Passenger Trains > FL more real estate develop around WPB BrightLine station

Several major real estate developers have confirmed they control about half of a huge area just north and west of the BrightLine train station in West Palm Beach. Developer Jeff Greene has announced plans to create an arts and mixed use area called NORA (North of Railroad Avenue).  They expect to convert existing warehouses to art spaces, build galleries, new low and high rise apartments, etc.  The area is directly across the tracks from the booming judicial space of court houses, county offices, and law firms. Many new high rise residential buildings are already in place.

BrightLine has sparked a lot of development around its Miami Central, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach stations. I see this as an expansion, but apparently not under BrightLine's control. The map suggests this project will go up and over the ridge, but not all the way down to the Amtrak / CSX / Tri-Rail station about 3/4 mile away


https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/westpb/2021/10/18/another-cityplace-rosemary-square-nora-district-brings-wynwood-west-palm-beach/6088350001/

Area is a bit north of the judicial buildings you stated - there's a cement plant across the tracks from North Railroad Ave.  Nevertheless, would be great to see some positive development north of Quadrille - right now its not a very inviting area.

Click HERE to see the (almost) current view of the street that coincides with the artist rendering in the article.

On the north side of where Quadrille curves towards Dixie Hwy by those two high rise buildings there used to be a wye and connected to a line that went over to Palm Beach back in the Flagler days.
I believe the bridge was on the south side of the current Flagler Bridge.  It's been rebuilt and moved I think to where the railroad bridge used to sit.  The line went to the area of the Breakers Hotel. (A Flagler Property)
There was a small yard kinda where part of the Golf course is now.  Back then it hadn't been developed to what it is now.  Big wigs with there private cars would be delivered right to the hotel. 
In the early days the "help" were pushed to the "island" when West Palm Beach was booming.  But then Palm Beach started booming and they were "pushed" off the now booming island back to the mainland out of the way. 
Now the Big Wigs have their own airplanes and fly in to their own mansions on the beach. There is one guy that bought a mansion on the beach but directly east of the airport and complained about the airplane noise.
It will be nice to see some more development in the area.

Yes.

The Seth Bramson  Speedway to the Sun book has a section on the wye and the trestle out to Palm Beach.  Mr Flagler's mansion Whitehall was also on a spur out there.

The Wall Street Journal mentions that developer Related Companies (Steve Ross's company) will announce a huge new office building at 515 Fern Street in  West Palm Beach.  This is at the south end of the BrightLine station platform.  460,000 sf of office space plus retail.  Related will own about two million sf of office space in West Palm Beach when this deal is done.  I believe interests around BrightLine have an ownership in this property now.

A related company Related Group, recently took control of about one million sf of office / residential development at the Tri-Rail train station in West Palm Beach. That's about six blocks west and two blocks north of the BrightLine site. A free town jitney travels between the two sites.

BrightLine has jump started a lot of development in the several blocks around its slightly north of downtown site.  Related's  360 Rosemary site (in conjunction with BrightLine interests) is fully rented to companies like Goldman Sachs, Point 72, Elliott Management, etc.  That's across from the front entrance to the BrightLine station. The NORA (north of Railroad Avenue) area is north and west of BrightLine. This 1950s area of warehouses, parking lots, small apartment buildings etc is already a hot market for development.