By Connor Walter Brickel
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency continued its land acquisition efforts in September with the purchase of five parcels — including two in the Boynton Beach Boulevard corridor east of Interstate 95 — for more t
More late-night options coming in renovated historic buildings
Patrons jam the bar for happy hour dinner and drinks at Barcelona Wine Bar in Sundy Village. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
With the openings of Double Knot this s
The proposed Mizner Plaza has two stories of retail and restaurants below a 219-room hotel. The staircase between towers aligns with Mizner Park. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s Community Redevelopment Agency has approved a 12-story h
By Michael Cook
Boynton Beach wants to change the perception that it has three “nothing-to-see-there” exits on Interstate 95 by rebuilding its downtown and waterfront as destinations — places people will exit the highway to visit.
Officials are think
By Patrick Sherry
Demolition of the Miller Land Planning building on Boynton Beach Boulevard next to Ace Hardware began in January, the first visible sign of progress for a stalled redevelopment project in downtown Boynton Beach approved nearly three
By Patrick Sherry
Boynton Beach commissioners serving as the Community Redevelopment Agency board hit the brakes on moving forward with a $7.25 million land acquisition at the city’s downtown gateway on Boynton Beach Boulevard. They want to know if
Charm City Burger Co. offers a mouth-watering array of burgers, fries and more. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Boca Raton finally gets charmed — by an award-winning burger spot.
Charm City Burger Co. owners Michael Saperstein and Evan David opened the
The parking fee at Oceanfront Park increased $1 an hour as of Oct. 1, going to $3.50 an hour, Boynton Beach officials said.
However, the city is not yet implementing any on-street parking fees on Ocean Avenue or in the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum l
Cheryl Arena of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea trades her keys for a claim ticket at the valet stand on Atlantic Avenue between Northeast First and Second avenues. Ameristar Parking Solutions runs the stand, but Delray Beach wants to manage all such stands vi
Volunteer patrol member Kenny Moskowitz hands a Delray Beach police sticker to a child, one way he and his colleagues engage with the public. Hannah Spence/The Coastal Star
By Hannah Spence
Delray Beach police are looking for a few good men — and wo
Open space is key to choice of designer for City Hall area
By Mary Hladky
In selecting a joint venture of Terra and Frisbie Group to redevelop the city’s downtown government campus, Boca Raton City Council members on Feb. 11 threw their support to de
The new BocaConnect area (in green) provides people on the barrier island access to downtown (red) and from there to within the existing service area (blue). Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
BocaConnect, the electric vehicle shuttle service opera
Via Mizner apartments (right), the only completed building of the three shown in this rendering of a finished complex, is the subject of a foreclosure notice. But Penn-Florida said it intends to repay the loan involved. Still under construction are
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
Mizner Park is one of the destinations where the Boca Connect stops. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
People wanting an easy way to get around downtown Boca Raton without driving their cars now can use BocaConnect, an EV shuttle service operated by Circ
By Mary Hladky
Get ready to ride.
The city has hired Circuit Transit Inc., a Fort Lauderdale-based national shuttle company, to ferry passengers around Boca Raton’s core areas. Service was expected to start in mid to late June.
City Council members
By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton City Council has approved the Concierge, a nine-story multifamily residential project at 22 SE Sixth St. that became embroiled in litigation in 2018 when it was proposed as an assisted living facility.
The council, actin
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Council members want a downtown circulator service. And they want it now.
Then-Deputy Mayor Monica Mayotte and Council member Yvette Drucker on March 25 unloaded their frustration that even though they have pushed to hi
By Mary Hladky
How can downtown Boca Raton become more enticing and vibrant, and what should be part of a new plan for a city government campus?
When the city’s Community Advisory Panel asked residents to offer their input at a Jan. 18 “community con
By Mary Hladky
Four years after the Boca Raton City Council gave up on having a transit system in the downtown, current council members are pushing to get an on-demand service in place quickly.
City officials will request proposals from interested co
