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Another large waterfront project going through the review process in West Palm Beach. This one is in the northern part of the city. Check out what is being asked for. Click title for link to article.

The developers want to build 1,059 residences in six towers, along with 50,000 square feet of office/restaurant/beach club space, 10,000 square feet of retail, a 272-slip marina and 45,000 square feet of “marine industrial uses.” This mini-city would be surrounded by neighborhoods of single-family homes east of Broadway. The trade-off for the concessions the developers want is the promise that the project would redevelop areas west of Broadway.
Those concessions would be considerable. The density of 55.5 units to an acre would be nearly twice what the city allows for multifamily residential in that area. The setbacks would be just one-third of what rules call for, given the height of the towers. At 400 feet, they would be the tallest in West Palm Beach — about 70 feet taller than Trump Plaza downtown.

I don't know how they can say that a project on the waterfront in this location will improve the area west of the area, but they are.