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Board approves Royal Palm Place changes, adds condition that garage construction start with hotel
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval (7–0) of amendments to the Royal Palm Place IDA to remove below‑grade parking, reduce the hotel from 144 to 137 rooms, build a 7‑story parking structure (501 spaces) with ground‑floor retail, and use a shared‑parking analysis that reduces required off‑street spaces; the board added a condition that the parking garage construction start at the same time as the hotel.
The Planning & Zoning Board on Feb. 19 voted 7–0 to recommend approval of amendments to the Royal Palm Place Individual Development Approval (IDA CRP002R6) that reconfigure the previously approved hotel and add a new parking and retail building for the overall 15.4‑acre Royal Palm Place site.
Senior planner Susan Lesser told the board the applicant seeks to reduce the hotel room count from 144 to 137 and remove below‑grade parking that made the earlier design economically infeasible. To replace the lost parking, the applicant proposes a seven‑story parking structure totaling about 206,980 square feet with 501 spaces and ground‑floor restaurant and retail…
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