Boca Raton greenlights Batmasians’ Mizner Plaza Hotel despite public scolding

Developers James and Marta Batmasian’s revised proposal to build a 12-story hotel complex in downtown Boca Raton got the go-ahead from the city’s planning and zoning board in a contentious meeting Thursday in which a neighboring resident called the board “prostitutes.” Approval for the 219-key hotel, replacing the Minzer Plaza shopping center adjacent to Minzer Park, came with the condition that the developers monitor vibrations and structural integrity for Compson Associates’ neighboring Tower 155. That 12-story condo building will be separated from the planned hotel by a narrow alleyway. The hotel development would replace a U.S. Post Office branch and […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.