Is Palm Beach County’s tallest building finally nearing completion?
good afternoon! Welcome to the Pulse of West Palm – a weekly newsletter about central Palm Beach County.
For nearly seven years, West Palm Beach residents have been staring at the unfinished One West Palm project. Is 2026 the year it will finally be done?
Billionaire developer Jeff Green says yes. He told CNN in an interview this week that he’s still “several months” away from completing the 426-foot, two-tower project that will be the tallest building in Palm Beach County and what he called the largest development in the city’s history.
If he doesn’t get the job done by the end of 2027, he’ll pay the price. He agreed to pay $5 million in “liquidated damages” to the city if it still wasn’t open by then.
where do more towers come from
Renderings of Transit Village, a $1.3 billion transit mixed-use development on 10 acres at Clearwater Avenue and South Tamarind Boulevard in West Palm Beach near Clear Lake.
The project is reportedly nearing completion, but lawyers appear to be clearing the way for a series of high-rise buildings in another part of downtown: a new “transit village” south of Banyan Avenue and west of Tamarind Avenue.
The development will include four 25-storey towers containing nearly 1,000 apartments, a hotel and offices.
The 17-year-old proposal has been stalled by a legal dispute between the developers and the county, but a new legal filing suggests a resolution may be near.
“I don’t have a Surfside scene”
A corner of the Yicheng Square foundation has no soil support underneath.
As these high-rise buildings continue to grow upwards, condominium associations are concerned about their structural collapse.
The association for the 16-story One City Plaza on Okeechobee Boulevard is suing the developer building the adjacent Mr. C Hotel and Residences, claiming excavation work for the 27-story project is eroding soil beneath One City Plaza’s foundation, endangering the building.
Lawyers for the Mr. C developer deny any harm was caused by its project.
The judge overseeing the case vowed to take action if the parties could not resolve the matter, saying “I’m not going to have a Surfside scene here.”
——Andrew Marra
This article originally appeared in The Palm Beach Post: Is One West Palm, Palm Beach County’s tallest building, nearing completion?