Commission approves amended Marina CMPD master plan and site plan for 259 units after negotiating height and TDM conditions

The West Palm Beach City Commission unanimously approved two related items on Nov. 10 revising the Marina Commercial Marine Plan Development (CMPD) master plan and granting level‑3 site plan approval for the first phase of redevelopment on the North Flagler waterfront.

John Roach, AICP, planner with Gunster, and Brian Seymour, counsel for the applicant, said the amendment redistributes previously approved but unbuilt square footage across permissible building areas (PBAs) so the project can activate waterfront areas without increasing overall density. Roach emphasized, "there is no increase in any unit or gross square footage. We are truly just reallocating that square footage."

Key design changes presented by the applicant include eliminating an internal frontage (slip) road that presently sits between buildings and North Flagler Drive, expanding a continuous promenade along the waterfront with required active uses, lowering and stair‑stepping garage heights,…