Michael Bickford, a resident of the tony Florida city, wants to open a club similar to exclusive London private clubs such as Annabel’s and 5 Hertford Street. He provided requested documents regarding traffic arrangements, but a Town Council vote was still delayed because some members felt more information is needed about noise, hours of operation and the club’s attendance capacity. Some Palm Beach residents have expressed concern that the club would turn the streets around the proposed location “into a parking lot,” but supporters say it’s a better alternative than restaurants, because members would be vetted and more familiar with the area.

With one commissioner saying that letting the property close without development would “turn [it] into Jurassic Park, with lizards and iguanas running all over the place,” the go-ahead was given for the first building of new single-family homes in Deerfield Beach in 25 years. Deer Creek Golf Club will now have the only course in the city of 75,000.

Each year since 2014, Jupiter Golf Club, LLC, which is owned by The Trump Organization, has sued to try to lower the assessment for a property that has been valued at $18 million by Palm Beach County. The organization has succeeded in getting tax liabilities reduced for many of its 12 U.S. club properties.

After a deputy with the Broward County (Fla.) sheriff’s department who had previously been the focus of a domestic call drove his marked car from his home to his ex-wife’s house on the Boca Raton, Fla. club’s property, a SWAT team was called to the scene. Officers were eventually able to convince the deputy to surrender, and he was taken into custody for psychiatric evaluation.

The Trump Organization had been successful in securing reductions for its Miami, Fla. resort property through appeals in each of the previous four years, but was denied in its effort to trim the nearly $1.8 million assessment for 2016. In total, the Trump Organization paid $2.9 million in 2016 property taxes for its South Florida properties.

Commissioners in Palm Beach County, Fla., have decided to allow a daycare center, Lutheran church, and private school to be built on a 10-acre site on Lyons Road, which runs along the club’s boundary. The Delray Beach, Fla., club, along with other opponents, argued that it will make a congested, dangerous area even worse.

A spate of new hotels and developments are in the works in the county, prompting resort properties like Boca Raton (Fla.) Resort & Club, Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa in Riviera Beach, and Tideline Ocean Resort & Spa in Palm Beach to keep pace by implementing multimillion-dollar makeovers of facilities and golf courses.

Nine country clubs appealed the appraisals, arguing that owners of property in their communities were being penalized for taxes the club had already paid. But a judge denied an effort to block the hearings that ultimately ruled against their appeal.

Highlights of the eight-month project included transforming five restaurants from “traditional eateries to destination-dining venues,” with a sushi/tapas bar added to one. New outdoor-terrace space was created to expand event-planning options, and the 35,000-sq. ft., “oasis-inspired” Spa & Fitness Center was refreshed.