FORT PIERCE — The controversial Causeway Cove mixed-use development is being delayed by the developer, adding four years to each phase of construction.
And an effort by the City of Fort Pierce to identify a legal challenge to the plan appears to have few or no options.
The Fort Pierce City Commission learned Monday that developer G FLASH General Partners, of West Palm Beach, has advised the city that it plans to push its timeline out an additional four years. Interim City Attorney Camille Wallace said that’s allowed under Florida’s Live Local Act if an “emergency” situation is present. The developer is citing state emergency proclamations that were issued in response to Hurricane Milton and last winter’s low temperatures and frost that impacted vast regions of Florida…