A long-standing office property in Boca Raton may be repositioned as a mixed-use residential project under Florida’s Live Local Act.
ZNT LLC, led by Jeffrey Levitetz of Boca Raton-based Bark Property Management, has submitted an application to amend the master plan for an 8-acre site at 5300 Broken Sound Blvd. NW. The request would allow the existing office property to be redeveloped into a multifamily and retail project utilizing Live Local Act provisions.
The site is part of a broader master-planned area that previously included a neighboring 297-unit apartment community at 5400 Broken Sound Blvd. NW, now known as Amalta Broken Sound. ZNT LLC sold that parcel in 2019 to affiliates of Related Group and Rockpoint Group, which completed the development in 2022. The property was sold later that year for $194 million, underscoring the strength of the Boca Raton multifamily market.
ZNT LLC now controls the remaining parcel, which currently contains a 58,614-square-foot office building dating back to 1982. According to online listings, nearly all of the office space is presently available for lease.
Under the Live Local Act, developers may build multifamily projects at the maximum height and density allowed within a municipality if a portion of the units are designated as workforce housing. While the state law generally requires 40% of units to meet workforce housing thresholds, Boca Raton has adopted a local ordinance allowing projects to qualify with as little as 10%.
Plans for the Broken Sound Boulevard site call for a seven-story development with 191 residential units, supported by a five-story parking garage with 420 spaces. The proposal also includes two retail buildings totaling 31,000 square feet, along with 230 surface parking spaces dedicated to retail use. Of the residential units, 19 would be reserved for households earning up to 120% of area median income, and 10 units would serve households earning up to 140% of area median income.
Preliminary plans identify two retail spaces as potential grocery and emergency room uses, though no tenants have been formally announced. The project was designed by Boca Raton-based HDA Architects.
While several Live Local Act proposals have been submitted in Boca Raton, none have begun construction to date. The first Live Local Act project combining workforce and market-rate housing to break ground in the region is located in nearby Boynton Beach.
Source: SFBJ
