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Boca Raton staff recommend buying 6551 Park Of Commerce for city services; public questions price and CBRE role
Summary
City staff and CBRE recommended acquiring 6551 Park Of Commerce to house city services during downtown redevelopment, saying the buy-plus-smaller-downtown-hall approach is roughly half the cost of rebuilding a full downtown city hall; residents and local owners pressed staff for negotiation transparency and questioned why a nearby corner lot sold for less.
City staff recommended the city acquire 6551 Park Of Commerce as a centralized hub for municipal services while the downtown government campus is redeveloped, arguing the combined approach—buying an existing office and building a smaller downtown city hall—would cost about half as much as constructing a full downtown facility.
"That scenario, the acquisition of 6551 Park Of Commerce combined with building the smaller city hall downtown is half of the cost of building everything downtown," CBRE Senior Vice President Will Portfolio told the council during a July 14 workshop.
The recommendation followed a market search that began in January and considered 15 properties. CBRE and city staff said they shortlisted five options and conducted tours of 10 properties; staff concluded 6551 required the least fit-out work and presented the most cost-effective solution for the city’s operational needs.
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