Royal Palm Beach Expansion

Minto Builders is planning 443 homes, creating a neighborhood that will wrap around the Super Target center, with an exit to Okeechobee Boulevard via Wildcat Way and an eventual exit off State Road 7 when the road is extended north. These projects will bring the most far-reaching changes to the Royal Palm Beach map in a decade. The village expects to annex 275 acres at State Road 7 and Okeechobee Boulevard, thus squaring that corner on the map. The new Cobblestone Village shopping center is planned for a summer grand opening. It completes commercial construction on the project on the north side of Okeechobee Boulevard.

The new shops add about 40,000 square feet to the plaza, bringing a total of 225,000 square feet of shopping. CBL & Associates announced that Cold Stone Creamery, Payless ShoeSource, Cingular Wireless, City Nails, Hair Cuttery and Wood Floors would be moving in... Additionally, a Crispers Restaurant featuring quick-serve salads, sandwiches and soups, and an Asian fusion restaurant will be tenants.

Minto's project will provide residential living to make the entire 25 acres of retail contiguous. In November, Palm Beach County agreed to swap the acreage at the southernmost tip of the Grassy Waters Preserve for 613 more pristine acres that Minto owned adjacent to the northern edge of the preserve. The county agreed to allow Minto to build 443 homes on the land. When the county approves Minto's development, Royal Palm Beach would accept it and complete the annexation.

Posted by Donald Urschalitz P.A. at May 6, 2005 12:16 PM