Plantation Weighs $765,520 Design Contract for Plantation Preserve Clubhouse Renovation
The Plantation City Council had two design contracts worth $1,556,463 on its Oct. 21 consent agenda for the city-owned Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club, including $765,520 for the clubhouse renovation.
In Plantation, Florida, a Broward County city, the City Council had two design contracts totaling $1,556,463 on its Oct. 21, 2026 consent agenda for the municipally owned Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club. $765,520 goes to Frank Costoya Architect for the clubhouse renovation. Miller, Legg & Associates receives $790,943 for phase 2 golf course improvements. Both agreements carry the projects from concept through construction drawings.
On Oct. 17, Plantation Now reported, drawing from city staff summaries and Oct. 7 workshop minutes, that the contracts were headed to the council on the consent agenda, the list of items voted on together in a single vote. The items came before the council on Oct. 21. The outcome of the vote had not been reported as of this writing, no renderings have been released, and the final construction budget has not been set.
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The staff summary indicates that the Costoya contract covers design, permitting, bidding and construction administration. The clubhouse project has $2 million in the 2027 budget and $375,656 rolled over from 2026. The golf course contract covers design, construction documents, permitting support and bidding. It is funded by $353,885 rolled over from 2026, $275,000 in the 2027 budget and $162,058 from fund balance. Both firms already completed the first-phase assessments under existing city continuing-services agreements.
During the Oct. 7 workshop, the architect's team reported deteriorating stucco and waterproofing, cracked slabs, roof trusses with missing bolts and wood decay, and "numerous" accessibility problems, according to the minutes. Three options received pricing from the architect. Consensus formed around a fourth, Concept D, drawn from all three and estimated at $3.4 million to $3.6 million to build, including a 10 to 15 percent contingency. Concept D features a starter pavilion with restrooms and showers placed to face sunset views over the lake, and a relocated, larger bar that opens onto the covered terrace through a folding glass wall. It also includes a covered outdoor courtyard, pro shop improvements, renovated restrooms with outside access, about 800 square feet of added storage and an IT closet for a golf ball tracking system.
Council President Denise Horland called the course "a gem in our city" and said it is "first and foremost a golf club," according to the minutes. She preferred a budget of about $2.5 million and said she did not want to compete with high-end private clubs. Kensington Golf & Country Club in Naples, a private club, recently finished a clubhouse renovation, offering a contrast with the public-course approach Horland described.
Design would need to begin by November, the architect said, aiming to submit for permits by the end of the second quarter of 2027. Clubhouse construction is projected to take about 14 months. Dylan Larson of Miller Legg said golf course construction is targeted to begin in 2028, ahead of the clubhouse. His update covered a replacement recharge well, a reworked driving range with 10 bays of ball-tracking technology, and three broken irrigation lines on holes 1, 6 and 7 since Sept. 10. The course could stay open during clubhouse work as long as the restrooms and pro shop were operating, he said.
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According to the city's description of the club, Plantation Preserve opened in February 2006 on land once occupied by the Plantation Golf Club. It is a public facility that also sells memberships. The clubhouse has a dining room, a bar and an outside terrace that looks over the course's island green on the ninth hole, and catering holds events for up to 150 people. The renovation aims to keep a city-owned public clubhouse a golf club first, with the cost still to be settled between the Concept D estimate and the council president's preferred figure.
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