WEST PALM BEACH | Development Rundown

[Miles1800]

Well It's practically next to impossible to build what Miami is building since Downtown Miami is about 7 miles from it's airport compared to 3 miles from downtown WPB to PBI. It makes a lot more sense to impose reasonable height limits in downtown WPB for the same reason that downtown Boston has height restrictions for the very same reason: proximity to the airport!

But the new CMUD district can build up to that height, that's why new building proposed are exceeding 300 feet.

[Altoic]

Yeah its a shame, at least the developments in WPB are really high quality for most projects.

[seanwil29@gmail.com]

Honestly I feel like proximity to the airport isn’t really the reason. Maybe for West Palm yes, but looking at Boston which is also 2-3 miles from the airport, thier tallest tower is still 790’. San Diego is a better example, they are less than 1.5 miles from the airport and their tallest is 500’. Like someone mentioned previously, I think the biggest thing that continues to stop these tall towers are lack of community support.

[Miles1800]

Ya lack of community support is the biggest factor (along side zoning regulations and height restrictions) that's stopping them from building supertall towers, since the majority of the city and the surrounding area is made up of old and elderly people, they tend to oppose tall buildings, because in their words " we don't want to become another Miami". This is why most of these projects are not well favored by some of the community.

It's very apparent when you watch the city commission meetings, but I think as west palm grows the pushback might start to dwell down.

But that's just my theory

[Dale]

What do you mean lack of community support ? Assuming that there are no height restrictions, all you need is a developer.

[Miles1800]

most people in the community don't want skyscrapers so usually when developers come and propose a building usually there's pushback from the community and it always comeback to "we don't want to be another Miami or ft Lauderdale".

[Dale]

Originally Posted by Miles1800

most people in the community don't want skyscrapers so usually when developers come and propose a building usually there's pushback from the community and it always comeback to "we don't want to be another Miami or ft Lauderdale".

But municipal government sometimes overrules the dissenters, correct ?

[Altoic]

Lack of community support stems from a variety of reasons. Like miles mentioned its partly due to not wanting to become like their sister cities in the south, but also traffic concerns.

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-p...ng-controversy

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/...ne/4901904007/

A relatively small number of vocal people object to height and West Palm pols have catered to them over the years, resulting in squat buildings that crowd the sidewalks, the developer argued. "It’s time people who care about the beauty of the city stand up."

Height restrictions have been letting in the recent years, but this is mostly not the act of the FAA but WPB. The City seems to listen well to height concerns, but they're changing their tune due to a swath of new proposals calling for height. With the Live Local Act now enacted, it allows height to reach farther out of the core.

[Dale]

They could probably win over the public, I’d guess, with a guarantee that tall buildings would be restricted to a certain zone.

[Altoic]

Fantastic news!

Alba Palm Beach has officially broken ground.
https://www.instagram.com/albapalmbeach/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv2zFrDAZLk/?img_index=1

There are some construction equipment visible on site. When built out, the tower will consist of 55 luxury residences.







https://www.albapalmbeach.com/gallery

[Altoic]

$850M Dollar Light Rail Proposal Linking West Palm Beach to The Mall at Wellington Green.
https://palmbeachtpa.org/wp-content/...pendices-1.pdf

The Route:



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The Park and Ride Model:


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There are 16 proposed stations along the route. The model Palm Beach TPA is going for is a Park and Ride, with mixed-use and residential development along the corridor. This is in the proposed stage, and still needs approval from FDOT. An around 10-year build out is imagined. If imagined, this corridor will see an increase in development and density and a larger focus on pedestrian and bike safety.


Image via: https://www.byjoecapozzi.com/post/li...d-state-road-7

[Altoic]

Today, WSB's Planning Board passed CRC NO. 23-04

In the case, it proposed allowing newly defined covered structures on rooftops. To exclude an interstitial non-active parking garage level from overall story counts, (while also stressing for a higher covering of parking, meaning liner units and a lack of screening), extend mixed-use signage provisions to commercial properties fronting North Railroad Avenue, and to revise NoRA ground-level setbacks for the new streetscape design.

This case will affect all future development throughout the Downtown Master Plan area.

Regarding having parking integrated into the development, it must be fully integrated with no sheet metal loosely placed for example, it has to hide parking use within a double-height podium, projects cannot exceed 70% of the MAX required parking, while height levels are still kept.

Likewise, the Planning Board further discussed the Contemporary, a multi-story office development.

[wanderer34]

Originally Posted by Miles1800

Well It's practically next to impossible to build what Miami is building since Downtown Miami is about 7 miles from it's airport compared to 3 miles from downtown WPB to PBI. It makes a lot more sense to impose reasonable height limits in downtown WPB for the same reason that downtown Boston has height restrictions for the very same reason: proximity to the airport!

But the new CMUD district can build up to that height, that's why new building proposed are exceeding 300 feet.

Downtown Miami, Downtown Ft Lauderdale, and Downtown Tampa shouldn't even have height limits, as the paths to and from their airports don't directly fly over their downtowns, and they shouldn't have to contend with the FAA's stupid height limits.

There should be no fly zones proposed for those cities' downtowns. Aircraft can fly wherever and whenever and trying to fly over a cities skyline because it's considered the most direct route won't cut it, as cities' skylines evolve over time due to office demand.

This isn't even the same as Boston and San Diego, who's airports are much closer to their downtowns than what FL cities have to contend with.

[Altoic]

South Flagler House - Sales Have Begun
https://southflaglerhouse.com/architecture-design



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[Altoic]

More Renderings/Info on the Curie Mixed-Use District

509.1 Currie Park Towers

Herzog & de Meuron, in collaboration with SpinaOrourke + Partners and Enea Garden Design has designed a new residential project for a site adjacent to Currie Park in West Palm Beach, Florida. The project is the first step towards the realization of the team’s mixed-use Currie Park Master Plan.

[Dale]

WPB is crushing it!

[wanderer34]

The South Flagler House project is as classy as it can be. The Currie Park project looks like glass Jenga towers to me. Both projects are indeed nice!

[bm53]

Affiliate Of Jupiter Realty Seeks Approval For 25-Story Tower At 315 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida

Linton Jog Associates, an affiliate of Jupiter Realty and Norbert Kent Wilmering, hopes to get approval for a high-rise building in West Palm Beach, FL. The 25-story tower would require 212,707 square feet of new construction, redeveloping the already-existing commercial building on the site.

Before construction would start on the high-rise, the general contractor would demolish all but 9,400 square feet of the commercial building, which was built in 1966. The South Florida Business Journal reports that the new apartments would measure 553 square feet to 1,246 square feet each, ranging from studio to two-bedroom units.

[bm53]

The Cipriani Brothers Are Building West Palm Beach’s First Hotel-Branded Residences

Following the success of the sold-out Mr. C Residences in Coconut Grove, brothers Maggio and Ignazio Cipriani have unveiled what will be West Palm Beach’s first-ever hotel-branded residences. The two have joined forces with Terra and Arquitectonica to build the 25-story Mr. C-branded condominium at 320 Lakeview Ave., which will include a 110-room hotel and 146 private residences priced at $2 million and up. The brothers enlisted Landscape Design Workshop to do up the grounds and Meyer Davis to curate the interiors and amenity spaces

Residences at the swanky new tower will include one- to four-bedroom units ranging from 830 to 2,200 square feet. And depending on the floor, part-time residents and investors looking to defray expenses will have the opportunity to enter their home in the hotel’s rental program.

The Ciprianis currently operate a Mr. C hotel in Miami, Beverly Hills, and New York City and have recently expanded their residential portfolio to include Dubai. Construction on the West Palm Beach project is expected to get underway early next year and is slated for completion in 2026. Douglas Elliman will lead the sales, which are anticipated to launch in November.

[Miles1800]

140-Condo Shorecrest Proposed For 1901 North Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL

Related is proposing a 26-story, 140-unit building on the site of Temple Israel of West Palm Beach, at 1901 North Flagler Drive.



Its going to be close to OLARA





Shorecrest will measure 26 stories, offering 140 condos, ranging from one-bedroom to four-bedroom condos. They start at $1.5 million––although this could change, given the housing market.

Conceptual renderings show a tower with a mostly glass exterior overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. The West Palm Beach Plans & Plats Review Committee will review the Shorecrest proposal on January 11th.

You can find out more on there website here : www.shorecrestwpb.com