Model to visualize redevelopment on Royal Poinciana Way wins... | www.palmbeachdailynews.com

Royal Poinciana Way in Palm Beach has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years. Some feel that there is a need to redevelop the area; others think that was is there is just fine. A new zoning designation of "PUD 5" is on the table to determine and control what will happen in the future. The University of Miami's architecture department is going to help provide some visual evidence of what the changes would look like with the new zoning tool. Click title for link.

Lake Worth availed itself of the services of the same architecture department in modeling what 6 story hotel buildings would look like in our downtown on the relatively few lots that are prone to redevelopment. I would say looking back that the exercise had limited success. It was perceived by some that "oh my God, we are going to have half a dozen six story hotels east of Federal. That was not the point of the exercise and the finer assumptions and conditions were lost on some.