Boca Raton officials preview downtown redevelopment P3, debate clause tied to March 10 referendum

City staff on Monday previewed the city’s planned public–private redevelopment of the downtown government campus and answered council and public questions about the master partnership agreement, a 99-year ground lease and the ballot schedule for a March 10 referendum.

Deputy City Manager Andy Lukasick summarized the conceptual master plan prepared by the city’s selected partner, Terra Frisbee, describing a transit-oriented, pedestrian-scaled district adjacent to the Brightline station that would include mixed uses: staff cited 947 total residential units (765 rental units including 77 workforce units, and about 182 condominium units), roughly 120,000 square feet of office, about 79,000 square feet of retail including grocery space, a roughly 180‑room hotel and roughly 2,000 parking spaces. Lukasick said the plan emphasizes plazas, activated open space and connections from Palmetto Avenue to the rail station.

“If approved by the council and ratified by voters, the transaction will be governed by a master partnership agreement and associated leases and development-management documents,” Lukasick said, describing the agreements staff expects council to introduce and discuss in meetings next week and later this month.

Leanne Course, an executive vice president with CBRE who appeared with staff, described…