At Boca Raton redevelopment, CityPickle and partners swing for pickleball center

Butters Construction's Malcolm Butters and CityPickle's Erica Desai and Mary Cannon (FIU College of Business, CityPickle)

By Kate Hinsche

The loud pop of plastic pickle balls hitting the asphalt might be a deterrent for some luxury buyers. For others, the sport is such a draw that high-end condo towers are adding courts for pickleball — and its cousin, padel — precisely to appeal to buyers.

The latest is from CityPickle and its partners, who have broken ground for a 100,000-square-foot facility that’s part of a redevelopment of the former Ocean Breeze Golf Course in Boca Raton, the South Florida Business Journal reported. It’s CityPickle’s second Florida location.

Called Boca Paddle by CityPickle, the space will have 19 pickleball courts, six padel courts, locker rooms, saunas, cold plunges and an on-site bar and restaurant operated by Farmer’s Table, according to a press release.

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