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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-03-15 Plans Announced for 3,500 Home Community (Miami Herald)(nTa.Anir HERALD 3 -)5 -54 C 14-or l t-tAm ScRAPAsooK 1955- Ns, - kismay AeA ;-140 I 954/ 44 TINE M!AMI HERAL15 Sunday. Mrath i!, 10s4A - - - - — Plans Announced for 3, 00 Home Community North of Palm Beg Development of .one of the ilarges t .completely planned communities in the, South is about to.get underwkr in Palm •Beac.h. county.. • North Palrn Beach. three will soon open its 1,200 acres to building. modern sewage disposal and water system to serve the development is scheduled for completion May 1. . . The community was former- ly part of the estate. of the late Sir Harry Oakes. It passed successively through the hands of industrialist Ralph Stoikin and insurance magnate John D. MacArthur to a Palm Beach syndicate. • . The property 'extends . from the northern limits of - L.a ke Park to the Intracoastal :Wa- terway at .Juno Beach, from the shore of •.Lake Worth to Prosperity-- Farms . rd. This takes in a 227-acre. .1.8-bole golf course, formerly known as the. Palm Beach.Winter.Club. When completed the . subdi- vision will. take in 3,500. *home - sites, more than half of -which will .be waterfront. The tittilitieS plants will -be located at the south end of a Land • developing operations 21-acre landscaped park 'which call for the dredging • of a se - will also. include picnic 'sites, ries of canals and bulkhead - community ,boat launching. Wing of all waterfront properties cilities on Earman. river. and the budding of streets and • Design of . the self-contained storm drainage system. Yachts cOmrnunity has been..prepared of any size will be able to navi- by the land planning firm of gate and dock* in. the communi- Seward H. Mott Associates, of cg ty's extensive waterways, Wachington, D.C.,' and the en- The developers. will super- gineering firm . of Brockway; vise and control .construction: Weber and Brockway, Inc., of of a marina and yacht club and West Pa im Bach. a shopping. plaza . confined to. • MODEL SHOWS OUTLINE OF PLAN FOR NORTH PALM BEACH. the 'south •epc1 of the -Village; redesign the existing golf tourse and country. club; install an olympic-size swimming pool. ard tennis courts; provide sites fm. schools„ churches, . parks an 6 recreational • centers : and. resekwe both sides ,of U.S. High- way il for bi_tilding garden -type .apartments and motels. .Prilf.i.pals - of th.e develop- ment firm, which will retain, • own.eio giin.d .:managernent o tl, -Ile utiliystem; are •Richar iert A. Ross, John [ ...aressaorcsi.a.tevith the Ross in-' 1 A • Schcke and Jay H. .White, ar whom have been i terests the past several. ••• The R6s disclosed that the __ _ • utility services will be avail- able to adjacent :areas wanting them and that • rates. will be in line.. with those charged by4 neighboring municipalities.