31 Oct The Boca Raton at 100: What Has Reopened and How the Club Works

The Boca Raton at 100: What Has Reopened and How the Club Works

The Boca Raton, Addison Mizner’s 1926 hotel grown into a resort of five hotels, has reopened its Cloister, Tower, Yacht Club and Beach Club after a renovation program it puts at $375 million, while its golf course is being rebuilt and due back in late fall 2026; the resort is open only to hotel guests and members of The Boca Raton Club. This guide covers the hotels, what is still under work, the ratings, what guests pay, and what has been published about Club membership, as of October 31, 2026.

Facts come from the resort’s own website and documents and from established press, as dated below. Rates, dues and terms change; confirm directly with the resort or the Club.

The Five Hotels at a Glance

A Century in Brief

The Ritz-Carlton Cloister Inn, designed by architect Addison Mizner, opened on February 6, 1926, and 2026 is the resort’s centennial year, according to The Boca Raton. It later became the Boca Raton Resort & Club and carried the Waldorf Astoria brand until 2021, when it was renamed The Boca Raton and became independent, Hotel Management and Skift reported. MSD Partners bought the resort from Blackstone in 2019, in a deal widely reported at $875 million, and it came under BDT & MSD Partners after the firms merged in 2023, Commercial Observer reported in December 2025.

What Reopened, and When

• January 2022: the Harborside reopening, including the Cloister relaunch, the adults-only Yacht Club and a redesigned Spa Palmera, ConventionSouth reported.
• November 2022: the Tower reopened after a $65 million redesign by Rockwell Group, the resort announced.
• January 2025: the Beach Club reopened after a $130 million rebuild, according to the resort.
• Fall 2026: the resort says the Mizner Center event space “has unveiled a striking refresh,” and the Cloister’s rooms are being redesigned while the hotel stays fully operational, with completion announced for this fall.

The resort describes the whole program as a $375 million transformation; Commercial Observer reported in December 2025 that spending since 2019 was just under $390 million.

Still under work

• Golf: the course closed on April 7, 2026 for a rebuild of more than $25 million and “will reopen in late fall of 2026,” the resort says, without a fixed date. The driving range has its own renovation, which the resort projected to finish in late fall.
• The Residences: Boca Raton’s City Council approved a 76-unit, eight-story residential building at the resort on March 24, 2026, The Coastal Star and Florida YIMBY reported. No prices or delivery date have been published; see our Boca Raton guide for the wider market.

Ratings

In 2026 Forbes Travel Guide gave Five Stars to the Beach Club, the Yacht Club, Spa Palmera and the Flybridge restaurant, and Four Stars to the Tower, according to the resort, which calls itself “the Only Forbes Quadruple Five-Star Resort in The Americas.” The Tower holds One MICHELIN Key, according to the MICHELIN Guide. See Forbes Travel Guide for current ratings.

On Site

• Spa Palmera: 50,000 square feet and 44 treatment rooms, open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., for Club members and resort guests only. An automatic 20% gratuity is added to each service, the spa says.
• Beach and pools: half a mile of private beach, with a members-only section. The Harborside Pool Club has a 450-foot lazy river and two five-story slides.
• Marina: 30 full-service slips for vessels up to 150 feet, booked through Dockwa or by phone, according to the resort.
• Families: the Banyan Bunch kids’ club for ages 4 to 12, and The Break for ages 11 to 15.
• Dining: 18 restaurants and bars, including four with Major Food Group. See our Boca Raton restaurant guide.

Who Can Get In

The resort’s FAQ says it is “only open to Club members and resort guests, and is not open to the general public,” and guests cannot bring outside friends onto the property. The one exception for dining is Flybridge, whose page says it keeps a limited number of seats for the public each evening.

What Guests Pay

The resort does not publish nightly rates as text; they vary by hotel, room and season. The resort told Skift its average rate over the past year, excluding groups, was about $980 a night (August 2026). The resort fee is $53 a night plus tax, overnight valet is $55 plus tax, and the minimum check-in age is 21, according to the resort’s FAQ.

How The Boca Raton Club Works

The Boca Raton Club describes itself as “an exclusive lifetime membership” for members and their families. Members get a members-only beach section, preferred access to the restaurants and bars, a private spa pool, 26 tennis and pickleball courts and members-only events, according to the resort.

• Dues: the Club’s published schedule for the 2024–25 club year listed annual dues of $17,345 for a Family membership and $13,100 for an Individual membership, before tax. The Golf Add-on was $8,665 (Family) or $6,355 (Individual), and the schedule said the Golf Add-on program was “currently on a waitlist.” We found no newer schedule.
• Joining fee: the Club does not publish its one-time membership fee, and we found no established press report of it. Ask the membership office.
• Eligibility: no homeownership or residency requirement appears on the Club’s official pages, unlike many Palm Beach County clubs tied to a home. Approval terms are given on inquiry.
• Golf during the rebuild: Golf Add-on members can book reciprocal play at 13 other clubs for most of the renovation, subject to availability and each host club’s fees, and their add-on fees were not reduced, the resort says.

Questions to Ask

1. Which hotel suits my trip: adults-only Yacht Club, the oceanfront Beach Club, or family-friendly Tower and Cloister?
2. Is any work going on during my dates, and is my room newly redesigned?
3. What does the resort fee include?
4. For prospective members: what is the one-time membership fee, is any of it refundable, and what does “lifetime” mean in the membership terms?
5. What are this year’s dues, and are there any food minimums or capital assessments?
6. How long is the Golf Add-on waitlist, and when exactly will the course reopen?
7. Can membership be transferred or resigned, and what happens if the resort is sold?
8. Will residents of the new Residences receive or need membership?

The Bottom Line

A century after it opened, The Boca Raton is largely renewed, with only the golf course and the Cloister rooms still finishing. It is a private world: you stay, or you join. If you are weighing the Club, ask for the current dues, the joining fee and the full membership terms in writing.

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Last updated October 31, 2026. Facts come from the sources listed above, checked on that date, and may change. Not legal, financial, tax or investment advice. Full disclaimer