Boca Raton planning board recommends Meisner Plaza Hotel IDA with conditions after residents raise safety and traffic concerns

The Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board on March 5 recommended approval of the Meisner Plaza Hotel individual development approval (IDA), voting 6-0 after adding conditions that require a structural survey of the adjacent Tower 155 condominium and ongoing vibration testing during construction.

The project before the board would redevelop about 1.65 acres at 132 and 170 Northeast 2nd Street into a two‑tower, 12‑story hotel with 219 rooms, roughly 30,840 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and internal structured parking. Senior planner Susan Lesser told the board the applicant seeks a technical deviation to reduce required off‑street parking from 557 spaces to 328 and to transfer 154,815 square feet of office‑equivalent development between downtown subareas. Lesser said the application provides 46% open space (33,248 sq ft) where 40% is required and includes a Transportation Demand Management plan that pledges a TDM coordinator, transit subsidies (50% for Tri‑Rail and…