Stuck in the middle: Condo residents rocked by West Palm construction boom
At Flagler Pointe on North Flagler, high-rises to the left of them, more rising to the right and they truly don’t know what it is they should do.…
CityPlace shuffle
One of the most prominent and long-lasting restaurants in CityPlace, The Cheesecake Factory, is preparing to leave. Yes, but: It isn’t going far. Why it’s important: The California-based chain expects to do what several other large restaurant brands have tried but failed to do: Make…
How big is big enough?
Palm Beach International Airport is facing increasing demand and considering the addition of parallel runways. The proposal has raised concerns about the airport's impact on neighboring communities and the potential for delays. Airport officials emphasize the need to accommodate growth and prevent…
Stairway to nothing
CityPlace plan calls for demolishing staircase at The Harriet; critics say it will destroy 1926 structure's historic integrity.…
‘Would you want this in your backyard?’
Residents deliver frosty response to $40 million Palm Beach Gardens ice rink proposal.…
How Stephen Ross wants to reshape West Palm Beach
Offices, schools and a club for affluent newcomers. Fortune magazine just published a look at Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross’ ambitions to make West Palm Beach a model city for the country. Why it’s important: The article, reported with Bloomberg, pulls together…
5 things to know before you take Tri-Rail to downtown Miami
I couldn’t resist hopping aboard Tri-Rail on Day 1 of its service to downtown Miami. From West Palm Beach, my Saturday morning ride took about two hours and five minutes each way. What I learned: What to do once you get there. Pair a cheap ride…
Wetlands in peril: County in bidding war for Pal-Mar preserves
Private ownership, dispute over value jeopardizes county’s ability to salvage untouched properties on Martin County border.…
Boatyard showdown: Safe Harbor Rybovich expansion depends on change of heart
Riviera Beach City Council voted 3-2 to move boatyard expansion forward but now a 4-1 vote is required.…
Get out of your car
An effort to ease the daily traffic crunch in downtown West Palm Beach by giving drivers more alternatives launched Thursday. Among its backers: Downtown’s biggest high-rise builder, the Related Cos., the city and the Downtown Development Authority, which provided $100,000 in seed money. Its…
Racetrack chess board: Pieces in play
It’s happening, County Commissioner Sara Baxter told 250 racing fans Wednesday night. GL Homes is building a 200-acre off-highway vehicle park on its land west of The Acreage. And giving it to county residents free of charge, she said at a town hall…
Superyacht boatyard promises Riviera Beach $300 million infusion
Safe Harbor Marinas has been snapping up vacant lots east of Broadway.…
Palm Beach County is growing, but it’s not crazy growth
West Palm Beach clocks in as our fastest-growing city.…
'Unpreserving the Ag Reserve'
Palm Beach County Commission moves forward with controversial land swap that opponents say will undo decades of preservation Supporters of a land swap that threatened to gut Palm Beach County’s decades-long efforts to save farmland in the Agricultural Reserve told commissioners at…
New apartment buildings augur change in city’s oldest Black neighborhood
The Grand and Flagler Station start welcoming renters in the Northwest Neighborhood just north of Banyan Boulevard. Over the past 120-plus years, West Palm Beach’s Northwest Neighborhood never has had two apartment buildings as big as the two that are opening within…
No homes on submerged lands off Singer Island, federal judge rules
Ruling hands Fane Lozman a defeat but Lozman, who has twice taken Riviera Beach to the U.S. Supreme Court and won, is going for a three-peat By Jane Musgrave Five years after Fane Lozman embarrassed Riviera Beach — again — by notching…
Related buying block in Northwest Neighborhood
We love property records because they don’t deal in rumor and innuendo. So it’s a fact that Related Cos. out of New York has dropped $15 million to buy most of a large block in the predominantly Black Historic Northwest Neighborhood, just…
Mr. Ponzi comes to Delray Beach
Two thousand investors poured more than $600 million into NRIA. A proposed Delray Beach development was among those used to raise money. Small bombshells explode everywhere in hundreds of pages of court documents detailing the finances and fraud allegations against National Realty…