of Northwest Second Avenue — and doubles public recreational space from about 7.6 acres to about 15.4 acres, according to Frisbie. The plan would concentrate private development near the Brightline station and retain Memorial Park’s western parcel for civic uses including a new city hall, community center, children's playground, tennis facilities and expanded park promenades.
The proposal calls for a two‑phase buildout. Frisbie said Phase 1 would include an office building adjacent to Brightline, a hotel (about 180 keys), several mixed‑use residential buildings totaling…
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