Polo Club's Renovation Keeps Moving. Here's What to Ask Before You Tour

Drive through Polo Club's gates on a weekday this September and you'll likely pass at least one crew truck, a section of clubhouse wrapped in construction fencing, and a finished terrace full of members having lunch fifty feet away. That's not a contradiction. It's the current state of a renovation that has been running since 2023 and, by the club's own more recent account, still has months left to go.

If you're comparing Polo Club to Broken Sound, Woodfield, or St. Andrews right now, you've probably already read that Polo underwent a major renovation. That single phrase is doing a lot of work. It compresses two separate projects, three different published budget figures, and two different completion targets into one tidy marketing sentence. Before that sentence factors into your decision, it's worth pulling it apart.

The Renovation That Keeps Growing

Several real estate listing pages describe Polo Club's clubhouse as having already been through a $27 million renovation, the one that brought the current dining venues and the TopTracer-equipped driving range online. That project reads as finished.

The one underway now is a different, larger undertaking. The club announced it on May 1, 2023, describing a master plan covering more than 100,000 square feet of the clubhouse, with Jesse S. Sukhu of Gaudet Associates, an NV5 company, serving as the owner's representative overseeing construction. Early reporting in 2024 put the project's budget at $65 million. By December 2025, a feature on the club's design work described the same master plan as exceeding $75 million.

That's not evidence of mismanagement. Large renovations grow in scope as design decisions get finalized. But it does mean that when a listing agent tells you Polo Club "just completed a major renovation," you should ask which one they mean, and whether the number they're citing is what the club already spent or what it's still spending.

Two Different Finish Lines

The completion date has moved too. A September 2023 piece in the Boca Raton Observer, quoting Polo's Director of Culinary and Dining Operations Antonio Campolio, described the work as being phased "to minimally impact members," with the project expected to wrap in 2026. Campolio framed the goal in ambitious terms, saying the club intended to "set trends here, not to follow any."

By November 2024, the club's own project update had pushed that same completion target to mid-2027. That's a full year of drift on a single, ongoing project, and it happened in about fourteen months.

For a buyer touring this month, the practical takeaway isn't that the club is behind schedule in some alarming way. Projects this size shift. The takeaway is that whatever year appears in a brochure or a listing description is not the number that matters. What matters is which phase is active right now, and when the specific amenity you care about is scheduled to be signed off.

What You Can Actually Verify on a Tour

Some of this is easy to check in person rather than take on faith. The racquets expansion is one example. As part of the renovation, the club converted three of its tennis courts into ten new pickleball courts, and its current amenities page now lists 18 pickleball courts alongside 22 Har-Tru tennis courts. You can walk those courts, count them, and see whether they're in daily use. That's a finished, countable piece of the project, not a promise.

Use that as your model for every other amenity that matters to you. If a listing agent tells you the aquatics center or a specific dining room is renovated, ask to see it, not a rendering or a description of what it will eventually include.

The Pool Nobody Agrees On

Steven G. Interiors led design work on Polo's restaurants and entertaining spaces as part of this project, and the firm's own portfolio describes the result in terms of quiet luxury and timeless detail. That's one perspective on a finished space.

Member reviews on Tripadvisor tell a more divided story. One detailed review of the new pool area calls it "cold and devoid of style," contrasting it with a previous design the reviewer describes as having had "charm, warmth, and character." Other visitors to the same club describe the pool as "really nice looking" and praise the staff without reservation. Both reactions describe the same finished renovation.

That split matters more than any budget figure. A completed phase of this project doesn't come with a guarantee that members will feel good about it. It comes with a result, and results generate opinions. If a specific space is part of why you're considering Polo Club, walk it yourself before the listing photos do the deciding for you.

Before You Write an Offer

A few questions are worth asking in writing, not just verbally on a tour:

• Which specific amenities in your target villa or estate section are fully complete versus still scheduled, and what's the current projected date for the phase that affects you
• Whether ongoing renovation costs are funded through the club's existing dues structure, a separate assessment, or absorbed into the current new-member capital contribution, which changed to $325,000 effective June 1, 2026
• Whether you can tour the club on a weekday during normal use rather than only during a quiet weekend showing
• Whether the amenity that's driving your interest, whether it's a dining room, the pool, or the racquets complex, is one you can see finished today

If you're also weighing Polo against other Boca Raton clubs going through their own capital projects, our breakdown of Polo Club versus Broken Sound covers how their entry costs and golf structures compare. And for the fuller picture on where Polo's current fees sit against Boca West, Woodfield, St. Andrews, and Addison Reserve, our 2026 country club fee comparison lays out the numbers side by side.

FAQ

Will living near active construction affect a home's value inside Polo Club? That depends heavily on which section of the community you're in and how close it sits to the current phase of work. Clubs often market ongoing reinvestment as a long-term value driver, but day-to-day noise and access during construction is a separate, practical question. Ask the seller or listing agent directly about proximity to the active work zone before you tour.

Does the $325,000 capital contribution include renovation costs? The club's published materials don't spell out that split, and it's not something we'd guess at on your behalf. Confirm directly with Polo Club's membership office whether renovation-related costs are covered by dues, funded through a separate assessment, or built into the current contribution before you write an offer.

Should I wait until the renovation is finished to buy? Given that the completion target has already moved once, from 2026 to mid-2027, waiting for a fixed finish line may mean waiting longer than expected. A more reliable approach is deciding based on the amenities that are verifiably complete today and that you'd actually use, rather than a projected future state.

Renovation numbers make for good marketing copy, but they don't tell you what a specific home, a specific villa, or a specific club feels like on a Tuesday afternoon. That's the part worth seeing for yourself. The Entel Group tours Polo Club and its neighboring clubs regularly, and we can walk you through exactly which phases are finished, which are still underway, and how that affects the home you're considering. Reach out for a personal tour, or request a free home valuation if you're on the selling side of a Polo Club move.