Miami real estate icon Don Peebles has announced the multi-million dollar relaunch of a historic Miami Beach membership club, The Bath Club Miami Beach. Dating back to the Jazz age of the early 1920s, The Bath Club Miami Beach was the first established social club in the Southeast, which flaunted A-list members such as President Herbert Hoover, Pierre Cartier, William Vanderbilt II and William Boeing. During its heyday, the Club’s highly selective membership and privileged beach culture denied access to African Americans and Jewish people. Fast forward to 1999, entrepreneur Don Peebles, the first African American member, goes on to purchase the property, and now announces big plans to open a new, ‘exclusively inclusive’ club with an atmosphere welcoming of all ethnicities, cultures and lifestyles.
The Bath Club of 2020 features a modern approach that advocates diversity and social integration. The multi-million dollar transformation includes Club interiors and exteriors by design team, Antrobus + Ramirez; a sprawling, private beachfront (spanning nearly two football fields); butler services; access to a worldwide concierge; elaborate ballroom for events and special occasions; contemporary beach cabanas and outdoor living rooms; tennis courts and curated wellness programming. Apicii, a leading national hospitality brand, in partnership with a Michelin-Star chef, are developing and operating various dining and bar experiences at the club.
Membership sales launch this month, with the official reopening slated for early 2020.
