Applause broke out at the Palm Beach Town Council meeting when Maggie Zeidman, then-president of the council, proposed transforming a 5.8-acre parking lot on South County Road into a park. She called on residents to raise approximately $400 million for the project, highlighting the land’s prime location and potential.

Despite her optimism, Wells Fargo sold the property to the Frisbie Group, which planned a major development with residential and commercial spaces reflecting the island’s architectural style but was eventually withdrawn, leaving the site’s future uncertain.

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