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Hollywood designates downtown parcels as brownfield to support 96‑unit senior housing project
Summary
The City of Hollywood unanimously designated five parcels along South Dixie Highway and Washington Street as a brownfield green reuse area to enable groundwater remediation and redevelopment of an eight‑story, 96‑unit senior affordable housing building by HTG Paramount Limited. The designation opens state funding and requires a brownfield site rehabilitation agreement and a second reading.
The Hollywood City Commission on Nov. 19 voted unanimously to designate five parcels near 826 South Dixie Highway and 2115 Washington Street as the HTG Paramount Green Reuse Area under Florida’s brownfield statutes, clearing a step needed for environmental cleanup and redevelopment.
City staff described the site as roughly three‑quarters of an acre inside the city’s regional activity center with a history of automotive and marine uses. Andrea Winget, director of development services, told the commission that initial Phase I work led to further testing and a Phase II that found chlorinated solvent contamination in near‑surface groundwater consistent with historic degreasing and dry‑cleaning solvents. She said the green reuse designation helps secure remediation funding and grants to stabilize a groundwater plume and mitigate environmental risks.
Tory McCaffrey, attorney for applicant HTG Paramount Limited, said the project as designed will be a single eight‑story residential building offering 96 units for seniors age 62 and older. McCaffrey told the commission demolition would begin “at the end of the year” and that HTG Paramount will enter a brownfield site rehabilitation agreement to stabilize the groundwater plume and proceed with permitting and loan closings.
Members of the public who live nearby described the site as unsightly and asked whether the brownfield designation would leave the property vacant for an extended period; staff and the applicant said designation is intended to accelerate cleanup and redevelopment rather than preserve an empty parcel. The resolution requires two readings; staff said the applicant will return for the second reading and for execution of necessary state site rehabilitation agreements.
The commission’s formal action was recorded as a designation vote; later steps include finalizing a brownfield site rehabilitation agreement and securing state Department of Environmental Protection approvals. The designation does not itself authorize construction and will be followed by required permitting, remediation work and financing steps.
Next steps: the applicant will execute a brownfield rehabilitation agreement, complete remediation design and obtain building permits. Staff said they expect to return for the required second reading and to notify state agencies as required by Florida law.
