A revised downtown development plan with more green space. (Credit: Terra-Frisbie)
A week after a Boca Raton council meeting spanned more than six hours and drew 70 speakers – effectively all in opposition to the city’s development plan for the 31-acre government campus site – the “Save Boca” group has not budged in its quest to pursue a change to the city charter that would force a vote on any sale of publicly-owned land.
City officials last week agreed that a self-imposed deadline to sign a formal redevelopment agreement with partners Terra and Frisbie Group – both developers that submitted a joint proposal for a public-private partnership – will be lifted. Officials also acquiesced to demands from residents that the entire matter be placed on the ballot March 10, when residents go to the polls to elect a new mayor and council. The fate of the redevelopment plan as current constructed – which is valued at approximately $3 billion and includes thousands of residential units, commercial space and a potential hotel – appearing on the ballot would instantly up the stakes of the election, which will see Deputy Mayor Fran Nachlas and Councilman Andy Thomson vying to become the city’s next mayor.
A flyer for the 2025 Boca Raton Mayor’s Ball, presented by the development group hoping to redevelop the government campus site. (Facebook)…