The Boca Raton Resort & Club is getting some very high-end new neighbors. Boca Raton City Council last week voted unanimously to approve an eight-story luxury condominium building on land shared by the resort at 501 E. Camino Real. The project will bring 76 condo residences, from two- to five-bedroom units, plus residents-only amenities, while keeping the existing hotel and key resort facilities in place. The building will rise on a portion of the property now used as a golf-course maintenance yard, as part of a broader reinvestment in the resort campus.
What's planned
The plan calls for an eight-story, roughly 505,840-square-foot tower holding 76 units, paired with a three-story, 31,696-square-foot fitness center, indoor and rooftop pools, and a private residents’ club, according to Florida YIMBY. Hart Howerton is listed as the project architect, and site plans show the condo footprint taking up about 5.2 acres within the larger resort property.
Rezoning and local review
Getting to yes required some paperwork gymnastics. The development team sought a land-use change to reclassify a strip of golf-course land to “Residential High” and asked to exceed the area’s typical 85-foot height cap, according to Boca Post. Those requests drew scrutiny from the city’s Planning & Zoning Board and raised the possibility of easement relocations, all of which had to be sorted out before the council delivered its final approval.
Who is behind it
The condo project is being advanced by BDT & MSD Partners, the merchant bank formed through the merger of BDT & Company and MSD Partners. The ownership group has previously floated condo plans for the resort site and has been pouring money into the property, including refinancing and renovation work, according to reports from The Real Deal and Commercial Observer.
Where this fits in Boca's building boom
The tower joins a growing roster of ultra-luxury and large-scale projects reshaping Boca Raton’s commercial corridors and downtown edges. Multi-building plans such as Camino Square have already moved through the city’s review pipeline. Coverage from Boca Post and Boca Daily News has tracked a steady stream of major residential proposals and zoning fights, with neighbors and council members repeatedly debating how much height and density Boca should absorb. One nearby benchmark, the 374-unit Camino Square complex with expanded retail, was recently approved, Boca Daily News reported.
Next steps
The council’s vote clears a major hurdle, but shovels are not in the ground yet. The project still needs final permits, refined design work and any remaining variances before construction can begin, and earlier filings indicated building had not yet started. Developers and city staff will also have to iron out any easement or circulation changes tied to the site plan while keeping resort operations, including the pickleball courts and marina, functioning as normal, according to Commercial Observer.
