A rendering by Affiniti Architects of Villas on Antique Row in West Palm Beach

Label & Co. Developments is looking to get approval on a 46-townhome project in West Palm Beach on the site of a project that was once planned to be nearly twice as large, the Palm Beach Post reported. Label, which has also developed Boca’s Centra residential complex, has unveiled a smaller version of what had been an 82-condo and townhome project with 14,000 square feet of retail space. The project is dubbed Villas on Antique Row. “The housing market has been picking up steadily for the past two years, both locally and nationally,” said Label & Co. President Harry Posin. “This is an extremely, extremely popular area near the Intracoastal and downtown.” [Palm Beach Post]

CBRE has been selected to market the 1201 Brickell Bay Drive waterfront site in Miami for sale, the firm announced. The 2.5-acre site has 300 feet of bay frontage and is approved for 2 million square feet of development. [more]

Palmetto Bay has approved a four-month moratorium on development, the Miami Herald reported. The building permits freeze got the nod by a 3-2 vote, which only applies to residential properties larger than an acre. [more]

Development continues to encroach Palm Beach County’s Agricultural Reserve.

The Sun Sentinel reported that the County Commission voted this week to allow additional agricultural packing houses on land that taxpayers spent $100 million protecting for farming and other agricultural production. The change could allow for 20 new packing plants in the Reserve where there are now just five. [more]

Builders in Palm Beach County have filed permits to build nearly 1,600 new houses on undeveloped land throughout the county. The county commission will vote on the requests, which are scattered over six different parcels of land from Lake Worth to Royal Palm Beach, in November. The requests are subject to state approval from the Department of Community Affairs.

Governor Charlie Crist signed into law a growth management plan that will lower curbs to development in urban areas and extend development permits. Developers and builders supported the bill, which environmentalists and many local governments opposed. Critics said the bill would foster more severe congestion problems and heighten urban sprawl. [more]

Fort Lauderdale plans a series of meetings for residents to discuss the
future of development with city officials. The city calls the program
the Neighborhood Development Criteria Revisions initiative. Planner
Jenni Morejon said it will take a broad look at issues that affect
neighborhoods and quality of life, including police, public safety,
transportation, parks, green space, infrastructure, the economy,
housing, government relations and marine activities.
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