A PUBLICATION BY THE POLO CLUB OF BOCA RATON
SEPTEMBER 2023
PROJECTS
POLO
Current & Upcoming Projects
Trends
established
by
architects
and
designers play a pivotal role in enhancing the
Club Member’s Experience. We have selected
Peacock & Lewis, one of the industry’s
leading
architectural
and
design
firms,
to create an innovative and aesthetically
pleasing environment. By incorporating various
elements and designs, sustainable materials,
and technological integration, we can offer
our Members an exciting, modern and
luxurious experience.
All elements of the Polo Lifestyle are being
considered during this Club Renovation,
which will serve the membership for years
to come: the balance between high-end
social events, incorporating and embracing
the great Polo outdoors, a vibrant, fun youth
center, incorporating casual, fast dining with
fine dining and a show-stopping centerpiece
at the view terrace will deliver opportunities
for enjoyment to all membership categories.
We have learned a lot during the pandemic
and a great deal in its aftermath. Looking at our
areas not as they are but what they could be.
All elements of the Polo Lifestyle are
being considered during this Club
Renovation, which will serve the
membership for years to come.
Click on the video below to see our Club Renovation
Club Renovation &
Project Timeline
Current Progress in
Spa & Fitness Building
Current Progress in
Clubhouse Building
Phase 0 -
Member Access Map
10
Top Tracer &
Driving Range
12
Pickleball Conversion
14
Polo Farm to Table
16
Cell Phone Tower
CONTENTS
SEE BELOW SOME OF THE MOOD BOARDS THE ARCHITECT HAS
SELECTED FOR OUR PROJECT IN PHASE 0.
Spa and Fitness - Proposed Reception Design
We must convey that we wish to maintain Polo’s warm, inviting charm and
bring all the elements together. While we have all visited many of our sister
Clubs recently renovated, the general consensus was to embrace warm tones
rather than the light grays and whites used in many of these Clubs. We wish to
refresh our spaces but keep the Polo identity.
Club Renovation
The intent in developing a phased approach with the Master Plan is to continue to
provide the Polo Lifestyle during the renovation. This requires careful planning and
development of each phase to ensure permitting requests would be granted, life
safety plans are in effect during each phase and proper “hand-offs” between phases
with results our Members can be proud of.
Phase 0 represents work that could be completed during the summer months and
did not require a site plan change. It ran simultaneously with the roofing project,
and they are aligned on completion time.
Phase 1 and the Accelerated Phase 3A account for over 80% of the entire project.
Project Timeline
PHASE 1
JANUARY 2024 - JULY 2025
Shoring of Upper Terrace Expansion and Laurels
Mansard and Window support development
Winners Circle: converted into post-game pub
experience, evening piano lounge opportunities
Steeplechase: converted into indoor/outdoor
experience with themed cuisine opportunities,
sushi, and a relaxed experience for lunch and dinner
An American Bistro: converted into Americana
Steakhouse with independent bar lounge
seating pre-dinner experience
Hidden Cove: converted into outdoor cocktail and
leisure opportunity, outdoor card play during the day
Renovated Grand Staircase and Guest Elevator
PHASE 0
MAY 2023 - MID-NOVEMBER 2023
Ladies and Men’s Card Rooms
and Bathrooms
Fitness Center Registration and Retail,
Physical Therapy Room, Relaxation Room
Conversion of Governors Room into a
Bakery – able to support the baked goods
and dessert programs at the Club, including
the newly developed Polo Patisserie
New Governors Room
Renovated Administrative Hallway
and Lower Lobby
Enlarged Employee Cafeteria
Lower Valet Breezeway
PHASE 3A
ACCELERATED FROM
PHASE 3 TIMELINE
MAY 2024 - DECEMBER 2024
Renovated and remodeled
Youth Activity Center Splash
Pad and Playground
Renovated and remodeled Pool
Deck, Pool Deck Restroom,
Whirlpool, Landscaping, and
accent features
Walkway from Breezeway to
Youth Playground
PHASE 2
JULY 2025 - JULY 2026
Renovated Upper Lobby
and Grand Entrance
Crown Room: elevated as fine
dining and exclusive experience
with indoor/outdoor seating
components, private dining,
and Chef’s table components
Traditions Bar: relocated
to Traditions 2 to provide an
open and inviting bar
seating experience
PHASE 3
JULY 2026 - JULY 2027
Remodeled Barefoot Café as
high-end, pool-side dining oasis
Incorporate soft seating
for lounge, cocktail and
entertainment opportunities
Incorporate Arcade Room and
convert it into air-conditioned
Virtual Reality, Augmented
Reality Gaming Center
Click on the video below to see a renovation time lapse
Current Progress in Spa and Fitness Building
The Spa and Fitness Building
is progressing nicely, with the
roofing fully complete. The
plumbing, electric, and framing
work is also complete and has
passed county inspection.
A concrete slab was necessary
for the new physical therapy
room, which has been
completed. Sound proofing
was finalized in the Spa
Relaxation area.
The work in these areas
continues on schedule.
SPA & FITNESS RECEPTION AND RETAIL AREA
PHYSICAL THERAPHY AREA
SPA & FITNESS RECEPTION AND RETAIL AREA
FITNESS RECEPTION AREA
SPA RELAXATION AREA
SPA RELAXATION AREA
Current Progress in Clubhouse Building
The ceiling at the lower lobby
and locker room pathway have
been removed and framed out
for gypsum application.
The ladies’ and men’s card
rooms are being prepped with
noise absorption panels, and
the bathrooms have been
demoed out. Materials are
on schedule and en route
for the bathroom remodel and
ADA considerations have
been updated to the new
code requirements.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
ADMINISTRATIVE HALLWAY
MEN’S CARDROOM
LADIES’ CARDROOM
FUTURE BAKERY
HALLWAY TO BISTRO
EMPLOYEE CAFETERIA
Golf shoppe
(1st floor)
Traditions
(2nd floor)
winner’s circle
(1st floor)
Crown Room
(2nd floor)
steeplechase
(1st floor)
veranda
(2nd floor)
the laurels
(2nd floor)
TEMPORARY LOCATION
FOR THE CARD ROOMS
Golf cart parking
bamboo
room
ladies’
locker rooms
Men’s locker rooms
admin
billiards
men’s & ladie
an
american bistro
(1st floor)
governor’s room
breakroom
restrooms
PHASE 0 -
Member ACCESS
Member ACCESS to clubhouse -
Use Upper Valet or Parking Garage
Member ACCESS to courts, spa & fitne
RESORT TENNIS/PICKLEBALL SHOPPE -
Through the elevator or staircase inside the gar
To access Tennis courts go along Showcase cour
admin hall
lower valet parking lot - limited parking
Handicap parking available
Member parking available by golf
upper valet
open
Open Areas - Members CAN Access
Construction Areas - NO Member Access
No Club Access
poa
men’s & ladies’ card rooms
admin
restrooms
a & fitneSs,
T TENNIS/PICKLEBALL SHOPPE -
case inside the garage.
ts go along Showcase court pathway.
tennis hallway
lower valet
closed
admin hallway
resort tennis/
pickleball
Shoppe
spa & fitness
building
Member parking available by Spa & Fitness building and the garage
(Pleased note this will now be 2 way traffic)
Access THROUGH THE
ELEVATOR AND STAIRS
inside the garage
Tennis Showcase
court
Tennis courts
X X
MEMBER ACCESS TO
THE CLUBHOUSE -
Use Upper Valet or
Parking Garage
MEMBER ACCESS TO
COURTS, SPA & FITNESS,
RESORT TENNIS/
PICKLEBALL SHOPPE -
Through the elevator or
staircase inside the Parking
Garage. To access the
Tennis courts, go along the
Showcase court pathway.
MEMBER PARKING -
Available by Golf, the Spa
and Fitness Building, and the
Parking Garage. Please note,
the parking lot to the garage
will now be 2 way traffic.
10
Top Tracer & Driving Range
The title of “largest growing sport in
America” belongs to golf! That is if we use
the
contemporary
and
comprehensive
definition
of
golf,
which
comprises
various forms of “grassless” participation
where
“modern
believers”
swing
clubs
and hit balls at real or virtual targets.
Using this outlook, golf’s growth over the
past eight years has topped Pickleball by a
whopping 4.5 million people.
So, when did this 400-year-old game transition
from a sport to a fun and entertaining
experience? And how is Polo responding to
it? This a philosophical question we were due
to ask, but here is what the best data in the
industry is showing us:
• An estimated 2.5 Million (10%) of today’s
on-course players credit their off-course
experience to getting them on the golf course.
• Approximately 50% of on-course
participants agree that off-course revived
their love for the sport.
• Interest in taking up the traditional game is
five times higher among “non-golfers” with
off-course experience than those without.
• Around 60% of today’s on-course
beginners come to the course with
off-course experience, compared to
only 40% five years ago.
As we will be creating a Polo off-course
experience, we are excited to see our teams
work on player development programs, social
play, and perhaps our mantra at the driving
range will be “Eat, Play, Drink”.
THE #1 RANGE TECHNOLOGY IN GOLF
You’ve learned why technology is at the
forefront of what we are doing at the Club,
and Top Tracer is no different.
We anticipate our Members developing their
skills, and we believe this technology will
be a game changer in our recruiting efforts
for talented Pro’s that wish to develop their
careers with us. It will improve your game by
being powered by performance applications,
analytics, and data.
Looking to just have some fun – we’ve got
you! Our trendy Street Fare food truck and
friendly bar crew will be there to keep you
entertained and smiling.
“Eat,
Play,
Drink.”