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Board recommends 280 East Palmetto Park residential IDA despite neighbors' concerns

Planning and Zoning Board of the City of Boca Raton · July 18, 2024
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Summary

The Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of a 9‑story, 28‑unit development at 280 E. Palmetto Park Road (the "Glass House") and the abandonment of a portion of a water easement, after extensive public comment raising traffic, parking, water‑table and view concerns.

The Planning & Zoning Board on July 18 voted to recommend approval of the 280 East Residential project, a proposed nine‑story, 28‑unit multifamily building at 280 East Palmetto Park Road, to the Community Redevelopment Agency.

City planner Jacob Gherman summarized the application, saying the project would demolish an existing 8,665‑square‑foot vacant office building and construct a roughly 112,249‑square‑foot residential structure with two levels of below‑grade parking and 61 parking spaces. The application requests abandonment of a 10‑foot‑wide utility easement that conflicts with…

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