Boca Paddle Opens on the Old Ocean Breeze Course This Month. The Park Around It Arrives Next Summer.
November 5, 2026
November 5, 2026
The big new racquet club at Jeffery Street and NW 2nd Avenue belongs to the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District, a public agency.
Boca Paddle by CityPickle has its grand opening on Wednesday, Nov. 18. It looks and prices like a members club. It also sits on public land, sells day passes, and seats walk-in diners at its restaurant. For about seven months it will also be the only finished thing on the 70-acre east side of North Park, the park being built on the former Ocean Breeze Golf Course in Boca Teeca.
Boca Paddle is a public-private partnership. The District asked for proposals to design, build and run a racquet facility on the southeast corner of North Park. It picked the Malcolm Butters group in March 2024 and approved a contract with Boca Paddle that August. The District's September 2026 capital projects report puts the facility at $17 million. Under the deal, the District owns the building and the land and Boca Paddle operates it. The report also says the food service "will be available to the public."
The club itself is big. The Palm Beach Post reported that it will have 25 courts. Sixteen are climate-controlled indoor courts, and one is a 1,000-seat stadium court. The developers call it Florida's largest indoor pickleball and padel facility. Brian Levine, a co-founder and Boca Raton resident, told the Post he designed it to make the city's pickleball scene a center for competition and community.
Because of the public ownership, the club takes more than members only.
Start with the restaurant. Farmer's Kitchen is the newest concept from Farmer's Table, and the Sun Sentinel reports it will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will have a full-service bar and space for private events. Culinary director Michael Schenk's menu is built around the high protein needs of pickleball and padel players. The club's FAQ says the restaurant and bar take walk-ins from the public, with no membership or day pass needed.
Playing takes a day pass or a court rental. A day pass lets you book pickleball or padel courts and use some of the amenities. You can also take intro clinics at member rates, but other club programs are for members only. Here are the 2026 rates the club lists:
| What you're buying | Peak | Off-peak |
|---|---|---|
| Day pass, Boca Raton resident with proof of residence | $35 | $35 |
| Day pass, nonresident | $40 | $40 |
| Pickleball court, indoor or covered stadium, per hour | $80 | $45 |
| Pickleball court, outdoor, per hour | $60 | $30 |
| Padel court, indoor, nonmember, per hour | $120 | $75 |
| Padel court, outdoor covered, nonmember, per hour | $100 | $60 |
The membership page spells out how timing changes the price. Day-pass holders get the member court rate Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At peak times they pay $20 more per hour, and they can book only 24 hours ahead.
If you want to join, the membership page lists a Community tier at $49 a month or $539 a year. Standard is $149 a month and Plus is $299. The club advertises no initiation fee and cancellation with 30 days' notice.
Boca Raton residents pay $5 less for a day pass than visitors. You don't need a membership card to get in the door.
Hardly anyone expected the old Ocean Breeze course to become a racquet club. The District's own record shows how many plans came before this one:
The first new feature to open was small. The District opened a Traffic Garden last year, a course where young bike and scooter riders learn safety. Boca Paddle is the second.
Under its concession agreement with Boca Paddle, the District had to bring sewer, utilities, parking and road access up to the club's property line. In August 2025 the Board hired Butters Construction for that work "in order to expedite the construction of Boca Paddle." Two weeks later, the Board approved sealing off contaminated soil in place beneath the club's footprint. That method was approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the District says it cleared the way for the pavilions, trails and playground next door.
The park itself took longer. The District put construction of North Park's east side out to bid in July 2025. All four bids in the first round came in over budget. A second round fell apart after the City took over the pedestrian tunnel portion of the project. The third round produced a contract with Butters Construction in June 2026.
Commissioners broke ground on Sept. 3, 2026, in the southeast parking lot next to Boca Paddle. Guests toured the club afterward. District Chair Bob Rollins described the moment in the District's account of the ceremony:
"It means the end of the beginning, as we now have started putting our plans in place here with development."
So the club opens into a park that has only just started. Crews have already begun removing invasive trees and plants east of NW 2nd Avenue, which code requires. Expect active construction around the building through the winter.
The District expects the east side to be substantially complete by June 2027. According to the District, the 70 acres will include:
The construction documents also call for ADA-accessible paths, restrooms, pavilions and a maintenance facility. The whole project will follow Sustainable SITES Initiative standards. TAPinto Boca Raton estimated the park project at about $20 million, including soil cleanup. That's a reported estimate, not the contract amount.
The District's report says the City took over the pedestrian tunnel under Jeffery Street, so the tunnel no longer falls under the District's park contract.
From now until next summer, the club's restaurant will be the one public-facing place to sit down on the east side. The trails and dog park come after.
North Park's layout came out of workshops held in 2021 and 2022, and its first tenant opens four years later. The City is starting the same kind of process downtown. Boca magazine reports that Chen Moore and Associates, the firm redesigning Memorial Park, has scheduled public workshops for Nov. 14, 17 and 19. A three-day design charrette follows Dec. 10 to 12 at the Studio at Mizner Park. Outreach is expected to run through January. A master plan will then go out for public review before the City Council votes on it. Meeting details are on the City's Memorial Park page.
If you're curious what a pickleball and padel club on public land looks like inside, the club opens on the 18th. Farmer's Kitchen opens the same day, according to its publicist.
A new 70-acre park changes the area around Boca Teeca and NW 2nd Avenue, and that matters when you think about what your home is worth. Power Duo Group has worked in Boca Raton since 2001 and tracks projects like North Park as they happen. If you own nearby and want to know where your home stands as the park fills in, get your instant home valuation and we'll go over the numbers with you.
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