Lantana: Restaurateur pays for unused lot, prompting call to fix parking code
By Mary ThurwachterAlmost four years ago, Henry Olmino, chef and owner of Mario’s Ocean Avenue restaurant, leased a parking lot from the town so the restaurant would meet Lantana’s parking...
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Delray Beach: Downtowner rides to return May 1 with two new services
By Jane Smith The Downtowner open-air vehicles will return to Delray Beach streets in May. The same company received a fixed-route contract to replace the downtown trolley at the March 28 Community...
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Boca Raton: Business district proposed to fund new trolley downtown
By Mary HladkyBoca Raton City Council members are considering creating a Business Improvement District financed by downtown businesses to make improvements in the downtown.The idea has been in the...
View ArticleDelray Beach: Diesel trolleys to hang on for another two months
By Jane SmithDelray Beach city commissioners conceded in mid-April that the diesel-spewing trolleys would have to operate on Atlantic Avenue for another two months. If they hadn’t, First Transit would...
View ArticleDelray Beach: Downtowner drops bid to return to Delray, citing liability costs
By Jane SmithThe Downtowner open-air vehicle company has officially parted ways with the City of Delray Beach. The transportation company rankled the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency when it...
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Delray Beach: CRA hits road bumps in negotiating details of free transportation
Freebee, Delray Beach’s selected point-to-point transportation provider, plans to have vehicles that carryadvertising. Service is set to begin Sept. 3. Photo providedBy Jane SmithDelray Beach is still...
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Boca Raton: Virgin Trains, Boca want to add station
City Council agrees to explore idea for downtown stopBy Mary HladkyMany South Florida cities want a Virgin Trains station, but now it looks like Boca Raton will walk away with the prize if an agreement...
View ArticleDelray Beach: Free rides in electric cars return to downtown
By Jane SmithFree rides in electric cars are returning to downtown Delray Beach. Freebee vehicles are set to take to the streets in September, offering point-to-point service that starts or ends in the...
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Pre-event reception — Saks Fifth Avenue, Boca Raton — Sept. 12
Bobby Campbell (in front) with (l-r) Michael Walstrom, Terry and Jerry Fedele and Dyana Kenney. Photo provided by Gina FontanaThe red carpet was rolled out for Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton’s...
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Boca Raton: Virgin Trains offers to limit development to station, garage
Although Virgin Trains officials have set aside for now their plans to develop land around their proposed Boca Raton station, this rendering shows what city-owned land they previously had wanted to...
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Celebrations: Boca Raton Mayors Ball — Boca West Country Club — Nov. 16
Jim Batmasian, Jo Anne Williams, Jim O’Neill and Debbie and Steve Schmidt. Photos provided by Gina Fontana and Jeffrey ThollMore than 450 well-dressed guests danced the night away to support the health...
View ArticleBoca Raton: Dead end on downtown shuttle turns focus to ride-hailing services
By Mary HladkyAfter seven years of discussion, the City Council has dropped plans to create a Business Improvement District to pay for a shuttle system that would transport people around the downtown....
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Boynton Beach: Developers pitch mixed-use downtown project
A proposal for redevelopment along Federal Highway between Ocean Avenue and Boynton Beach Boulevard includes an eight-story apartment complex, shown below. Renderings providedBy Larry BarszewskiA $65...
View ArticleBoca Raton: Flashing lights installed to boost crosswalk safety
By Mary HladkyAs part of its continuing effort to improve walkability in the downtown, the city is installing rapid flashing beacons at four locations along East Palmetto Park Road.The beacons draw...
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Boca Raton: Another luxury hotel appears headed for downtown
By Mary HladkyInvestments Limited is moving forward with plans for an extended-stay hotel on a prime piece of downtown property in Royal Palm Place. The largest commercial property owner in the...
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Boynton Beach: Downtown restaurants, stores preferred over more condos or...
By Larry BarszewskiBoynton Beach residents and business owners prefer to see restaurants and retail stores built on a prime downtown site owned by the Community Redevelopment Agency, a recent survey...
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Boynton Beach: City puts a century of history to work
Old high school’s new uses reflect wider push for preservationBy Larry BarszewskiThe Boynton Woman’s Club made an impressive move almost a century ago, when it left its original Ocean Avenue location...
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Boca Raton: Assisted living, apartment buildings proposed for downtown
By Mary HladkyAnother adult assisted living facility and a luxury apartment building could be coming to the downtown.Engel Burman Boca LLC, an affiliate of New York-based developer Engel Burman, has...
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Boca Raton: Main foes of 12-story Aletto live next door in 12-story Tower 155
Related Story: Rules revision for automated garages aids proposed tower, making council uneasyBy Mary HladkyAlan Neibauer first learned that a major development could be built across the street from...
View ArticleBoca Raton: Meters coming to 86 more parking spaces downtown
By Mary HladkyMore parking meters soon will be installed in downtown Boca Raton.The City Council on March 7 gave staff the go-ahead to install 86 meters on portions of four streets that currently don’t...
View ArticleDelray Beach: Delray CRA digs in heels over Old School Square payments
By Jane SmithThe Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is demanding the return of $187,500 it gave to the former operators of the Old School Square campus that is the cultural heart of the city’s...
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Boca Raton: Sanborn Square yoga safely returns after devotees bend council’s ear
Glickman stands on a barrier Nov. 26 once classes had resumed after she and others pleaded with the City Council. ‘The people’s voices were heard,’ Glickman says. Tim Stepien/The Coastal StarBy Mary...
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Business Spotlight: Soloviev Group picks up $32 million of downtown Delray...
By Christine DavisThe Soloviev Group, led by Chairman Stefan Soloviev, purchased properties in downtown Delray Beach for $32 million in February. They were located at 11 S. Swinton Ave., 2 E. Atlantic...
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Boca Raton: Downtown gets its first large development approval since 2019
The Residences of Boca is a 12-story, 190-apartment complex that’s set to rise just west of Federal Highway between Southwest Third and Fifth streets. Rendering provided By Mary HladkyThe City Council...
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Boca Raton: Aletto approval to bring more Class A offices downtown
Once built, the Aletto at Sanborn Square complex would be at Palmetto Park Road just east of Sanborn Square. The Tower 155 condominium is the white building behind the Aletto. Rendering provided By...
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Boca Raton: Two-tower hotel proposed at site of downtown post office
Investments Limited has submitted a proposal for a pair of nine-story towers with a total of 266 guest rooms to be built where the post office now stands downtown. Rendering providedBy Mary HladkyJames...
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Boca Raton: Mandarin Oriental’s slow progress is grist for rumors, doubts
Cranes sat idle with few workers on site in July at the Mandarin Oriental, but in the city’s overall view, ‘they are actively doing work’ on the project. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star Company, developer...
View ArticleBoca Raton: City hopes to resurrect transit service downtown
By Mary HladkyFour years after the Boca Raton City Council gave up on having a transit system in the downtown, current council members are pushing to get an on-demand service in place quickly.City...
View ArticleBoca Raton: Downtown ideas: Residents like greenery, small business, not...
By Mary HladkyHow can downtown Boca Raton become more enticing and vibrant, and what should be part of a new plan for a city government campus?When the city’s Community Advisory Panel asked residents...
View ArticleBoca Raton: Lack of downtown ride service irks impatient council members
By Mary HladkyBoca Raton City Council members want a downtown circulator service. And they want it now.Then-Deputy Mayor Monica Mayotte and Council member Yvette Drucker on March 25 unloaded their...
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