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Council approves two CIMD projects and a BRIC land-use map change; votes at a glance
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Summary
Council unanimously approved two commercial-industrial multifamily development resolutions (Mutual of America and an Office Depot site redevelopment) and adopted a future land use map amendment for the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC); all measures passed 5-0 on Feb. 11.
Boca Raton — The City Council approved multiple development and land-use actions Tuesday in addition to ranking the downtown campus proposers.
What the council approved: - Resolution 14-2025 (Mutual of America site plan amendment at 1150 NW Broken Sound Pkwy): Adopted 5-0. The amendment authorizes a 7-story, 287-unit multifamily building with 10% affordable and 5% workforce units, 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and associated site improvements. The council approved the site plan amendment and a declaration of covenants and restrictions (staff revised 02/10/2025) after applicant and staff agreed on minor clarifications to the covenant and corrected a small numeric typo in the packet (50 affordable units at 10%).
- Resolution 18-2025 (Office Depot CIMD at 6600 N. Military Trail): Adopted 5-0. The multi-phase plan would demolish a portion of the existing office building and replace it with up to 500 residential units (10% affordable), about 43,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space, and a 36,396-square-foot fitness and wellness facility. Council approved changes to demolition-permit timing (the applicant must submit an application for subsequent phases within six months of demo-permit issuance and "diligently pursue" building permits) and corrected plan-set details on parking and exhibit graphics.
- Ordinance 57-19 (Future Land Use Map amendment for the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, BRIC): Adopted 5-0. The council changed the 124.21-acre BRIC property designation from Planned Mobility (PM) to Enhanced Mobility (EM). Staff said EM is intended to enable an Enhanced Mobility Development (EMD) pathway and keeps the property's maximum floor-area ratio at 0.85 while reducing theoretical residential density from 20 units/acre (PM) to 10 units/acre (EM). Several neighbors urged council caution and raised concerns about the amendment’s 100-acre eligibility threshold and the potential for isolated districting; the council approved the map change after debate.
Votes: All three measures passed by roll call, 5-0.
Context and next steps: Each approval carries conditions and further implementation steps: the Mutual of America and Office Depot projects still require final permitting, covenant compliance and phased construction approvals; the BRIC FLUM change enables but does not entitle any particular master plan — the property would still be subject to future public hearings and plan approvals.
Notable procedural points: Council members reviewed and accepted staff language changes and corrected typographical items on the dais (for example, the affordable-unit count and demolition-permit sequencing language).