When residents of a West Palm Beach neighborhood met with Related Ross officials earlier this month to discuss the development giant’s plans to build a second 400-room hotel for the Palm Beach County Convention Center, many worried the project was a done deal and their concerns would be ignored.
“The fix is in,” resident Jamie Linen warned, pointing to the growing number of projects city officials have green-lighted for the company owned by Palm Beach billionaire Stephen Ross.
Last week, residents’ fears seemed to be realized, when the city’s Planning Board unanimously approved the proposed $310 million hotel, which includes nearly 21,000 square feet of meeting space, a 20,000-square-foot pool deck and a rooftop restaurant…