By Jane Smith
Unfair. Disrespectful. Insulting. Deceptive. Racial undertones.
Several black community members have spoken those words at Delray Beach City Commission meetings since the beginning of April when commissioners voted to take over the city
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By Jane Smith
City commissioners unanimously agreed to install themselves as their Community Redevelopment Agency board members.
The May 1 vote was a formality. The real work will begin May 7 when the commission meets as the CRA board. That’s when th
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach City Commissioners voted to install themselves as their Community Redevelopment Agency board members.
The members of the CRA board were replaced immediately with the vote.
Citing displeasure with the pace of West Atlantic
By Jane Smith
The iPic luxury theater owner took on a joint venture developer partner back in May but never announced it. Some city leaders say the partnership makes sense because iPic is a theater owner and not a mixed-use developer. Others see i
By Jane Smith
The height of the sea wall in Veterans Park will soon be raised to a uniform level and the two docks there rebuilt, after the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency agreed in late June to pay for the work.
The agency could pay
By Jane Smith
Two areas of Delray Beach may soon see new grocery stores in their neighborhoods.
In the south side of the city, a type of Whole Foods Market likely will open in late 2018 in Lavers International Plaza.
The Delray Beac
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s long-awaited Town Square project received a cash infusion in mid-June.
City commissioners began the June 12 meeting in their usual places on the dais.
Midway through the meeting, they adjourned and switched
Addison Mizner designed the Boynton Woman’s Club building, which opened 91 years ago.
Woman’s Club members praised the proposed $110,000 sale of the building to the city.
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By Jane Smith
The grand old dame will be in good hands
Blue glass beads could be used to create a wave pattern
along the sidewalks and intersections of Boynton Beach Boulevard.
Rendering provided by Kimley-Horn
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach Boulevard will be beautified to match the up-and-coming dow
By Jane Smith
A city agency ceded to the demands of the proposed iPic theater and agreed to reimburse its owner $400,000, contradicting its 15-month-old policy of not subsidizing downtown projects east of Swinton Avenue.
The Delray Beach Co
When does a real estate contract not contain a meaningful closing date?
The issue was raised March 9 at the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency meeting.
Two people asked the CRA board to end negotiations because the iPic theater ow
By Mary Hladky
New downtown transportation alternatives are edging closer to reality — if the city can find business partners willing to help.
City Council members, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency board, agreed at their Feb. 2
By Jane Smith
The iPic development team is asking Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency for more money, even though it has not closed on its contract to buy the 1.6 acres for $3.6 million from the agency.
The seventh amended contract h
A passive park has replaced the old dive shop at the Boynton Beach Marina.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The last piece of the Boynton Harbor Marina will soon be finished, and a ribbon cutting is set for March 31.
The latest c
Work continues on the site of the planned 500 Ocean complex,
including the corner of Southeast Fourth Street and East Ocean Avenue.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The 500 Ocean apartment developers received a five-month extension
By Jane Smith
The Ocean One developer wants a sliver of Boynton Beach public land for a nominal fee and a part of taxpayer dollars generated by the proposed residential and hotel complex.
The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency owns the .4
By Jane Smith
The days are numbered for people taking shortcuts across the FEC train tracks in downtown Delray Beach. The city plans to install pedestrian barriers by the end of the summer.
In mid-January, the City Commission approved a pedestr
By Jane Smith
The proposed Riverwalk project is sailing through the approval process in Boynton Beach, despite residents’ objections to its height and traffic.
The 10-story, U-shaped apartment complex will replace the vacant Winn-Dixie shop
By Jane Smith
After listening for nearly an hour to pitches by three executive search firms, Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency board members decided to give their interim director six more months to prove he can do the executive d
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic luxury movie theater in downtown Delray Beach received a seventh extension of a purchase contract from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.
The agency extended the contract until Jan. 31 to all
