Article: Boynton Beach, Fla., Officials Consider Relaxing Rules for Industrial Land.

By Sam Tranum, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 23--Boynton Beach, Fla. -- Boynton Beach has spent years holding certain pieces of land in reserve, waiting and hoping for industrial development while refusing to let residential builders move in.

Now, the city has a higher industrial vacancy rate than any of its neighboring communities. And 90 acres of industrial land remain undeveloped.

So the City Commission is considering relaxing the rules of its industrial land preservation program, and residential developers are planning to build 840 new apartments on industrial sites.

That's heartening for ...

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