Butters Construction & Development is seeking to rezone land in the Agricultural Reserve west of Boynton Beach to build a commerce park, including warehouses, fitness centers and a brewery/taproom.
The Palm Beach County Zoning Commission will consider plans for BC Commerce Center on Aug. 3. BC Boynton Industrial, a partnership between Coconut Creek-based Butters and Jon Channing of Palm Beach Gardens, has 47.2 acres of farmland at the northeast corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Acme Dairy Road under contract from Valico Nurseries, Paul Dye, Kimberly Tieran, Martha Ely, Randy Ely and Randall Thorne. It’s located just west of Florida’s Turnpike.
The developer wants to change the zoning to multiple planned use development under the new commerce land use the County Commission recently approved for certain locations within the Agricultural Reserve. However, distribution and logistics is not allowed on such sites.
The site plan for BC Commerce Center shows eight buildings for a combined 659,227 square feet. That includes 372,117 square feet of warehouses in five buildings, 128,110 square feet of fitness uses in two buildings, a 139,000-square-foot self-storage facility, a 14,000-square-foot brewery/taproom and 938 parking spaces.
As per the rules of the Agriculture Reserve, 12.1 acres of the site would be left as a preserve area.
After meeting with local residents, Malcolm Butters said they don’t want heavy industrial uses like an e-commerce distribution center but they are okay with local-serving business parks like the Lyons Technology Park of the Hillsboro Technology Park, both of which he developed. It would have the local AC repair or plumbing supply shop, or a furniture showroom. The fitness buildings could have a gymnastics studio, rock climbing or indoor pickleball. The local residents also asked for a brewery because there isn’t one in the area.
Butters added that he doesn’t have any tenants yet, but there’s plenty of interest.
“The western communities don’t have anything like this,” Butters said. “Most of the industrial space in Palm Beach County is in Lake Worth and Riviera Beach, and it’s older and out of date.”
Butters is working with JMorton Planning & Landscape Architecture plus Juan Caycedo and Bruce Retzsch of Arcadia Architects on the project.
The rezoning application will require County Commission approval at a later date.
