The 614,000 Square Feet at the Heart of the Project Tango Lawsuit

Part 2 of 5 · Project Tango in Court. Start at the full case file.

The whole Project Tango lawsuit turns on one number: 614,000 square feet. That number explains the case, and a lot about why this project keeps getting bigger.

What "density" means

Every large development has a county-approved master plan that caps how many square feet can be built on the site. Planners call that building capacity density, or entitlement. It is the currency of the whole project: whoever controls the density controls what gets built, and how much.

The Central Park Commerce Center's master plan has 614,000 square feet of capacity that was never assigned to a specific parcel. According to the complaint, the developer, WPB Logistics, says that leftover capacity was always meant for its pending Phase 2 (about 1,146,154 square feet on 75.21 acres), the one parcel left without an allocation when the plan was approved.

The claim

The lawsuit alleges that landowner PBA Holdings now wants all 614,000 square feet for Project Tango, the data center on land PBA still owns, and that it tied the data center to the developer's Phase 2 in two county applications: a master-plan change and a site-plan change. The plaintiffs allege PBA wants that leftover capacity partly because it carries fewer restrictions, including looser limits on data-center use, which would let Project Tango sidestep conditions Phase 2 would have to accept.

PBA Holdings had not responded as of the records reviewed, so its side isn't on the court record yet.

Why neighbors should care about a zoning footnote

Because residents have seen this pattern before, and so has the county's own staff report. The data-center piece of this site has grown from 200,000 square feet in 2017 to roughly 1,032,000 in the 2026 plans, and the developer is still using less than half the density the site allows, leaving room to ask for more. The fight over 614,000 unallocated square feet is a fight over exactly that headroom: whether it becomes warehouses or still more data center.

The complaint reportedly says the master-plan application would raise the park's total approved capacity to roughly 3.6 million square feet. That figure comes from a scanned court filing, so treat it as approximate until it's confirmed against a clean copy. The direction, though, matches what the public record already shows: this site is slated for far more than the warehouse park it was sold as.

The rulebook in the background

The development also runs on a recorded set of covenants and bylaws, enforced by the master association, essentially an HOA for a business park. The suit alleges PBA Holdings changed the master plan without going through the association's required approval process. In fairness, WPB controls that association as its "declarant," so the two plaintiffs speak with one voice.

What you can do

1. See how the numbers fit together. The case file and our site-plan breakdown put the density story side by side.
2. Read the filing. Public at mypalmbeachclerk.com; case 50-2026-CA-006330.
3. Know the law. Florida's new data-center statute, SB 484, takes effect July 1 and may require major modifications like these to be treated as new applications, with fresh public review.
4. Show up July 2 and July 15, and add your name.

Sources

• Palm Beach County Circuit Court — Verified Complaint, Case No. 50-2026-CA-006330 (filed June 5, 2026)
• How 200,000 Square Feet Became 3.6 Million: The Site Plan Evolution
• What Florida's SB 484 actually does
• Full Project Tango case file

Based on Palm Beach County Circuit Court Case No. 50-2026-CA-006330 (court filings). PBA Holdings, Inc. had not filed a response as of the records reviewed; its position is not yet on the court record. Some figures are drawn from a scanned filing and noted as approximate. This is a summary of one side's allegations for the public — not legal advice.