Residents decry density of Delray Beach project
Henry Iler, an urban planner hired by residents of a half-dozen communities along Old Germantown Road, told the commission the project’s 17 unit-per-acre density was incompatible and “out of character” with those neighborhoods, which average six to eight units per acre.
Delray Beach-based Ascot Development plans to offer 32 of the units for $225,000 to $275,000, to people from professions such as teaching, nursing and firefighting. The firm is set to receive a $5 million state grant for the affordable housing units. Residents said they didn’t oppose the workforce housing or having blue-collar neighbors; just the scope of the