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Developer shrinks downtown lease, doubles parkland in revised '1 Boca' plan amid public pushback
Summary
At an Oct. 27 workshop, the 1 Boca team presented a revised government campus plan that would keep all land west of NW 2nd Avenue public, reduce leasable area from 31 to under 8 acres, double public park acreage to about 15.4 acres and propose substantial development east of 2nd Ave; the plan drew praise and sharp public criticism and the council discussed putting petition questions on a Jan. 13 ballot.
Rob Frisbie, representing the 1 Boca development team, presented a substantially revised vision for the downtown government campus to the Boca Raton City Council on Oct. 27, saying the plan preserves the entire west side of NW 2nd Avenue as city-owned public space while concentrating private development east of 2nd Avenue.
Key commitments in Frisbie’s presentation included: no private development west of NW 2nd Avenue (Memorial Park would remain 100% city-owned), reducing the leasable ground area from 31 acres to under 8 acres (all east of 2nd Avenue), and increasing public recreational space from about 7.6 acres to roughly 15.4 acres. Frisbie said the plan would place development on underused parking lots and privately owned parcels adjacent to the Brightline station.
Frisbie described programmatic elements on the west side including a quarter-mile central promenade, a ‘‘Banyan Tree Village’’ and upgraded recreation facilities, as well as a community center and meeting spaces he…
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