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The plan is to maintain the main worship hall, rebuild existing structures and others.
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The same companies Steve Ross and his wife are offering a pair of condominium towers with a total of 190 sets in front of a church near downtown West Palm Beach.
New York-based Frisbie Group and Palm Beach-based Frisbie Group need to construct a 28-story building and a 32-story tower at the Family Church assets at 1101 South Flagler Drive, while preserving the main worship corridor and rebuilding other parts of the campus. According to documents filed through the developers and the church with the city.
Family Church, founded in 1901 as West Palm Beach’s first Baptist church, owns the 9. 8-acre site, according to city records and assets. The assets are located west of the Bristol and Trianon condominium buildings, and north of Related’s 28-story South Flagler House. condominium project, structure at 1355 South Flagler Drive.
Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium, has the king of West Palm Beach real estate, and the newest condo proposal marks an expansion of his empire.
Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, the project would include a five-story garage with a rooftop deck and a 5,400-square-foot ground-floor dining room overlooking Flagler Drive. Diversity of condominiums, from one-bedroom complexes to five-bedroom penthouses. although at most they are two- or three-bedroom condos.
The church’s preserved worship corridor and new gathering area would total 1,400 seats, and a new 116,200-square-foot K-8 personal school would have room for 350 students, depending on demand. An existing staff school in the church has a capacity of 250 students.
The task is expected to be completed in 2029, based on a traffic impact on the research submitted with the application.
Family Church, led by Pastor Jimmy Scroggins, decided to have Related and Frisbie remodel the campus in 2022, according to the South Florida Business Journal. Frisbie is directed by Dave, Rick and Robert Frisbie Sr.
Ross first established his attractions in West Palm in 2000 with the construction of the 72-acre mixed-use CityPlace. Over the years, the complex was renamed Rosemary Square and, more specifically, renamed The Square.
Amid the influx of business in West Palm Beach over the past 4 years, Ross has made a big bet on downtown West Palm. Related owns 8 towers in the neighborhood, developed, purchased, or under construction.
Among them are the 25-story One Flagler tower at the foot of the Royal Park Bridge, which is under construction, as well as the planned 25-story 515 Fern at the northwest corner of Fern Street and the Florida East Coast railroad tracks, and a pair of towers on the plaza.
Related’s residential projects include the two-towered South Flagler House, designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects. Sales of the 108 condos began in November, with costs ranging from $5. 9 million to $72. 5 million for penthouses.
The company is also building the 21-story, 322-unit apartment tower The Laurel, at 635 Hibiscus Street, and announced the lease in March. The tower offers one- to three-bedroom apartments, ranging from 636 square feet to 1,825 square feet. , with rents starting at $3,400 per month.
Last month, Related also won a bid to build the new hotel at the West Palm Convention Center. The company is making plans for a 20-story, 404-room Hilton Signia at 900 South Rosemary Avenue.
The Family Church assignment is part of a series of remodels of church sites in South Florida.
The workplace assigned to Related’s One Flagler stands next to the First Church of Christ, Scientist, which will remain open. The Ardid family’s Key International needs to build a 42-story, 462-unit apartment tower next to the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral at 464 Northeast 16th Street. and 515 Northeast 15th Street. The progression site housed an annex to the parish corridor and diocesan workplaces, which were demolished last year; The historic cathedral will remain open.