Batmasians’ controversial Mizner Plaza project approved by outgoing Boca Raton council

Boca Raton’s developer-friendly city council has until March 31 to push through agenda items, before a slate of recently elected NIMBY representatives takes the majority. James and Marta Batmasian’s controversial two-building 12-story hotel project near Mizner Park fit into that narrow window. Boca Raton officials approved the Batmasians’ 219-key Mizner Plaza Hotel project at 132 and 170 Northeast Second Street by a vote of 4 to 1 during Monday’s Community Redevelopment Agency meeting, despite persistent opposition from residents of the neighboring Tower 155 condominium.  The proposed hotel, designed by Boca Raton-based HdA Architects, is slated for a 1.7-acre site of […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.