Planning Board approves 27-story Temple Israel redevelopment with conditions

The West Palm Beach Planning Board on Dec. 16 approved a special‑review site plan and six variances for a Temple Israel redevelopment that will add a 27‑story, 306‑foot residential tower with 100 condominiums and a five‑story, 204‑space parking garage to a narrow parcel on North Flagler Drive. The board voted unanimously to grant the variances and the level‑3 special review, attaching conditions that require either on‑site trees or payment into the city’s tree‑mitigation fund and that the westward strip of the parcel be included in the approved public open space.

Developer attorney Harvey Oyer told the board the revised project is smaller than an earlier proposal and is intended to fit the changing context of North Flagler. “We respectfully request your approval of the project,” he said in closing. Oyer and the project team described community benefits used to secure extra height under the Curry Mixed‑Use District:…