Pompano Beach’s fast-changing west side is teeing up another growth spurt, with a big-box retailer and a stack of new apartments both lining up for approval. City planning files show a proposed Costco warehouse and a separate 132-unit residential project, each tied into the broader wave of redevelopment building out around Harrah’s Pompano Beach.
Local coverage first flagged the applications on June 18, citing a roughly 163,000-square-foot warehouse and a 132-unit multifamily plan that city planners will be asked to vet. That reporting also placed the Costco site inside the 223-acre Pompano redevelopment led by The Cordish Companies and Caesars Entertainment, as reported by The Real Deal.
What the Costco Filing Shows
City application documents flesh out the warehouse details a bit more. The filing describes a 167,121-square-foot Costco wholesale store on roughly 21.16 acres inside the Live! Pompano section of The Pomp, plus a 32-position fueling station and about 811 parking spaces. In addition, the paperwork notes that this configuration would replace earlier approvals for a traditional grocery store and several smaller retail buildings, and it lays out the usual staff review conditions. These specifics appear in records from the City of Pompano Beach.
Plans for 1600 South Federal Highway
On the other side of town, a separate filing would reshape the property at 1600 South Federal Highway into a 132-unit residential building. The proposal, from Nick Polyushkin’s Vera Fund, keeps the existing office tower on site and adds a small retail component along the ground floor. Application materials and prior coverage describe roughly 3,700 square feet of ground-floor retail and a stepped building design that tapers down toward nearby low-rise homes.
Vera’s 2024 purchase of the property for about 12.75 million dollars is reflected in public deal summaries, reported by The Real Deal and confirmed by Traded.
Where These Pieces Sit Inside The Pomp
Both the Costco concept and the Vera project are pieces of a larger chessboard known as The Pomp. The master plan calls for about 1.3 million square feet of retail and entertainment space, more than 1 million square feet of offices, and thousands of residential units. The Cordish Companies and Caesars pitch the overall project as a Live!-branded, entertainment-heavy district that will bring new hotels, restaurants, offices, and housing to the Harrah’s Pompano Beach site. Those program details are laid out in press material from The Cordish Companies.
Next Steps and Local Impacts
For now, both applications are working their way through Pompano Beach’s review pipeline. The projects appear on the city’s online agenda and are slated for staff review, the Development Review Committee, and then the Planning & Zoning Board, with the possibility of additional public hearings along the way. City comments so far point to the usual boxes that need checking, including permits, landscaping and tree mitigation requirements, and a requested parking reduction for the Vera project that will require a formal sign-off. The full staff notes and hearing schedule are posted on the City of Pompano Beach online agenda.
If the Costco and Vera plans clear those hurdles, they would stack more retail space and hundreds of new residents onto Pompano’s development map. That could juice local sales tax receipts and, at the same time, put fresh pressure on traffic capacity along Powerline Road and the Federal Highway corridor. Expect more community meetings and planning hearings over the coming months as city staff, neighbors, and elected officials dig into the fine print.
