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Boca Raton council reviews regulatory framework, design and appraisal for proposed downtown government campus
Summary
City staff outlined a regulatory path to move existing downtown development entitlements into a government‑campus block, developers showed a master plan with seven buildings and new streetscapes, and an appraiser presented valuations and a market ground‑rent estimate; council and residents focused questions on traffic, parking and lease terms.
Brandon Shadd, the city’s development services director, told the Boca Raton City Council at a Dec. 15 workshop that staff plans to bring comprehensive plan amendments and DDRI (downtown development of regional impact) changes to the council in February 2026 as part of a regulatory approval pathway for the proposed government campus.
Shadd said the city is not creating net new downtown entitlements but proposing to reallocate existing office‑equivalent (OE) entitlements into Subarea A—the block east of Northwest 2nd Avenue where the campus would sit—so that the total downtown entitlement would remain intact. “Of those approximately 8,000,000 square feet … what remains is about 725,000 square feet,” Shadd said, and the current proposal would move roughly 320,000 square feet into Subarea A while respecting DDRI transfer limitations.
Shadd described a hybrid form‑based land development code to regulate building placement, form and pedestrian character and said transportation impacts would be…
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