Salt-life residents in Jupiter are stunned at the pace of new construction in their city.
The new Harbourside shopping center, with its walls of concrete towering over the Intracoastal bridge on Indiantown Road, is the surest sign their city no longer is a sleepy fishing village.
Indeed, Jupiter’s once laid-back vibe now is a selling point for developers who want to capitalize on it.
So a parcel along Love Street, from A1A to the Jupiter Inlet, is being eyed as a site of a $30 million outdoor marketplace that will feature space for shops, offices, restaurants, plus vacation rentals. Many residents oppose the development and city council members recently asked the developer to come back with a smaller plan.