HomeMy WebLinkAboutInv# gasperarts - 250 SOUTH FEDERAL LLC - 08/19/2025
100 West Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, Florida 33004
www.DaniaBeachCRA.org
MEMORANDUM
To: Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Chair, Vice Chair, Board Members
From: Michael Chen, Executive Director
Date: September 12, 2024 / REVISED March 11, 2025
Re: Commercial Façade Grant – 250 South Federal Highway
Background: 250 South Federal Highway is owned by 250 South Federal LLC, with Laura K.
Gasper as the registered agent. The building is home to the Gasper Arts Center, also owned
and operated by Laura Gasper. (Revised information is underlined.)
The original project cost has been revised from $31,763 to $39,485 ($7,722 increase), due to
the increased cost of the project to satisfy the revised design and cost of permits resulting
from the zoning approval for the sign. Therefore, the requested grant award has been revised
from $15,881.75 to $19,743.00, reflecting our 50% match of the revised project budget.
The Project: Laura Gasper believes her Federal Highway location suffers from being set
back from Federal Highway, with two rows of parking and a wide access driveway between
the front of the building and Federal Highway. The business is completely obscured from
south bound traffic by the adjacent building to the north, which is positioned at the edge of the
sidewalk along Federal Highway. The façade improvement project is the installation of new
sign at the front edge of the Gasper site to improve the visual presence of the business to
traffic on Federal Highway.
The project includes the cost of the sign, the sign installation, and the electrical connection.
The range of the total sign cost is comprised of the sign and installation by a sign company
and a separate electrical company. The range of the total cost is estimated to be from
$29,764.00 to $34,932.00, based on estimates from two sign companies and two electrical
contractors. The Façade Grant application is seeking the $15,882.00, representing a 50%
match of the lower estimated sign cost and the higher electrical cost ($31,764.00 total cost).
The owner’s share of the construction costs will be self-funded.
Attached are the revised estimates based on the approved sign design from Designer Sign
Systems, Kline Brothers Electric, Inc, and Total signs & Lighting, Inc, The increased project
cost reflected in the revised estimates ranges from $7,032 to $23,273.
Recommendation: The CRA requests Board approval of the Façade Grant application for
250 South Federal Highway in an amount of $15,882.00 or 50% of the actual project cost as
evidenced by paid receipts, whichever is less.
Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
Commercial Façade Grant
March 11, 2025
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100 West Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, Florida 33004
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Revised Recommendation: The CRA requests Board approval of the Façade Grant
application for 250 South Federal Highway in an amount of $19,743.00 (an increase of
$3,862) or 50% of the actual project cost as evidenced by paid receipts, whichever is less.
Attachments: Owner’s Façade Grant application
Photos of the existing building
Copies of the construction estimates
Copies of the revised construction estimates
BCPA folio sheet and map
Sunbiz Corporate Registration