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Central Waterfront Park

Name: Central Waterfront Park
Address: West Palm Beach

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Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach.

The story so far

Announced Apr 22, 2026Related Ross (Stephen Ross) proposed and offered to fund (~$30M) re-routing Flagler Drive to create a downtown waterfront 'Central Park'.

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Mayor pauses the waterfront park Apr 27, 2026Keith James announced a pause on the downtown waterfront park and the westward rerouting of Flagler Drive after businesses and residents pushed back, promising citywide listening sessions before the plan moves again.

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Park left out of the downtown plan rewrite Sep 4, 2026at the September 4, 2026 Downtown Action Committee vote the city confirmed the Central Waterfront Park and the Flagler Drive rerouting are not under consideration in the master plan update, and stripped the proposed 25-story waterfront heights and the 12-story incentives between Banyan Boulevard and Datura Street; Mayor Keith James now describes relocating Flagler as an aspiration, with Planning Board review September 15, City Commission October 26 and final approval targeted January 18, 2027.

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About the project

Central Waterfront Park is a proposed downtown green space along Flagler Drive on the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach, Florida, funded by a $30 million commitment from Stephen Ross's Related Ross with no attached development rights. The concept reimagines more than twelve acres of the city's central waterfront by rerouting Flagler Drive westward to knit the shoreline into a continuous lawn stretching from Fern Street to Clematis Street. Planned amenities include two expansive open lawns, a dog park, sand volleyball courts, and a rebuilt waterfront amphitheater, all remaining fully city-controlled public space at the heart of downtown West Palm Beach.