West Palm Beach Planning Board Approves New Convention Center Hotel

The project will transform a 1.8-acre parking lot into a major hotel complex, impacting local traffic patterns, pedestrian safety, and noise levels for residents in the Grandview Heights and CityPlace Tower South neighborhoods.

• •The West Palm Beach Planning Board unanimously approved the $310 million hotel project.
• •The project includes a 400-room hotel, 21,000 square feet of meeting space, a 20,000-square-foot pool deck, and a rooftop restaurant.
• •Related Ross will pay the county $1.8 million annually to lease 590 spaces in the convention center parking garage.
• •The developer agreed to install raised crosswalks, traffic calming devices, and flashing lights on Rosemary Avenue.
• •The developer agreed to build eight-foot landscaped sidewalks and a second walkway for cyclists and pedestrians.
• •Amplified music is prohibited after 10 pm at the rooftop restaurant, pool deck, and outside terrace.
• •The developer will request that county traffic engineers evaluate light timing at Okeechobee and Rosemary to assist CityPlace Tower residents.
• •The project is planned for a 1.8-acre site that currently serves as a parking lot.
• •The developer intends to break ground at the end of August, pending final city commission approval and a county lease agreement.
• •The proposed county deal includes $1 billion in lease payments over 99 years, with the county paying $26 million for the site, exempting the developer from property taxes.
• •The project still requires final approval from the city commission and the county commission.