Developer Proposes 300 Unit Residential Tower to Replace Downtown Boca Raton Office Building

A proposed residential tower at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton. (Photos: Boca Daily News/City of Boca Raton)

A developer is in the early stages of proposing what would be a 300-unit residential tower to replace a mixed-use building that has primarily served as office space in the outer ring of the downtown section.

Mill Creek Residential is seeking preliminary comments from Boca Raton city officials, as well as outside permitting agencies, on a plan to develop a 12-story tower where an existing mixed use building stands at 400 South Dixie Highway, spanning the area between SE 3rd Street and SE 4th Street.

The plan, “Modera Boca,” envisions the construction of a 12-story, 304-unit multifamily residential building with a maximum height of 140-feet. The complex would include an eight story internal parking structure with 533 parking spaces. The 304 housing units, according to planning documents, would be divided between numerous floor plans from studio apartments to multi-bedroom units, to lofts. The complex would include a significant number of amenities, including pools and co-working space.

A proposed residential tower at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton. (Photos: Boca Daily News/City of Boca Raton)

A mixed use building currently standing at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, FL, Oct. 2024. (Photo: Boca Daily News)

A mixed use building currently standing at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, FL, Oct. 2024. (Photo: Boca Daily News)

Administrative measures that would be required to bring the project to fruition would include the abandonment of an existing 12-foot wide utility easement as well as a conversion of use approval for the property.

Mill Creek Residential, based in Boca Raton, previously proposed a “Modera” branded property in the city last year, only for it to be turned down by city officials, the industry publication ConnectCRE reported at the time. That project would have included more than 350 residential units and 6,500 square feet of retail space. According to preliminary documents filed with the city, the newly-proposed “Modera” community would only be residential in nature.

A mixed use building currently standing at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, FL, Oct. 2024. (Photo: Boca Daily News)

A mixed use building currently standing at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, FL, Oct. 2024. (Photo: Boca Daily News)

A mixed use building currently standing at 400 S. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, FL, Oct. 2024. (Photo: Boca Daily News)

As the project remains in its preliminary examination stage, no formal hearing dates have been set before the planning board or redevelopment agency.