Scaled-down development sought in Madeira Beach Residents voice concern over increased traffic, density

Residents voice concern over increased traffic, density. MADEIRA BEACH – Some scale-down appears likely to a controversial multi-use development proposed for the Holton property on the west end of the causeway bridge in Madeira Beach. The Madeira Beach Planning Commission took no action in a Jan. 11 meeting on the development as proposed. They acted…

Boca Raton’s Mizner Park turns 25

Readers: Mizner Park is 25 years old! Here’s more from a 2011 column: Once, downtown Boca Raton was a ghost town, with just 73 housing units and the lowest office rents in the county. That changed with the arrival of one of the first, and most popular, of Palm Beach County’s iconic outdoor shopping and entertainment…

New look for the Marlin Hotel

The Marlin Hotel, once a hangout for Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Aerosmith, unveiled its new look Wednesday. Gone is the Caribbean-hip vibe that British fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki brought to the Marlin when it was owned by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, and the spare style that replaced it after Blackwell sold the hotel in 2004.…