The Boca Raton and its surrounding property, Boca Raton, FL, July 2025. (Photo: Boca Daily News)
Boca Raton’s planning board last week unanimously voted to recommend approval of a text amendment to the city’s zoning code that would allow the ownership group of The Boca Raton to build a residential tower to 100-feet within a portion of its property.
The Boca Raton, off Camino Real, was purchased in 2020 by ownership group MSD Partners, a New York-based investment firm affiliated with tech billionaire Michael Dell. The firm is known for directing the majority of its profits into charitable causes. Though no site plan has been formally proposed, plans have been floated to construct a 76-unit condominium complex on a 1.1-acre parcel of the sprawling site, which would stand 100-feet tall. The zoning code presently permits buildings to be constructed to a height of 85-feet in the R-5 zone, in which the property is located…