Key Issues
What’s Happening & Why It Matters
From a bait-and-switch rezoning to serious health and environmental risks, here’s what every Arden homeowner needs to know about Project Tango.
The Bait-and-Switch
In 2016, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners rezoned the site from rural residential to Economic Development Center, approving it for “data warehouse” and warehouse use. The term “data warehouse” implied a low-impact storage facility — not the power-hungry, water-intensive, noise-generating AI data processing center now being proposed.
In 2025, the developers returned with plans to dramatically expand the data storage component from 206,000 square feet to nearly 1.8 million square feet, and the total footprint to 3.69M million square feet across 202 acres. The project was reframed as a “data processing center” — an entirely different type of facility with far greater impacts on the surrounding community.
Who’s Behind It
PBA Holdings / Palm Beach Aggregates
A partnership made up of Enrique Tomeu, Michael Klein and his trust, and Tennessee contractor W.T. Phillips and successors. The original landowners who secured the 2016 zoning approval.
TPA Group / WPB Logistics Owner
Atlanta-based warehouse developer that purchased the land from PBA Holdings for $36 million in February 2023. Now the primary development partner for the expanded facility.
Builders Who Didn’t Disclose
Between 2017 and 2024, the following builders sold over 2,400 homes in Arden without disclosing the approved industrial development on adjacent land:
LennarKennedy HomesKenco CommunitiesRyan HomesGL Homes
Homeowners who spent $400,000 to $800,000+ made purchasing decisions without access to information that would have materially affected those decisions.
Community Response
When Arden residents discovered the true scope of Project Tango in 2025, the community mobilized rapidly. Homeowners have joined together to take legal action. At the December 10, 2025 County Commission hearing, more than 50 residents spoke in opposition, resulting in a unanimous 7-0 vote to postpone the application until April 23, 2026.
In March 2026, Wellington became the first municipality to officially oppose Project Tango, with Mayor Sara Baxter announcing the town’s position at a town hall meeting.
Arden residents at a community town hall.Photo: Joel Engelhardt / Stet
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Protect Your Rights
Homeowners were denied the truth. Join the class action lawsuit and attend the April 23 hearing to demand accountability.
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