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The Mandarin Oriental hotel and condominiums on Aug. 31. Not much has changed in its exterior appearance in the past two years. The attorney for the developer says the condo units continue to attract buyers. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Mary Hlad

The 2600 N. Ocean home design has two living floors, basement and rooftop terrace with pool. Renderings provided

The proposed 2600 N. Ocean home as viewed from A1A.

By Steve Plunkett

The city and a developer that for years has wanted to build on a v

Condo owners at Tower 155, a 127-unit complex located at 155 East Boca Raton Road, have filed suit, asking for damages to pay for repairs or rebuilding. Photo provided

By Mary Hladky

Tower 155 condominium owners have sued the 4-year-old building’s de

Walker Design & Construction Co. workers level a portion of the more than 100 cubic yards of concrete foundation that was poured Oct. 11 for bases of a multi-level ramp that will lead to a new observation tower. The ramp will make the top deck access

By Steve Plunkett

A construction company that was given a temporary easement through Ocean Strand Park so its trucks and crews could reach a waterfront job site just north of the park is not living up to its part of the contract.

Georgia-based JJ Mor

Employees from Proshell Construction Services Inc. install rebar while employees from Pomeroy Electric Incorporated install conduit during the construction of the new fire station on State Road A1A in front of Highland Beach Town Hall. Tim Stepien/Th

By Steve Plunkett

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s observation tower, missing in action since 2015, is now scheduled to be rebuilt and open in nine months.

Briann Harms, executive director of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, announced the t

A privacy fence was installed around the site of the new fire station as construction began last month. The project means a temporary loss of about 25 parking spaces at Town Hall, and the town is working on solutions for that issue. Tim Stepien/The C

Brightline President Patrick Goddard (in orange vest), Mayor Scott Singer (sixth from left), other City Council members and staff from Brightline and Kaufman Lynn Construction attend the ceremony for the Boca Raton train station and parking garage. P

Plans to develop Ocean Strand into a passive park have won final approval from the city.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the vacant property between Spanish River and Red Reef parks, announced the successful end of the permi

The walls and roof were added to Brightline’s Boca Raton station in June as construction continued next to the Downtown Library. Crews were also reconstructing the train crossing on Northwest Second Street, a project scheduled to be finished on July

Construction at Silver Palm Park means boat ramps remain unavailable until sometime this summer. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

Silver Palm Park’s boat ramps, which closed in September and were supposed to reopen in March, will stay o

Boynton Beach police secure the scene at the Riverwalk Plaza construction site along the Intracoastal Waterway near the southeast corner of Woolbright Road and Federal Highway on March 22. Initial reports were that a crane malfunctioned, but a later

Drivers using West Palmetto Park Road can expect travel woes to continue over the next nine months as the county continues its work demolishing and replacing the concrete bridge over the El Rio Canal.
Since the project has been underway, drivers have

By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach town commissioners appear to be modifying a ban on Saturday construction work, a move highlighting the divide between many single-family homeowners and some condo associations.
Two years ago, in a move championed by re

By Dan Moffett

Manalapan town officials have been busy huddling with engineers to try to figure out how to respond to newly released flood elevation standards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Town Manager Linda Stumpf said the new requi

By Dan Moffett

Ocean Ridge is looking for ways to rein in nuisance construction projects.
During a three-hour joint workshop on Oct. 19, the Town Commission and the Planning & Zoning panel considered code changes that would tighten building rules.
To

Intense rains the weekend of May 25 flooded many of the town’s roads, including Briny Breezes Boulevard.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Dan Moffett

A healthy 11.1% rise in taxable property value means the Briny Breezes Town Council will have more r

OCEAN RIDGE: Bulldozers work in the surf at the north end of Palm Beach County’s Hammock Park as sand is pumped from the dredge through the floating pipe and then to shore, where a sand and water slurry is spread to widen the beach. Photos by Jerry L

The new interchange will eliminate left-hand turns in front of oncoming traffic, the key safety feature. Drivers on Glades Road will switch sides of the road as they cross I-95 and then switch back. Traffic signals will control the crossovers. Render