West Palm Beach Commission Advances 18-Story Convention Center Hotel, Splits on Garage Tax Deal

West Palm Beach Commission Advances 18-Story Convention Center Hotel, Splits on Garage Tax Deal

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — West Palm Beach city commissioners have unanimously advanced an 18-story, 400-room hotel next to the Palm Beach County Convention Center, and split 3-2 in the same meeting on a separate agreement that clears the way for the hotel's replacement parking land to come off the tax rolls. Both votes came at the commission's Aug. 3 meeting. The hotel vote was first reading of Ordinance No. 5179-26, which creates a Convention Cente…