By Dan Moffett
Developer Gary Cohen came to the April town meeting in South Palm Beach armed with two lawyers, an architect, an assistant and a 5-foot wooden pole.
Cohen and his Paragon Acquisition Group want to build a six-story condominium
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The developer has begun a limited demolition of the Oceanfront Inn in South Palm Beach.
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By Dan Moffett
Developer Gary Cohen has all the permits in place to tear down the Oceanfront Inn in South Palm Beach, but after
By Dan Moffett
After months of telling South Palm Beach residents he was committed to building an architectural jewel where the dilapidated Oceanfront Inn now stands, developer Gary Cohen has quietly put the site up for sale. Cohen purchased the p
By Dan Moffett
After months of telling South Palm Beach residents he was committed to building an architectural jewel where the dilapidated Oceanfront Inn now stands, developer Gary Cohen has quietly put the site up for sale. Cohen purchased
The owners of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn — the only commercial property in South Palm Beach — have taken the 58-unit motel, restaurant and bar off the market.
The two-story motel has been in foreclosure since February 2011 and was listed o
By Tim O’Meilia
The future of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn — which pitted neighbor against neighbor and roiled South Palm Beach politics for four years — is now in the hands of a foreclosure judge.
The owners of the two-story, 58-unit motel,
The Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn’s long-running battle with the town of South Palm Beach moved to the courthouse March 29, when the inn’s owners filed suit over the Town Council’s denial in 2009 of their plans to replace the two-story mot
Ethics complaints filed against five South Palm Beach public officials by the owners of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn were dismissed on all counts April 1 by the state ethics commission.
Investigators found no probable cause that counci
South Palm Beach Election: Candidates
By Tim O’Meilia
The South Palm Beach Town Council unanimously rejected a third attempt by owners of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn to change the town’s land use plan to allow a 10-story, 99-unit motel-condominium
The South Palm Beach Planning Board turned thumbs down Dec. 9 on a third proposal by the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn that would allow a larger hotel on the two-story site.
By a 3-2 vote, the board recommended the Town Council deny th
By Tim O’Meilia
For the second month in a row, the South Palm Beach Town Council rejected a request by the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn by the same 3-2 vote.
In July, the request was to operate watercraft. On Aug. 25, it was to extend bar hours on Fri
By Tim O’Meilia
A heated argument between the South Palm Beach mayor and a council member ignitedan extended round of shouting and catcalling from residents who attended the July 27 Town Council meeting.
At the center of it all: the Palm Beach Oce
