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By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton has received initial city approval to build a luxury residential building on the resort property.
The most recent planned change to the resort comes as it is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, commemorating the 1926 opening of the Cloister Inn. A variety of events and programs are being offered to resort members and guests.
The new residential units are an extension of a $375 million upgrade of the entire resort property that began in 2019 under the ownership of MSD Partners and Northview Hotel Group.
The renovation was intended to create a “new golden era” for the resort, said President and CEO Daniel Hostettler in 2022 when the first phase of the project was completed.
The resort, he said then, was focused on reclaiming the five-star status that it lost in 1985 no later than its centennial year.
In February, Forbes Travel Guide announced the resort had received four five-star ratings for 2026 — one of only seven properties worldwide to attain that status.
“To achieve this distinction during our centennial year is especially meaningful,” Hostettler said in the announcement.
And now, the resort is adding residential.
The city’s Planning and Zoning Board on Feb. 5 passed measures, including a rezoning of a 1.8-acre parcel from recreational to multifamily residential, and site plan approval to build an eight-story, 76-unit building with one floor of underground parking.
A City Council vote is expected in April.
The building is planned to rise in the middle of the resort’s golf course, slightly north and west of the main hotel. Units will range in size from two to five bedrooms.
The resort also plans a three-story fitness center for resort members and guests, and the existing golf maintenance facility will be relocated.
The resort’s residential plans have changed over the past two years.
In 2024, it proposed two eight-story towers with a total of 80 units and a five-story parking garage. That was changed last year to one eight-story building with 60 units and underground parking.
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