Pembroke Pines backs $155 million police-fire complex plan
The Pembroke Pines City Commission has backed development of a new police-fire public safety complex, advancing a major city capital project while leaving its financing and final construction authorization unresolved.
Commissioners adopted Resolution 2026-R-09 on May 26, 2026. The resolution supports the city manager’s recommendation, along with recommendations from the police and fire departments, to develop, construct and fund the proposed complex.
The action does not mean construction has begun or that the city has approved a final funding plan. The city still must determine how the project would be financed, whether voters would be asked to approve a bond question and what the final design and schedule would be.
What the proposed complex would include
Local reporting described a project with three major components: a two-story fire station, a five-story police building and a five-level parking garage. The concept is intended to address projected needs over a 30-year service horizon.
City officials have described the existing police and fire facilities as obsolete and too small for projected needs. Replacing those facilities would make the proposal one of Pembroke Pines’ largest recent capital investments, although the estimates reported so far are not final appropriations.
The reported hard construction cost is about $113 million. Total development costs are estimated at roughly $155 million. Relocation costs were not included in that reported project estimate, adding another unresolved element to the eventual price of the project.
Funding remains the central question
The commission’s resolution supports moving the project forward, but it does not establish the final financing mechanism. The city manager has recommended limiting a new bond request to no more than $80 million.
That recommendation follows the failure of a previous $230 million bond proposal in 2024. The earlier result is important context for any new request, but the current record does not establish that commissioners have approved a new bond measure or decided to put a question before voters.
The difference between the estimated total development cost and the recommended bond ceiling also leaves open how the city would cover the rest of the project costs if the proposal advances. The approved sources do not identify a final mix of bonds, city funds or other financing.
What happens next
The next major decisions involve funding, ballot status, final design, construction timing and relocation costs. None of those details was settled in the sources reviewed for this report.
For residents, the commission’s action is a policy commitment to continue pursuing a new police-fire complex, not a completed project. The proposal could affect future city borrowing and may require voter approval or another public funding mechanism, but the city has not yet made that path final.
Until those decisions are made, the $113 million hard-cost figure and roughly $155 million total-development estimate should be treated as planning estimates rather than final spending authority.
Sources
- City Commission meeting of May 26, 2026, City of Pembroke Pines
- Pembroke Pines explores options to pay for safety complex, Pembroke Pines News
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