Friday, November 14, 2014

Havana Restaurant redo will spice up WPB | Real Time

More evidence of redevelopment on Dixie Hwy., but over in West Palm Beach. This new facade is a Rick Gonzalez design. I am thinking there can't be any additional seating space due to parking limitations. It's good to see the re-investment trend moving south. Click title for link.
“We want to bring this area of Forest Hill and Dixie back to 1950s Cuba, and bring Havana to life,” Reyes said.
The family restaurant was founded in 1993 by Roberto Reyes, his daughter Martha, and her husband Rafael Perez. They moved to West Palm Beach from Miami following the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Roberto Reyes passed away earlier this year.
Reyes said the facade will liven up the Dixie area and move the redevelopment of Dixie Highway farther south, toward Lake Worth.
As previously reported, a number of properties have traded hands, are being redeveloped or are planned for improvement in the Dixie Highway corridor between Okeechobee Boulevard to the north, and Belvedere Road to the south.
Now the renovation action is starting to move south, and Reyes said her family is excited to be a part of that effort.