The first proposal for a data center in Indiantown has been withdrawn, according to village records.
Silver Fox 606 LLC on April 29, withdrew its application for 2.2 million square feet of space off Silver Fox Lane. It’s unclear why.
Village staff received the letter, forwarded to TCPalm, Community Development Director Deanna Freeman said by email. “Staff has no additional information on the matter.”
Likewise, Village Manager Taryn Kryzda said the village received that letter without explanation.
The proposal, dated April 8, was signed by a Nelson Ferreira, whose name is associated with New Jersey-based Ferreira Construction Co. The mailing address for Silver Fox 606 LLC is the same as the address for Ferreira Construction’s Juno Beach office.
Nelson Ferreira, president of Ferreira Construction Co., did not respond to emails seeking comment.
Related developments
Ferreira’s proposal was the only one for a data center in Indiantown. A separate proposal indicates a data center could be built on 146 acres at 18300 Southwest Warfield Blvd. and Florida Power & Light Co. might allow a data center to be built on about 5,700 acres Indiantown recently annexed.
A proposal to rezone FPL’s land and approve a rezoning agreement and master site plan was to go before the Village Council April 30 for a second and final vote.
The first vote took place April 23 following protests by residents against data centers in Indiantown. The Village Council voted unanimously to rezone the property and approve the rezoning agreement and master site plan.
Ferreira’s proposal
Ferreira’s proposal called for five two-story buildings for a total of 2,160,000 square feet of data center space. The proposal also called for four other two-story buildings that would have added about 1.8 million square feet to the development.
Four hundred jobs were expected to be created by the data center alone, which is a loss for the village, Kryzda said.
“That’s an economic loss,” she said. “It’s a village loss. It’s a community loss.”
The village also loses out on tax revenue that would have been generated by the data center and other buildings, Kryzda said.
For every billion dollars spent on buildings and equipment, the village would get about $1.8 million in revenue, she said. To make up that $1.8 million, the village would need another 2,500 homes priced at $400,000.
Resident Barbara Clowdus was less sanguine.
“It’s a potential loss,” she said.
She fails to see how people can make a judgment until they see what’s actually proposed. And the Silver Fox 606 proposal was only a little way along, she said.
Keith Burbank is a watchdog reporter for TCPalm, usually covering Martin County. He can be reached at keith.burbank@tcpalm.com.
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Developer withdraws proposal for data center in Indiantown
Reporting by Keith Burbank, Treasure Coast Newspapers / Treasure Coast Newspapers
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