A closer look at the 38 communities Boynton Beach is looking to annex

James Coleman, Palm Beach Post
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BOYNTON BEACH — Boynton Beach is again looking to annex high-end communities in the unincorporated lands to its west, a move that could add nearly $3 billion to its $9 billion tax base and increase its population by 35,000.

If the city annexes all 38 communities under consideration — 26 in the first phase and 12 in the second — it would generate more than $23 million a year in property tax revenue for the city.

For more details on the proposed annexation, click here for the full story.

Here are the 38 communities that are in play:

Phase I annexation: 26 communities

A fountain on the center lake in the Artesa neighborhood in Boynton Beach.
A fountain on the center lake in the Artesa neighborhood in Boynton Beach.

  • Artesa: Single-family homes (50) built in the early 2000s west of Lawrence Road and south of Gateway Boulevard.

  • Bent Tree Gardens: Condominium complex just east of S. Military Trail and north of Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Bent Tree Villas East: Condominium complex just west of Lawrence Road and north of Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Bent Tree Villas West: Condominium complex between S. Military Trail and Lawrence Road and north of Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Brighton Lakes: 55+ community of mainly attached villa homes each having a two-car garage. Located east of S. Military Trail and just north of Woolbright Road.

  • Cocoa Pine Estates: Gated community of single-family homes just north of Ridgewood Road and east of S. Military Trail.

  • Cypress Creek: Single-family homes (421 homes) at the northwest corner of Lawrence Road and Old Boynton Road. Surrounding public golf course has since shuttered.

  • Fairmont Place: 55+ community of large single-family homes on the east side of S. Military Trail between Woolbright Road and Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Grande Palms: Small, gated community of 61 single-family homes at the corner of Le Chalet Boulevard and S. Military Trail.

  • Greentree Villas: 55: Community of single-story duplex villas at the southwest corner of Lake Ida and Jog Roads.

  • Jamaica Bay: A 55+ mobile home park at the southeast corner of Gateway Boulevard and S. Military Trail.

  • La Paloma: A 55+ mobile home park just east off S. Military Trail and south of Gateway Boulevard. Neighbors to Jamaica Bay.

  • Lexington Lakes: Single-family homes (137) just east of Lawrence Road and south of Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Limetree: A 55+ community of 392 one-level residences at the southwest corner of Lawrence Road and Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Montreux: Upscale community of 44 homes built by Lennar in 2007 at the northwest corner of Berwick Road and Ridgewood Road.

  • Oak Run: Small, upscale neighborhood at the northeast corner of Flavor Pict Road and S. Military Trail.

  • Oakwood Lakes: Condominiums just west of N. Congress Avenue and on the north side of Boynton Beach Boulevard.

  • Palladium: A gated single-family home community at the northeast corner of Woolbright Road and Lawrence Road.

  • Palm Shores: A 55+ 221-home community with two-and three-bedroom models at the northeast corner of S. Military Trail and Windward Passage Drive.

  • Pine Tree Country Club Estates: A community of 240 single-family homes just east of S. Military Trail and north of Woolbright Road.

  • Pine Tree Village: A 55+ gated community of single-family homes west of Lawrence Road between Boynton Beach Boulevard and Woolbright Road.

  • Prestwick Estates: Luxury single-family home neighborhood with prices from $750,000 to to $1.75 million between S. Military Trail and Barwick Road and north of Coconut Lane.

  • Santa Cruz: A gated community of 152 townhomes at the southeast corner of Old Boynton Road and Lawrence Road.

  • The Colony at Boynton Beach: A single-family gated community built in 1998 and expanded in 2005 to 159 homes. Located on the east side of S. Military Trail between Hypoluxo Road and Gateway Boulevard.

  • Tropical Breeze Estates: A 55+ mobile home community of single-family homes west of Lawrence Road and south of Gateway Boulevard.

  • Villas of Pine Tree: Single-family homes with an average price of $500,000 located just west of Lawrence Road and south of Boynton Beach Boulevard.

Cascade Lakes, just west of Military Trail near Woolbright Avenue, is one of the numerous communities the city of Boynton Beach is considering annexing, a move that would generate more than $23 million a year in property tax revenue for the city.
Cascade Lakes, just west of Military Trail near Woolbright Avenue, is one of the numerous communities the city of Boynton Beach is considering annexing, a move that would generate more than $23 million a year in property tax revenue for the city.

Phase II annexation: 12 communities

Residents in Cascade Lakes currently receive public safety service through the county sheriff and county fire-rescue. If annexed, the community west of Military Trail would receive public safety service through Boynton Beach police and fire-rescue.
Residents in Cascade Lakes currently receive public safety service through the county sheriff and county fire-rescue. If annexed, the community west of Military Trail would receive public safety service through Boynton Beach police and fire-rescue.

  • Banyan Springs: A 55- community that includes a mix of villas, condos and townhomes at the southwest corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and S. Military Trail.

  • Cascade Lakes: A gated community of 600 single-family homes off S. Military Trail adjacent to Golf Road.

  • Colonial Estates: A 55+ mobile home park just west of S. Military Trail and south of Piper's Glen Boulevard.

  • Colony Preserve: An upscale gated community of single-family homes on the northwest corner of Flavor Pict Road and S. Military Trail.

  • Tuscany at Coral Lakes: A 55+ community in a larger, master-planned community east of E-3 Canal and north of Flavor Pict Road.

  • Hampton Lakes: A 55+ gated community of 156 single-family homes at the southwest corner of S. Military Trail and Flavor Pict Road.

  • Indian Spring: A large 55+ community with two private golf courses east of the E-3 Canal and south of Woolbright Road.

  • Le Chalet: Single-family home community that features mid-sized two- to four-bedroom homes south of Le Chalet Boulevard and west of S. Military Trail.

  • Mirror Lakes: A gated 55+ community of single-family homes with attached garages north of Boynton Beach Boulevard and west of S. Military Trail.

  • Palm Chase: A 55+ community of condos and attached villas on the northwest corner of Woolbright Road and S. Military Trail.

  • Platina: Condominiums at the northwest corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and S. Military Trail.

  • Rainbow Lakes A single-family home community east of the E-3 Canal and Jog Road just south of NW 22nd Avenue.

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