Changes may be in store for the Carlisle, the high-end, six-story senior living community at the corner of A1A and Ocean Avenue in Lantana.
Up for discussion at the Sept. 10 Lantana Town Council meeting will be a request from the Carlisle to reduce the number of units from 310 to 280.
The number of independent living units would go from 250 to 226, and the number of assisted living units would decrease from 60 to 54.
Dave Thatcher, the town’s development services director, said that “because of market changes and demands for different kinds of units,” the Carlisle is asking for amendments to the town’s covenants, a special exception, and a variance request to allow for kitchen facilities or microwave ovens in 144 of the independent living units and 136 of the assisted living units.
Currently, kitchens are only permitted in some of the units, Thatcher said.
The Carlisle sits on property once owned by the town. In 1997, when the property was sold, the town drew up restrictions and covenants outlining what could be done there, Thatcher said. That’s why the amendments and a variance are needed.
The town’s plan review board gave a “thumbs up” to the proposal, Thatcher said.
Now it’ll be up to the Town Council.
— Mary Thurwachter
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