A one-acre private club reserved exclusively for homeowners is taking shape within the St. Regis Residences, Bahia Mar development on Fort Lauderdale's waterfront, with plans calling for a lap pool, padel and tennis courts, a serenity garden and a sunset terrace with fire pits. The Related Group, Tate Capital and Rok Acquisitions unveiled renderings and details of the amenity, dubbed the Bahia Mar Club, describing it as a resort-style wellness destination built solely for private owners.
According to profilemiami.com, the club is pitched as a resort-style wellness destination and outdoor club reserved exclusively for private homeowners, with 24-hour access to its outdoor amenities. The landscape architecture comes from EDSA, the internationally recognized firm behind the project's grounds, which the outlet reports will weave in flowering vegetation, palm trees and shaded seating areas throughout the club's one-acre footprint, as first detailed by Florida YIMBY.
What's Inside the Private Club
The amenity list is extensive. A tennis court and padel court will anchor the racquet club, complete with a courtside viewing gallery, per the same account. Elsewhere on the grounds, residents will find an outdoor lap pool surrounded by daybeds, lounge seating and tropical landscaping, plus a summer kitchen and social patio built for private entertaining.
There's also a children's playground, a serenity garden, and a stretch of open lawn called The Green, intended for yoga, tai chi, stretching and informal gatherings. The waterfront sunset terrace will include fire pits, rounding out a club the developers say is meant to function as a self-contained retreat rather than a typical condo amenity deck.
Leadership Frames the Vision
Jimmy Tate, CEO and president of Tate Capital, said Bahia Mar is envisioned as a place where residents can access waterfront, dining, recreation and hospitality without leaving home. He added that the club gives residents a private place for wellness, recreation and time together. Tate and Sergio Rok became stewards of the Bahia Mar land almost 15 years before this story published.
Nick Pérez, president of condominium development at The Related Group, said the club was designed to enhance residents' well-being and provide exclusive access to private waterfront land. The broader residences, beyond the club itself, will carry roughly 35,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor lifestyle amenities, including a full-service spa, fitness center, private dining room, billiards lounge and children's entertainment room, according to profilemiami.com.
The Larger $2 Billion Bahia Mar Project
The club is one piece of a much larger undertaking. Profilemiami.com describes the overall development as a $2 billion, roughly 40-acre waterfront project in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with plans for a 78-home condominium tower, a 122-key St. Regis hotel and 106 resort residences, alongside a 250-slip deepwater marina able to accommodate yachts up to 350 feet. The same source reports a design team led by architecture studio Arquitectonica, with London-based Tara Bernerd & Partners handling interiors.
Private residences are priced from $4.9 million, while resort residences start at $3 million, the outlet reports. Douglas Elliman Development Marketing has been named the project's exclusive sales and marketing agent. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, with delivery anticipated in 2030, per profilemiami.com — though CNBC has separately reported the project was scheduled to open sometime in late 2029, a discrepancy the available reporting does not resolve.
City Land, a Long Lease and Years of Debate
The Bahia Mar property itself is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale and leased to an entity led by Tate and his family, CNBC reports. Fort Lauderdale commissioners approved a Bahia Mar redevelopment plan by a 4-1 vote, according to NBC6, which also reported the land would be placed under a new 100-year lease, replacing one originally set to run through 2062. That same outlet put the redevelopment's estimated cost at around $1 billion, a figure that differs from the $2 billion total cited elsewhere in the project's coverage.
The project has also changed shape over time. Fort Lauderdale commissioners approved an earlier version of the plan in June 2023 that called for four 21-story condo towers totaling 350 units and a 256-room hotel with 60 luxury condominium apartments, according to WLRN. That approved 2023 plan also included a public park and a half-mile, 25-foot-wide waterfront promenade encircling the 39-acre site. A separate report from Hospitality Design described a different configuration still — two 23-story residential towers and a 197-key St. Regis hotel — underscoring how much the numbers attached to this project have shifted across coverage.
Opposition to the redevelopment has centered on its scale and neighborhood impact. Residents warned that construction would bring debris onto their homes and the Intracoastal Waterway, that traffic would grow exponentially, and that the condo buildings would cast shadows on nearby homes, WLRN reported at the time of the 2023 approval. Those concerns echo broader tensions seen at other South Florida waterfront overhauls; at the nearby Pier Sixty-Six redevelopment, marine-industry stakeholders reportedly wanted assurances that the marina would remain fully operational throughout construction, according to Urban Land Magazine.
