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Boca Raton CRA hears amendment to Royal Palm Place hotel approval; board moves to adopt resolution as amended
Summary
The Community Redevelopment Agency heard an amendment to the Royal Palm Place Hotel IDA (CRP0002R7) that removes below‑grade parking, reduces rooms from 144 to 137, and adds a 7‑story parking structure. Staff recommended approval; a motion to adopt the resolution as amended was made (vote tally not recorded in the transcript).
The Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency on Feb. 23 held a quasi‑judicial hearing on Resolution CRP0002R7, an amendment to the Royal Palm Place Hotel Individual Development Approval that would eliminate below‑grade parking, reduce the hotel from 144 rooms to 137 and add a seven‑story parking structure and additional retail and restaurant space.
Staff and the applicant told the board the changes reflect construction‑cost realities and an effort to reduce a long‑standing parking deficiency on the 15.4‑acre site. Senior planner Susan Lesser told the board staff supports the applicant’s requested technical deviation to use a shared‑parking analysis because, she said, “as the previous approval improved the overall existing parking deficit, the proposed hotel redevelopment, including the new parking structure, will now eliminate that parking deficit.”
The applicant, represented by attorney Ellie Zacharias, said underground…
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