LAKE PARK — A seven-story apartment complex under construction near the former Twin City Mall site is nearing completion and is set to open in early 2027.
Avalon Lake Park will begin leasing apartments in November, with move-in dates expected to start in January, the Virginia-based Avalon Communities posted on its website.
The 9-acre property will house 279 rental apartments on the western side of the former mall’s lot.
It stands near the Northlake Promenade Shoppes off Northlake Boulevard and U.S. 1 and is among the latest efforts to redevelop the former mall site, which straddles the border between Lake Park and North Palm Beach.
Developers see Lake Park as site for condos, apartments
Avalon will be the second-tallest structure in Lake Park, behind the 24-story Nautilus 220 towers south of them off
U.S 1. The town could see more high-rise structures in the near future as two 16-story residential towers proposed for the downtown area are under consideration.
The Twin City Mall opened as northern Palm Beach County's first mall in 1971. For more than a decade, it was the region's premier shopping destination. It became obsolete after The Gardens Mall opened in 1988 and persuaded Twin City's anchor store, Sears, to move there. The mall was torn down in 1997.
The site has drawn interest from potential developers in recent years. In 2025, North Palm Beach approved a master plan for Village Place, to rise at the site.
Officials see the proposed mixed-use complex of restaurants, retail, and residences as a gathering place for northern Palm Beach County residents.
However, the project has been placed on hold amid a legal dispute between North Palm Beach and the project's developer, NP-Devland Holdings, over conditions reportedly set by the village.
Its lawsuit alleges that North Palm Beach "acted in bad faith" by inducing NP-Devland to spend time on a planned-unit development application, only to leverage the expense by imposing additional conditions.
Julius Whigham II covers northern Palm Beach County and public safety for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at jwhigham@pbpost.com and follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at @JuliusWhigham. Help support our work: Subscribe today.
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