The approved renovation and expansion project at the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. club includes the addition of a porte cochère, a new 3,000-sq.-ft. racquets shop, fitness facility improvements, a new members lounge for relaxing and socializing, an all-new Aquatics Complex complete with a poolside bar and dining venue, improvements to Bistro 105 better incorporating outdoor spaces into the dining experience, a first-of-its-kind Arts Center, plus various décor improvements.

BallenIsles Country Club members approved a $19 million renovation and expansion project of the club’s existing Sports Complex. The Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. club will now begin formalizing agreements with architects and contractors and start the regulatory approval process. Construction is expected to begin on the phased project in late 2023, with project completion slated by the end of 2024.

The current 65,000-sq.-ft. Sports Complex was built in 2009 and includes 7,000 sq. ft. of fitness and workout facilities that overlook the resort-style pool and Racquet Sports Complex. The Sports Complex also includes a Pilates studio, on-site physical therapy, dining at the Bistro 105 and poolside Skinny Palms, racquets shop, lounge space and a full-service Cosmo & Company Salon & Spa.

The approved renovation and expansion project includes the addition of a porte cochère, a new 3,000-sq.-ft. racquets shop, fitness facility improvements, a new members lounge for relaxing and socializing, an all-new Aquatics Complex complete with a poolside bar and dining venue, improvements to Bistro 105 better incorporating outdoor spaces into the dining experience, a first-of-its-kind Arts Center, plus various décor improvements. The main pool will be expanded to accommodate more users, including additional space for exercise users, lap lanes fully dedicated to lap swimming, and more pool seating. The new Arts Center will be available for all BallenIsles Members to practice and partake in programs around visual and performing arts.

Watch a virtual tour of the Sports Complex HERE.

“We have spent close to two years planning, tweaking, adding and deleting to the Sports Club Project based on member feedback,” said BallenIsles Country Club General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Ryan Walls. “After working on various versions of the plans, we believe we have both a fiscally responsible project, and one that delivers, purposely, a little bit for everyone.”

The Sports Complex project is the latest in a number of amenity improvements at BallenIsles Country Club. Crews are currently finishing a multi-million-dollar renovation project of the club’s East Course and Practice Grounds. Led by the Nicklaus Design team, renovations have focused on modernizing the course’s design, including bunkering, greens complexes and strategy, a complete re-grassing of the course and improvements to playing options for members and tournament players alike. The reimaged Practice Grounds incorporates an all-new 65-bay two-sided Long Game area, complete with Toptracer technology and Flagd Golf digital yardage boards, an abundance of aiming targets for all types of long shots, a practice putting green, rough, uneven lie and fairway bunker practice areas, along with a wedge range with targets from 30 to 105 yards. The Short Game area features a 25,000-sq.-ft. putting course, five pitching and chipping greens, warm-up green and the world’s flattest putting green. The area is centered around the newly built ’71 Learning Center, scheduled to be completed by April 2023.

The renovation of the East Course follows the construction of a $1.3 million pickleball complex in 2021; the 2020 redesign of BallenIsles’ South Course by famed golf course architect Rees Jones; and a 2018 $35 million dollar clubhouse renovation.