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Council seeks owner's‑representative consultant to oversee Center for Arts and Innovation concerns; amphitheater redesign not a deal‑breaker

Boca Raton City Council · September 24, 2024
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Summary

Following a lengthy discussion about landlord plans for the Center for Arts and Innovation, the council agreed there is general consensus to hire an owner's‑representative consultant (construction, traffic, performing‑arts expertise) to advise on parking, circulation and cost estimates and to help protect the city’s reservation of rights during IDA review; several members said the proposed amphitheater redesign is not a deal‑breaker.

City Manager Brown and council members spent significant time on Sept. 24 discussing the Center for Arts and Innovation, the landlord plans submitted by the center and whether the city should hire an owner's‑representative consultant to advise the CRA and council during upcoming IDA review and landlord‑plan approvals.

Brown said the council needs clarity on the consultant’s scope — recommending someone with construction…

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