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Boca Raton leaders, developer outline scaled-back downtown master plan as residents press for financial transparency
Summary
City staff and Terra Frisbie Group presented a revised interim master plan that trims residential density by removing three buildings, increases public open space by about 20% and commits $10 million to connectivity; public speakers pushed for clearer financial terms and an appraisal if public land sales or condos are on the table. The council is set to consider approving the interim plan tomorrow.
City staff and consultants presented a condensed, public-facing version of the downtown government campus master plan at the Boca Raton City Council workshop on June 9, asking the council to approve an interim master plan tomorrow that would establish the project’s general uses, development intensities and densities.
The presentation from the consultant team, led by Rob Frisbie of the Frisbie Group, said the most recent iteration removes three residential buildings and ‘‘lowered the residential density by over 200 units’’ while increasing public and recreational open space by just over 20 percent. Frisbie said the plan also adds street‑level safety measures—buffered bike lanes, narrowed street widths and widened crosswalks—to slow traffic and improve pedestrian connections. ‘‘We’ve removed three residential buildings and lowered the residential density by over 200…
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