TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Christine Tibbs, Assistant Director
THROUGH: Renée A. Jadusingh, Esq., Executive Director
DATE: March 24, 2026
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DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF SW 700 - 800 BLOCKS OF WEST ATLANTIC AVENUE
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
1) Direct CRA Staff to draft a Request for Proposals for the Development of a Mixed-Use Project on SW 700 - 800 Blocks of West Atlantic Avenue;
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2) Approve a work assignment between the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency and The Tamara Peacock Company Architects of Florida, Inc. dba Peacock Architects in order to understand the potential for mixed-used development within the SW 700 - 800 Blocks of West Atlantic Avenue in an amount not to exceed $25,660, for each due diligence package and authorize the CRA Board Chair to execute any and all related documents for said purposes in a form acceptable to the CRA Legal Counsel.
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Background:
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SW 700 AND SW 800 SITE DEVELOPMENT:
The CRA currently owns eight (8) vacant lot parcels within the SW 700 Block of West Atlantic Avenue with one (1) of those parcels being non-contiguous (Exhibit A). The approximate total acreage of the SW 700 Block is 2.03 acres (88,357 SF) and approximately 1.87 acres (81,407 SF) without including the non-contiguous lot.
The CRA currently owns eleven (11) vacant lot parcels within the SW 800 Block of West Atlantic Avenue with one (1) of those parcels being non-contiguous (see Exhibit A). The total approximate acreage of the SW 800 Block is 1.94 acres (84,354 SF) and approximately 1.80 acres (78,354 SF) without including the non-contiguous lot.
At the April 30, 2025, CRA Board meeting, the CRA Board generally discussed the development of the SW 600 - 800 Blocks of West Atlantic Avenue. The CRA Board decided to move forward with the development of the SW 600 - 800 Blocks of West Atlantic Avenue via two (2) separate RFP processes:
1) An RFP for ...
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