Community Profiles

The Greater Boynton Beach marketplace is comprised of three major service areas: East Boynton Beach Redevelopment, Congress Avenue Corridor and the West Boynton Business Area. Each has its own demographics while servicing a population in excess of 150,000 persons of both the City Of Boynton Beach and the West Boynton Beach area represented under the Palm Beach County Commission. With a dynamic business climate, progressive civic leadership and excellent quality of life, Greater Boynton Beach offers a host of opportunities for all types of businesses. From downtown and Federal Highway (U.S. 1), to the central Congress Avenue corridor and the western communities, Boynton Beach is experiencing healthy commercial growth. 

East Boynton Beach Redevelopment

The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency serves the community by guiding redevelopment activities that create a vibrant downtown core and revitalized neighborhoods within the Agency's District comprised of 1,650 acres along the eastern edge of the City of Boynton Beach. The CRA area is 1,650 acres along the eastern edge of the City of Boynton Beach. The major north/south road in the CRA is Federal Highway/U.S. 1. East/west connectors are Gateway Blvd., Boynton Beach Blvd., Woolbright Road, and Gulfstream Blvd. 

Congress Avenue Corridor

With its new retail stores, restaurants, offices and residential rentals, Congress Avenue is becoming a new “downtown” for the Greater Boynton Beach region. One of the foundations for Congress Avenue's retail commerce is the Boynton Beach Mall. Anchored by Dillard's, Macy's, Sears and JC Penney, the 1.2 million-square-feet shopping center contains more than 140 retail shops and restaurants, and across the parking lot is a Cinemark theater. On Congress at Old Boynton Road is Boynton Town Center, whose “big box” retailers include Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. as well as SuperTarget, Best Buy, Michaels and Total Wine. The center has more than 240,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space and a small office space component.

Another example of the area's attractiveness to retailers is Kohl’s which opened its first South Florida location in 2008 on Congress Avenue at Gateway Boulevard. 

On Gateway at High Ridge Road is the new Quantum Park & Village North mixed-use development, a Publix-anchored center with office, retail and restaurant space. Nearby, Quantum Park & Village South will contain office and retail space as well as 115 residential units.

However, the biggest development in the Central Business Corridor is Renaissance Commons at Congress Avenue and Gateway Boulevard. The mixed-used community developed by Compson Associates includes retail shops, offices, and residential condominiums, townhouses and apartments. “The Boynton market continues to be very attractive to retailers and other businesses,”? said Jim Comparato, president, Compson Associates. Within Renaissance Commons is Compson Place, a three-building mixed-use development whose 100,000-square-feet of office space includes the home of the Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce. “We offer a combination of office condominiums and rentals,” said Comparato. “Our first section of executive suites filled up in less than a month, and we're now completing a second phase. ”?Compson Associates has also developed Renaissance Self-Storage, which has 100,000 square feet of mini-warehouse space for antiques, art, business records and other valuables. Compson Associates is preparing to launch a new phase at Compson Place in  2009, with 345 rental units and 150,000 square feet or retail space.  “We believe that our rentals will be a strong addition to the area,” said Comparato. “Boynton Beach is attracting younger professionals who tend to be more mobile in their lifestyles.”

West Boynton Business Area