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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 7

Palm Beach County dries out as CP Group buys Mizner Park

Plus, Día de Muertos lands at The Peach today, and a mom pulls a man from a flooded lake.

The 5AM West Palm Beach team2 stories20 sources5 min read

FloodingTop story

Palm Beach County starts drying out after days of historic flooding

Rain and floodwater swamped parts of Palm Beach County

20+ inches
of rain in Riviera Beach, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2
2 to 3 feet
of water in some pockets of the county
7
locations named in county wastewater alerts

Sources: Tampa Free Press, The Palm Beach Post, WPEC

If you're still mopping up, you have company. Rain fell from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, and Riviera Beach got more than 20 inches, leaving "catastrophic waist-high flooding," the Palm Beach Post reported. Tampa Free Press called it a 1-in-1,000-year rainstorm.

In Riviera Beach's , some residents were still trapped Wednesday, and Mayor Douglas Lawson said the city needs state and federal help. By Thursday, floodwater had receded from many roadways, though stranded cars, mud and debris remained.

  • Wastewater alerts: possible bacterial contamination; drinking water not affected
  • Election Day: officials relocated multiple polling stations
  • Saturday: a cool front, a few showers, under 1/4 inch of rain
  • Sunday: mainly sunny

Floodwater is receding as drier air moves in

  1. Oct. 31Rain from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 drops more than 20 inches on Riviera Beach.
  2. Nov. 4Some residents remain trapped; county has a local state of emergency.
  3. Nov. 5Floodwater recedes from many Lone Pine Estates roadways.
  4. Nov. 6Drier air arrives in Palm Beach County.
  5. Nov. 7A cool front will bring a chance of a few showers.

Sources: WFLX, The Palm Beach Post, WPEC

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CP Group and partners buy back Mizner Park, the Boca Raton complex CP developed

If you spend time in downtown Boca Raton, has new owners, and one is a familiar name. A joint venture of , The Georgetown Company, ACRE and StepStone bought the 30-acre complex. Brookfield Properties was the seller, and The Real Deal says the price hasn't been made public. CP Group developed Mizner Park between 1991 and 1999.

  • Apartments: 272 rental units, to be renovated by ACRE
  • Commercial land: owned by the city's Community Redevelopment Agency
  • Transit: five-minute walk to the Boca Raton Brightline station
  • East Boca retail vacancy: 4.5% in third quarter; county 4%

Residential space is the biggest slice of Mizner Park

Source: WPBF

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AmountShare
Residential294K35%
Retail276.5K33%
Office268.4K32%

The group plans to work with the City of Boca Raton on upgrades, from updated building facades and refreshed landscaping to renovated apartments. "Returning to Mizner Park is a homecoming for us, both as its original developer and as a Boca-born firm," CP Group Managing Partner Angelo Bianco said in a statement Thursday.

Mizner Park returns to its original developer after Brookfield's 2018 purchase

  1. 1974The enclosed Boca Raton Mall opens.
  2. Jan. 1991 officially opens, replacing the mall.
  3. 1999's phased development of Mizner Park, begun in 1991, ends.
  4. 2018Brookfield acquires Mizner Park in its $9 billion General Growth Properties purchase.
  5. Nov. 2026A CP Group-led venture buys Mizner Park from Brookfield.

Sources: WPBF, The Real Deal

News Notes

Lake rescue

Annmarie Sanchez, a West Palm Beach mother of three, rescued a man who had driven into a lake Monday night. She said Willow Pond Road was so flooded it was impossible to tell where the road ended and the lake began. "I had no idea if there were crocodiles, alligators, anything, I just kind of went for it; I wasn't going to let him die," Sanchez told WSVN. WPBFWSVN

Día de Muertos

Jose R. Mendez, who co-founded Lake Worth Beach's Día de Muertos festival in 2016, is hosting a free celebration today from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at arts collective, 3950 Georgia Ave. It comes after this year's Lake Worth Beach event was canceled. WFLXWPEC

Football playoffs

WPBF says 15 teams from the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast made the postseason, with first-round games on Fri., Nov. 13. In the Open Division, the WPBF bracket lists No. 7 Raines at No. 3 West Boca on Nov. 13. The Post has five local takeaways from selection day, and WPTV has the bracket report. WPBFThe Palm Beach PostWPTV

Brightline

Brightline resumed passenger service between Orlando and West Palm Beach Thursday, back on its regular schedule after flooding in Brevard County forced a suspension that began Monday. NewsRadio WIOD

Big home sales

Palm Beach County recorded 21 residential sales of $30 million or more through September, matching all of 2025. Miami Realtors + RWorld projects 28 by year's end. Key West Citizen

Palm Beach County is on pace to top its record for $30M-plus home sales

Source: Key West Citizen

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All of 202521
2026 through September21
2026 projected28

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Past issues

  1. Fri., Nov. 6Palm Beach County joins Florida's flood state of emergency
  2. Thurs., Nov. 5Riviera Beach's Lone Pine Estates is still flooded; 6 schools closed today
  3. Wed., Nov. 4Riviera Beach floods after 15.5 inches of rain; 9 schools closed
  4. Tues., Nov. 315 inches of rain, closed roads and a rainy Election Day
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5AM West Palm Beachto me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

Palm Beach County dries out as CP Group buys Mizner Park

Plus, Día de Muertos lands at The Peach today, and a mom pulls a man from a flooded lake.

The TLDR

  1. Palm Beach County starts drying out after historic flooding
  2. A cool front brings a few showers today; Sunday looks mainly sunny
  3. CP Group-led venture buys Mizner Park back from Brookfield
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