Two builders vie for Wellington site

K-Park could be walkable district for PBC’s west

WELLINGTON – Two builders are vying to purchase K-Park and develop the 70-acre village-owned property into a mini-downtown for Palm Beach County’s western communities.

The two companies — W&W VIII LLC., owned by Wellington resident Jim Ward, and The Related Group, which built The

Square in West Palm Beach — envision transforming the village-owned site next to The Mall at Wellington Green into a walkable district that mixes residences, restaurants and shops.

“We feel that Wellington really needs a town center,” Ward told the Wellington Village Council on Tuesday, Dec. 5.

K-Park is Wellington’s largest remaining undeveloped property along State Road 7. Over the last decade, the council has heard plans for the site, including a Palm Beach State College campus, a horse park and multifamily

RENDERINGS PROVIDED BY YMCA OF THE PALM BEACHES A rendering shows the planned YMCA of Palm Beaches community center, which will be built on land adjacent to the Lake Lytal aquatics complex west of West Palm Beach.

KRISTINA WEBB/PALM BEACH POST Wellington’s 70-acre K-Park property at Stribling Way and State Road 7 is leased to J. Alderman Farms Inc. for $40,000 a year.