Coral Springs Rezones 58 Acres to Complete Downtown District

The Coral Springs City Commission adopted Ordinance 2026-113 on second reading Sept. 2, rezoning 58.31 acres inside the city’s Community Redevelopment Area from a patchwork of Community Business, Medium Density Multiple-Family and Medical Center zoning to a single Downtown Mixed-Use district. The area runs west of Coral Hills Drive and south of NW 31st Court, tying into the existing DT-MU core anchored at Sample Road and University Drive. A companion measure, Ordinance 2026-112, updates the DT-MU code itself, the second phase of a downtown master plan the city adopted in 2017.

Why it matters

A rezoning this size resets what every parcel in the district can be built to, without any single owner filing an application. Land that was capped by medical-center or community-business rules now carries mixed-use entitlement, and staff have said the point is to let owners and developers build under one code instead of negotiating variances parcel by parcel. That is a direct site-selection and land-pricing signal in a Broward submarket most investors are not watching closely. No private applicant or master developer is tied to the ordinance; it was proposed by the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, meaning any owner in the district can now pursue a project without first winning a rezoning of their own.

The numbers

The rezoned 58.31 acres sit inside a roughly 138-acre CRA activity center. City records show a conditional exemption allowing density above 20 units per acre for multifamily and residential development on parcels west of Coral Hills Drive. The existing DT-MU zone at the Four Corners intersection, in place since the 2017 plan’s first phase, has already produced more than 1,500 residential units approved or under review and over $130 million in new taxable value, the benchmark this expansion is meant to repeat.

What’s next

Existing buildings in the newly rezoned area are not required to change. The new DT-MU rules kick in only when an owner expands a structure by more than 20 percent or redevelops the site, and any new project still needs its own site plan approval under the updated code before permits can be pulled. Developers and builders scanning South Florida for the next infill wave should watch for site plan filings along Sample Road and University Drive next.