9 buildings with apartments, shopping proposed in Pompano

Pompano Beach’s newest project calls for nine buildings with housing and shopping — but an old house is in its crosshairs.

Atlantic One is being proposed as a mixed-use center with 10,653 square feet of retail space and 308 new homes — including 280 rental apartments and 28 townhouses. The project, on a 5-acre site on the southern side of East Atlantic Boulevard between Southeast 17th and 18th avenues, would range between three- and five-story buildings.

There are eight lots that make up the project; most are vacant or have mango groves. Three of the lots each have a single-family home, and one of these dates back to 1926. The future of that house, at 1736 E. Atlantic Blvd., is unclear.

Officials with both the city and the developer, Miami-based New Capital Resources, say the idea of moving the house to another location has been discussed because of its historical significance, but no decision has been made.

”It’s on Atlantic — everybody drives by it,” said Pat Rowley, an administrator for the Pompano Beach Historical Society, who added that the house is commonly known as the “McNab House.” She said she hopes the house gets moved.

William H. “Harry” McNab and Robert A. McNab were brothers who came to Pompano Beach in 1898. They farmed on the land that today is along south Federal Highway, and they built two houses on Atlantic Boulevard across the street from each other. Robert built this house on the southern side, and Harry built on the northern side. McNab Road is named after them.

While it would be “a shame” for the house to be moved, it’s still a better option than it getting “destroyed… [so] we don’t lose the history,” Rowley said.

City Manager Greg Harrison said it hasn’t been decided who would move the house, or whether it would be moved at all.

“We haven’t begun yet to get into the weeds,” he said.

The project was heard by the city’s Development Review Committee for site plan and building design approvals on Thursday, and will be rescheduled for another hearing. The developer needs the approvals in order to obtain a building permit.

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