In 1999 the City of Deerfield Beach established a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). The CRA was tasked with utilizing tax increment financing (TIF) to creatively partner with the private sector to increase investment in the CRA district as well as upgrade the area’s public infrastructure. View CRA agenda.

Since 1999, the CRA successes have been:

Community Redevelopment Area Projects-Private Sector

Community Redevelopment Area Projects-Public Sector

Notable Public Improvement Projects (outside CRA)

Community Redevelopment Area Projects- Private Sector

Ocean Plaza Luxury Townhomes & Condos

Location:

Ocean Way

Number of Units:

56

Unit Sales Price:

$550,000-$1.65 million

Estimated Project Value:

$41,000,000 at build-out

Status:

Completed in 2003

Puerta del Sol Luxury Condos

Location:

A1A & Hillsboro Blvd.

Number of Units:

14

Unit Sales Price:

$359,000 - $769,000

Estimated Project Value:

$7,000,000 at build-out

Status:

Completed in 2005

One Ocean Boulevard

Location:

A1A & Hillsboro Blvd.

Number of Units:

81

Unit Sales Price:

$299,000 - $600,000+

Estimated Project Value:

$35,000,000 at build-out

Status:

Completed in 2005

JB’s on the Beach Restaurant

Location:

NE 20th Ave. (beachfront)

Status:

Opened in 2002

Oceans 234 Restaurant

Location:

NE 20th Ave. (beachfront)

USA Parking Garage

Location:

A1A

Commercial:

16,000 sf includes new Bru’s Room

Status:

Completed in 2005

Hillsboro Square Shopping Center Renovation

Location:

US 1 & Hillsboro Blvd.

New Tenants:

Largest Publix east of I-95 in Broward or Palm Beach; Starbucks; Atlanta Bread Company; Tijuana Flats, Off Main Furniture, and others.

Owner:

Inland Southeast

Status:

Renovations completed in 2003

Hillsboro Commons Office Building

Location:

1000 E. Hillsboro Blvd.

New Tenants:

South Florida Business Journal, LA Fitness

Status:

Completed in 2001

Community Redevelopment Area Projects- Public Sector

Hillsboro Streetscape

Boundaries:

US 1 from SE 3rd Ct. to Hillsboro Blvd. intersection; Hillsboro Blvd. east to A1A

Details:

Burying of all overhead utilities; repaving roadway; installation of mast-arm traffic signals, paver sidewalks, bike lanes, new street furniture and lighting; increased landscaping; signage

Project Cost:

$7,000,000

Status:

Final design/engineering phase- construction to begin in 2006

Ocean Way Streetscape

Boundaries:

Ocean Way from Int’l Fishing Pier south to SE 4th St.

Details:

Installation of paver-brick sidewalk; new public showers, sitting walls, decorative lighting, bike lane and sidewalk on west side of roadway

Project Cost:

2,800,000

Status:

Completed in 2005

S-Curve Streetscape- Phase 1

Boundaries:

A1A from Hillsboro Blvd. to NE 2nd St.

Details:

Installation of drainage, curbing, brick paver sidewalk, landscaping and decorative streetlights

Project Cost:

$540,000

Status:

Completed in 2005

S-Curve Streetscape- Phase 2

Boundaries:

A1A along NE 2nd St.

Details:

Installation of drainage, curbing, brick paver sidewalk, landscape and decorative streetlights

Project Cost:

Estimated at $500,000

Status:

Scheduled for Spring 2006

North Boardwalk Extension

Boundaries:

North Boardwalk to Ocean Way Promenade & portion of NE 2nd St.

Details:

Installation of brick paver sidewalks, curbing and bollards

Project Cost:

Estimated at $200,000

Status:

Scheduled for late Winter/Spring 2006

Other Notable Public Improvement Projects (outside CRA)

Wiles Rd. to Green Rd. Bridge Over Turnpike

Details:  Construction of an elevated thoroughfare over the Florida   Turnpike to link Wiles Rd. (Coral Springs/Coconut Creek) to Green Road in Deerfield Beach

Project Cost:  County Project

Status:  At-grade roadway improvements have already been made west of the Turnpike

Dixie Highway Flyover

Details: Elevated highway connecting Boca Raton to Deerfield Beach over the FEC Railroad and Hillsboro Canal

Project Cost:  $27,000,000 Right of way acquisition is nearly complete

Status: Funded for 2009 start

Linear Park Improvements

Details:  City is actively seeking lakefront land for construction of linear parks. Goal is to link western Deerfield Beach to the east.

Status: Over 3,000 linear feet along Powerline Rd. already functioning as park