BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — Boca Raton City Council members are set to vote Tuesday on whether to advance a controversial downtown redevelopment plan near the Brightline station — the latest step in a years-long effort that has sparked lawsuits, protests, and a voter referendum.
City officials have debated redeveloping roughly 30 acres near West Palmetto Park Road and Dixie Highway for years, but momentum around the project accelerated in recent months, triggering public backlash, a citizen-led movement, and multiple revisions to the plan, according to CBS12 news partners at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The vote centers on approving a 99-year lease with developers Terra and Frisbie for 7.8 acres south of the Brightline station. The proposal, known as One Boca, includes 765 rental units, 182 condominiums, 77 set aside for workforce housing, along with office space, retail, a grocery store, a hotel, public plazas, and pedestrian improvements…