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APPLICATION (~ CONGRESS PROPERTIES, LLC 2951 SW 14th Place Boynton Beach, Florida 33426 Telephone (561) 734-6303 Mr. Michael W. Rumph City Of Boynton Beach Chairman Planning and Zoning Board 100 E. Boynton Beach ISlvd. Boynton Beach, Florida 33425 RE: CANDLEWOOD TOWER PLAZA Northeast Corner of Congress Avenue 8r. SW 30th Avenue Dear Mr. Rumph: Pursuant to our meetings, Congress Properties, LLC requests a conditional use approval upon subject site. The property is presently zoned M-l (Industrial Use). We would desire a change to C-3 zoning. Our plans call for a 98 room Candlewood Suites business class hotel, a two story 12,000 square foot office-retail building and a national restaurant on the outparcel. ~ In reference to the Candlewood Suites Hotel, all of the rooms have state of the art cook tops. Existing code, as discussed, allows under the apartment-hotel classification 250/0 of the rooms to have cooking facilities. We realize that these codes were drafted some time ago. As Palm Beach County is number 1 in the nation in business growth, according to an article in The Palm Beach Post Times, and that Boynton Beach is growing at a rate of 3.20/0 faster than any other city, town or municipality in Palm Beach County, we respectfully request that the City review its zoning codes. _.~, As to traffic, in our fea:sibility and market studies, we found that Boynton Beach is losing hundreds of room nights, which means dollars. We find that Motorola employees are traveling 10 miles south to the Residence Inn in Boca Raton for accommodations. In addition, people looking for food service are driving out of Boynton Beach for food service. With the exception of the McDonald's, at Congress Avenue and Woolbright, there is no food service available north until Boynton Beach Blvd. corridor and to the south one has to travel 2.5 miles to Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach and then east or west. In summary, we feel that the traffic would not specifically increase as those seeking services are using our roadways. We feel that by developing this proposed project that we would be keeping more dollars in Boynton Beach. Thanking you for your assistance and understanding in this request. Sincerely, WO~ Congress Properties, LLC William G. Thomas President .' ~ (~ (-- CONGRESS PROPERTIES-BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA Executive Summary In April 1984, Glenn H Friedt, Jr and a partner acquired a parcel of vacant land located at the Northeast corner of Congress Avenue and S.W. 30th Avenue in Boynton Beach, Florida. The property is approximately 4.4 acres with 629.51 feet of frontage on Congress Avenue with the plat dedicating the most easterly strip to on site water retention On May 1, 1989, the former partner entered into an agreement with Glenn H Friedt, Jr to transfer certain interests held in other ventures and entities and for this received approximately 3.3 acres of the above mentioned 4.4 acre parcel. Glenn H. Friedt, Jr., through one of his entities, Mega Mini Co. Ltd , retained the remaining 1.1 acres. On May 10, 1989, the former partner entered into an agreement with Richard Blumberg to develop the property This venture never came to fruition. Mr. Blumberg bought out the former partner and was in title to the 3 3 acres. At this time, Glenn H. Friedt, Jr , Richard Blumberg, William Thomas and Gerry Groh wish to develop the property. The plan will include a 98 room Candlewood Suites business class hotel, a two story office-retail building and on the corner parcel, a national restaurant. The restaurant parcel will be available for purchase or for lease. We presently are talking with Denny's Diner and Perkins restaurant as to the outparcel. Our companies will be utilizing 2500 square feet of the office-retail building We are talking to Mailboxes, Etc.,who has shown a serious interest. We will be pursuing a health club operator for the building There is only a $200,000 mortgage on the entire property This mortgage is held by Mega Mini Co. Ltd , an entity predominantly owned by Glenn H Friedt, Jr and William Thomas. This mortgage would be subordinated to the construction lender, if not satisfied prior to commencement of construction Mr Friedt is the General Partner and Mr. Thomas is the Managing Partner of Space Plus Storage Center, a 10.01 acre parcel, contiguous to and immediately east of the subject property to be developed .._..1 ( ( Executive Summary Page 2 Experience Through Mr Friedt and Mr. Thomas' companies they have been involved in the development of two self storage facilities, one a 4 story building, consisting of 1000 units as well as a 10,000 square foot office-retail center, located in Ft. Lauderdale and the other facility located in Davie, which was in excess of 1000 units. In addition, they were involved in the development of a 65 unit apartment complex located in Coral Springs. Glenn H Friedt, Jr - Mr Friedt, a non-practicing attorney, has been involved in the real estate business in excess of fifty years. His properties have included commercial, hospitality, industrial and residential type uses. Richard Blumberg - Mr. Blumberg is a real estate investor with many years of experience in different property types. He owns a marketing and public relations company and is involved in many diverse business ventures. William G. Thomas- Mr. Thomas' diverse background includes financial services, real estate and hospitality and self storage operations and ownership Gerald Groh - Mr Groh has been involved in commercial real estate acquisitions and development. He has a project management and operations background. Mr. Groh has been involved in site selection for Mr. Robert Risman, of Cleveland. Mr. Risman's companies are involved in all types of commercial and large scale residential properties. HIAWATHA TELEPHeNECeMPANY ""'-.. FROM THE DESK OF .DATE. C o.'rl~ k.voc,Q ~e( f/'~~ ~~re /-r-rv Ir- c~ct2~ ~vt'~~ cf)=---6--;;:~y C"'cOe- c?u-nif- - ... 5",,,,,-4- +- td-;J~ ... ::>,' c jP r.::..... 7P~ ar C='"'&'f7'-.J7 -s"" , I, 4"" fJ~-.P ;)sce::, .7 cq{1~ f&.ifi~/ ;)S-o.,.... I? c-- uA ee-z ? je) "0 ", ~ {7:)0 1 ~ ?SO. CO Cv 5P IS-dO 7 '} ..) C> Form-US MunisIng News . I i i ! - ~ PROJECT NAME: Hotel Apartment Definition/Candlew,' d Tower Plaza LOCATION: Northeast corner of Congress Ave. & SW 30th Ave. I FILE NO.: CDRV 99-003 I TYPE OF APPLICATION: CODE REVIEW APPLICANT/CONTACT PERSON: OWNER/APPLICANT: William G. Thomas Estelle Blumberg & Mega Mini 2951 SW 14th Place Co. Ltd. Boynton Beach, FL 2951 SW 14th Place PHONE: 561-734-6303 or Boynton Beach, FL 33426 954-214-6083 PHONE: 561-734-6303 FAX: 561-734-7066 FAX: 561-734-7066 Date of submittal/Proiected meetinl!: dates: SUBMITTAL / RESUBMITTAL 12/30/99 1 ST REVIEW COMMENTS DUE: N/A TRC MEETING: N/A PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD 7/24/01 MEETING: CITY COMMISSION MEETING: 8/7/01 LEGAL AD: COMMENTS: S:\Planning\SHARED\WP\PROJECTS\CANDLEWOOD TOWER PLAZA\CDRV\PROJECT TRACKING INFO.doc