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Planning board recommends approval of 760 Ponce mixed‑use PAD after two years of neighborhood revisions

City of Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Board · September 18, 2025
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Summary

The board recommended approval of the multi‑part 760 Ponce package (comp plan amendment, zoning map change, PAD and conditional uses) after the applicant committed to design concessions: underground parking, a public plaza, a four‑unit residential liner along Boabadilla, preserving a large oak, and traffic‑calming/street improvements. Several adjacent residents supported the redesign while others urged stronger guarantees for traffic and parking mitigation.

The Planning & Zoning Board on Sept. 17 recommended approval of a package of interrelated land‑use actions for a mixed‑use project at 760 Ponce (Items E3–E6) that will replace an outdated medical office and surface parking with a redesigned Mediterranean‑style, mixed‑use building with a public plaza and residential transition along Boabadilla.

Applicant George Navarro presented the revised plan, saying it was the product of more than two years of meetings with neighbors. The proposal reduces maximum heights from earlier submissions, pushes much of the parking underground, and provides a 8,500‑square‑foot public plaza and two levels of parked medical office above ground. The applicant also…

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