Boca West Country Club

The newly reconstructed 400,000-square-foot activity space (completing a $45 million renovation program in 2022) offers residents (over 3,500 families) the following:

• Stunning full spa facilities that embrace whirlpools, waterfalls, treatment rooms, and trained massage therapists in every vertical of the culture.
• At least six unique on-site restaurants competing favorably with rated same-category eateries in the city that include the following:
  • Breathtaking golf course views.
  • Golf club and tennis center convenience.
  • A market square grab-and-go theme.
  • Alfresco dining venues in various locations.
  • High-end steakhouse fare.
  • A casual hamburger-style service.
  • A specialist cocktail mixology focus
• An iconic porte-cochere entry to a fitness and wellness center embracing diverse activities from spin classes to pilates (aside from recently re-quipped high-tech cardio and weight training apparatus).
• An aquatics, leisure, and swimming center delivering:
  • Cancun resort-style free-flowing family infinity-edge pool.
  • A spread of private cabanas, loungers, and dedicated shaded areas.
  • A spa pool.
  • A lap training pool.
  • A water aerobics pool.
  • A kiddies’ splash area.
  • An adult private swim/relaxation section.
  • Fantastic poolside service with easy access to eating and drinking services.
• A Racquet center revolving around 29 Har-Tru tennis courts, 14 pickleball courts, a pro shop, coaching, and league arrangements.

The show-stopper is that year-after-year Boca West Country Club has won the Club Leaders Forum's vote as one of the world's fifteen best private clubs, plus a consistent Platinum Clubs of America 5-star rating awarded non-stop since 1997. Indeed, the accolades from credible hospitality & lifestyle sources go on and on, confirming that Boca West service is in a class of it's own.

Boca West Country Club Membership Fees

So what does living in Boca West Country Club, a resident mandatory member club, cost a family? 

• A $90,000 non-refundable initiation fee.
• For a member participating in all sports activities - $2,131 monthly dues (aside from HOA fees - see below).
• Monthly membership, excluding golf but everything else on the campus -  $1,415.

As country club membership expenses go (versus Boca Grove Plantation, Addison Reserve, and Delaire), Boca West Country Club is competitive, although higher than Boynton Beach alternatives Hunters Run and Aberdeen. 

From a residential real estate perspective, buyers should take note of a selection of builders renovating multifamily units from corner to corner with the latest marble, stone, granite, onyx, and wood building materials.

So, what's the price for these 2025 remodeled editions? Answer - around $300,000 before paying the initiation fee (still holding the number under $400,000). For example, in the first few months of this year, the cost per square foot (UA) of MLS sold units between 1,050 and 1,350 square feet (UA) were as follows:

• Fully Renovated as described - $244. Semi-remodeled - $159. Ready for renovation - $90.

Conversely (the head scratcher if ever there was one), alongside the above are valuations everyone expects in a super-luxury country club community:

• Single family homes (pre-1990 vintage but extensively reconstructed) changed hands at around $500 per square foot UA (i.e, $1.5 million for 3,000 square feet UA)
• A sky home in the super-luxury 2019 new construction tower Akoya on the Boca West campus closed at $3.8 million - $984 per square foot (UA).
• Numerous single family homes with some of the above mentioned upgrades sold between $350 and $450 a square foot (UA).

The per square foot (UA) price gap is $896 - nearly ten times the lowest metric. That's like nothing we've seen before or will likely see again in a country club of this extraordinary caliber. Indeed, the reason the condominium deals, as demonstrated, are so cheap circles back to a West Palm TV report of March 2019 reflecting that 58 early vintage Boca West condos for sale for $1 and $5,000 (NOTE - not per square foot - absolute dollar closed deals).

Condo owners no longer wanting a country club lifestyle, were on the hook for Boca West membership & HOA fees they could no longer afford. So, unfortunately, they resorted to measures as we've described. Condominium owners were practically donating units to willing buyers ready to fork out the initiation fee.

Thus, it set the stage for the extraordinary values from bargain-basement buyers offloading and taking profits. For example, prices of $300,000 after paying a $5,000 purchase price + $80,000 renovation cost + $90,000 country club initiation fee is an exceptional net result for sellers. 

Please note that monthly HOA fees are separate from country club membership commitments ranging from $1,650 (for a single family house) to an average of 75 cents per square foot of condo unit ownership. Akoya is the exception at $1.12. 

See also the Boca West Country Club website.

Boca West Location

As mentioned above, Boca West Country Club is central to every big-city convenience Boca Raton homes can offer, a bike ride from Town Center regional mall's boutique outlets and national chain stores for high-end shopping, and short drives to expansive beaches, Downtown Boca Raton 100+ restaurants, West Boca Raton Regional Hospital, coffee shops & bars, Morakami, and Wakodahatchee Nature Preserve. 

Alternatives to Boca West Country Club

Beating Boca West's valuations in the townhome/condo category is virtually impossible. However, neighboring mandatory membership country clubs offering single family options reflect compelling valuations. We recommend Polo Club, Woodfield CC, Addison Reserve (in Delray), Broken Sound, Mizner CC, Delaire, and Gleneagles. We can show you many others in Boynton (Aberdeen, Hunters Run, and Quail Ridge) and The Loxahatchee Club in Jupiter.

Notably, non-mandatory country club options abound, the best being in West Palm and Jupiter, where you can buy a single family residence on campus and join the club under separate arrangements, paying the initiation and annual dues described. The latter requires a focused analysis, which we can provide for your detailed overview.