FORT PIERCE — The controversial Causeway Cove development on South Hutchinson Island is moving forward after Fort Pierce city officials defended the project’s approval process during a recent City Commission meeting.
The development is planned to include multiple hotels, condominiums, restaurants and other uses. Some of its buildings are planned to rise more than 17 stories.
The project is using Florida’s Live Local Act to bypass the city’s normal approval process, a provision allowed when a development meets certain state requirements…