Myers Auto Group, which owns the downtown West Palm Beach Jaguar dealership, wants its 2.5-acre site at Okeechobee Boulevard and South Dixie Highway absorbed into the Downtown Master Plan to enable high-rise redevelopment.
The proposal, which has the support of city planners, would have to be approved by city planning bodies and the City Commission. While an April presentation on the master plan did not show the Jaguar dealership within the boundaries, a more recent copy includes it.
But the master plan, which called for 25-story buildings along Flagler Drive, is on hold after questions raised by City Commissioner Christy Fox and a growing sense of outrage among city residents, who have formed new groups to monitor city growth…