Jupiter, Florida

Abacoa and the Abacoa Town Center Design:

How and Why.. Implementation:

Successes and Setbacks..

Evolution: What’s next..

Design: How and Why.. 2,000 acres of prime real estate located in

northern Palm Beach County, under single ownership

Situated between the Town of Jupiter and the city of Palm Beach Gardens

2.5 miles from local area beaches Easy access to main north/south

highways (I-95 & Turnpike) Design to be the First TND project to use

production/merchant home builders Deliver a true “TND” project with

flexibility to allow flexibility within the market.

Abacoa aerial Photo 1993 Originally a Mecca Farms U-Pick

strawberry field Existing Conditions:

FPL main transmission lines Central Boulevard right-of-

way school out-parcels East-West drainage canals SWA transfer station

Charrette Master Plan Key Design Elements:

FAU Northern Campus Braves/Expos Spring Training

facility Defined Mixed-Use “Town

Center” Mixed Single family and Multi

family residential neighborhoods

Public “core” golf course Neighborhood schools

Final Master Plan 6,000 Units in residential

neighborhoods & districts 3.2M SF of retail and office use

Town Center Workplace District Community Commercial

Districts 400 acres of open green space Florida Atlantic University Cardinals and Marlins Spring

Training Facility 18 hole public golf course 3 public school sites

DRI Master Plan State approved Regulatory

Plan (Map-H) Residential densities Non-Residential land

uses: retail, office, workplace, R&D

Open space Roadway network

Provided baseline for build-out and flexibility without the need for additional state approvals Exchange matrix

MXD Zoning Sub-District Master Plan

Defined Public space Residential and Non-Residential

Districts Street type hierarchy Mix of unit types in each

neighborhood Setbacks and building heights Connectivity and block size

requirements

Illustrative Master Plan Mixed Use town center

anchored by the stadium and FAU

Neighborhoods organized around central squares

Pedestrian scaled streets, blocks and districts

Neighborhood schools Greenway network of upland

preserve, water management and gopher tortoise habitat

Implementation: Town Center Successes..

Roger Dean Stadium Florida Atlantic University Town Center Phase I and II

projects: 413 apartment units 100,000sf of retail 50,000sf of office amphitheater 16 screen/3,700 seat movie

theater 160 room hotel and

conference center

Town Center.. A Success

Market Forces Height of the market..

MacArthur Foundation sells 14,000 acre portfolio in Palm Beach County Flood of residential and

commercial development activity

New retail centers added to the Regional Center and the PGA corridor New movie theater opens

Bottom of the market.. Real Estate market crash

Condo market values drop dramatically

Local retail tenants close Too much space to absorb

New Competition.. Downtown at the

Gardens Suburban retail

“lifestyle” center 16 screen movie theater

New Competition.. Legacy Place

Retail big box center Restaurants Bookstore

New Competition.. Midtown

Main Street retail center Restaurant Outparcels Residential

New Competition.. Donald Ross Village

Retail center Hotel Retail Outparcels Residential

Evolution: What’s Next.. Bioscience Cluster

Encourage more start-up companies to come to Abacoa

Office Add daytime workforce with office

tenants and small business opportunities

Retail Tenants to meet localized demand

and services Residential

Create additional critical mass within the downtown

Bioscience Cluster Scripps Max Planck Institute for Healthy Living Additional medical research and bio-

tech start up companies

Office Corporate tenants like G4S

60,000sf North American Headquarters

Additional Class A office tenants Start-up and Live/work offices

Retail Local business catering to local

market Specialty restaurants Family oriented establishments

Residential Create additional critical mass

Rental apartments in an urban environment both above shops and freestanding buildings

Abacoa and the Abacoa Town Center.. If you plan it, they will come!