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Boca Raton Voters Overwhelmingly Reject One Boca 99-Year Lease in Referendum

The defeat installs opposition-backed council members who will set the direction for any future downtown plan.

Overview

  • About 74% voted no, stopping the 99-year ground lease with Terra and Frisbie and removing the One Boca plan from consideration.
  • Save Boca–backed candidates Jon Pearlman, Stacy Sipple and Michelle Grau won City Council seats; the mayoral race heads to a recount with six votes separating Andy Thomson and Mike Liebelson.
  • The defeated proposal covered roughly 7.8 to 8 acres of the downtown government campus near the Brightline station under a long-term lease of city-owned land.
  • Plans called for a mixed-use district with 765 apartments, a 180-room hotel, substantial office and retail space, a grocery store, thousands of parking spaces and new civic facilities.
  • Developers acknowledged the result and said they remain invested in Boca’s future, as business boosters cited projected billions in impact and an economist warned the vote could deter investment.