Larry Thomas Jr., general manager of Salt 7 restaurant, crosses Northeast Second Avenue at Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach. City officials say downtown Delray Beach is especially attractive to multifamily housing developers because the city
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Before the meeting, more than 80 people gathered in front of City Hall to protest the proposed density of Atlantic Plaza II. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Related story: Dec. 4 decision might, or might not, be last word
By Tim Pallesen
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At press time, Atlantic Plaza II was scheduled to come back to City Commission on Dec. 4.
The commission can either approve or deny the developer’s conditional use request to allow for building heights approaching 60 feet and a density of about 51
Please Note: According to Delray Beach City Clerk, Chevelle Nubin, there is a 1:00 p.m. Special City Commission Meeting scheduled for November 2, 2012, at City Hall, in the Commission Chambers to consider the deferral of the Atlantic Plaza II Conditi
Please Note: According to Delray Beach City Clerk, Chevelle Nubin, there is a 1:00 p.m. Special City Commission Meeting scheduled for November 2, 2012, at City Hall, in the First Floor Conference Room to consider the deferral of the Atlantic Plaza I
By Angie Francalancia
The buildings will be taller, the occupants younger and the amenities more cutting-edge than anything downtown Boca Raton has seen. And if the developers’ and city leaders’ predictions come true, the new apartments going up in
By Margie Plunkett
Delray Beach’s valet parking system will escape a comprehensive overhaul, but will be tweaked to address issues raised by commissioners and staff.
“As far as I’m concerned, from what I understand with the stakehol
By Angie Francalancia
Boynton Beach celebrated the completion of its amphitheater at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and marina-entry feature with tours and music last month — a milestone in a slow progression to convert Ocean Avenue into a dining,
A recent workshop meant to refocus the city on invigorating its downtown offered up a stew of ideas, with a decent helping of Boynton-style controversy to spice it up.
Redevelopment officials, developers and commissioners talke
By Tim Norris
The secret to the Meating Place, the heart of it, waits somewhere unexpected, past the vintage refrigerated display cases and their parade of steaks and chops and ribs and roasts.
Most customers don’t get that far. The meat, in red and
Lynne Chandler Novick has lived all over the world — Boston, Switzerland, New Jersey — but she always comes home to Boca Raton.
Novick, who has been president of the Royal Palm Improvement Association for eight years, also sells homes in the luxury d