Parkland’s Wedge development plan from July 2011 (click to enlarge)

Debuys Property Investment Group is planning to build a massive development of single- and multi-family homes, park land and commercial space on a swath of the 1,900 acres in Parkland known as the Wedge, the Sun Sentinel reported.

Parkland city commissioners approved the plan, and a rezoning of the land necessary for the commercial development. The Wedge, located at the northwest corner of County Line Road and the proposed extension of University Drive, was part of Palm Beach County until 2009 when a boundary change transferred it to Broward County. [more]

Protests have followed the receipt of higher property tax rate notices
in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. On Thursday afternoon, a group
calling itself Fair Property Tax For All coordinated a series of
protests at three sites in Miami-Dade County, and many Broward
residents in cities facing high increases have echoed that anger.
Hollywood, Miramar, Parkland, Pembroke Pines, West Park and Weston have
proposed increases of at least 20 percent to compensate for plummeting
assessed property values. [more]

Homeowners in Parkland have until May 31 to file claims against WCI
Communities related to defective Chinese-made drywall panels, a federal
bankruptcy judge ruled. Judge Kevin J. Carey granted the extension
Monday in Delaware federal bankruptcy court, expanding the claims
deadline against the bankrupt builder past the February 2 deadline. The
builder told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Chinese
drywall went into some of the builder’s homes before WCI Communities
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [more]

Officials in Parkland want to investigate reports of problems stemming
from Chinese drywall used in post-2003 housing. Resident of at least
six homes complained that the building material is seeping sulfuric
acid and triggered asthma attacks. State and federal regulators have
investigated in the city and other locations, but Parkland Commissioner
Jared Moskowitz wants to take faster action and has sent city testers
out to address a situation he says is becoming unlivable.
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