Planning board recommends approval for industrial redevelopment at 2900 West Sample Road

The Pompano Beach Planning and Zoning Board voted 6–0 on Sept. 24 to recommend approval of a major site plan to redevelop the former Festival Flea Market at 2900 West Sample Road into three warehouse buildings on a 25‑acre parcel.

Max Weems, principal planner in Development Services, read the staff recommendation and ten conditions into the record and said the project "proposes 3 warehouse buildings, with ancillary office space on a 25 acre site." Conditions include maintaining compliance with variance 25‑11000013 and its five conditions, coordinating the industrial redevelopment with the racetrack site plan to avoid conflicts in vehicular and pedestrian movement, providing a cross‑access easement for the B‑3 outparcel, recording a two‑foot right‑of‑way dedication for NW 27th Avenue, and obtaining written Broward County approval for proposed driveway lengths before building permits are issued.

Dennis Meeley, representing the applicant, told the board the developer closed on the parcel earlier that day and showed renderings and site plans. He said truck courts are located between the buildings so trucks are separated from car parking, and that the plan distributes parking across the site. "We had to close today," Meeley said, describing the recent property split that will allow a Racetrack gas station on the corner outparcel and the warehouse project on the remainder.

Commissioner Tonda King moved to recommend approval with staff's ten conditions as amended. The motion was seconded (second not specified on the record), and the roll‑call vote recorded six yes votes and no nos; Commissioner David Mingus was not present for the vote. The board's recommendation remains subject to the conditions read into the record, including required agency sign‑offs and any outstanding plat or access amendments.

What happens next: the applicant must secure outstanding county and FDOT approvals called for in the conditions before building permits can be issued; staff and applicant said those items were in process and that construction would begin after county actions are completed, expected to be before the county commission within roughly 60 days.