The Club at Mediterra is rebuilding in three steps. The South Course work finishes first, then the fitness and spa building, then the pool deck and casual dining. Each step lands about a year after the one before it. That makes 2026–27 the last winter when fitness, spa and casual dining still run from the original Sports Club setup. The 2027–28 season gets a half-finished center, and the first winter with every planned piece open is 2028–29.
The dates come from four places: a February club announcement, a June trade-press report, an August construction update and the club's renderings gallery. Together they lay out what members will have in each of the next three winters.
Three Finish Lines, About a Year Apart
- Early November 2026: South Course construction. Golf Course Industry reported on June 9, 2026 that the project was on schedule, "with completion anticipated in early November." As of today that is about three weeks away.
- Summer 2027: Phase one of the Sports & Lifestyle Center. The club's August 18 construction update says phase one "remains on track for completion in summer 2027."
- By summer 2028: The full center. The club's February 17 groundbreaking announcement gives "summer 2028" as the completion date for the whole Sports & Lifestyle Center.
Both building dates fall in summer, after the winter season ends. Each new piece will be ready for the season that follows its completion, so the gap between "finished" and "fully used" is closer to a year than to a few weeks.
The South Course Goes First
Golf Course Industry describes the South Course reconstruction as "the first phase of the club's initiative to enhance the golf experience." The plan came out of an agronomic review by the South Florida USGA, which looked at greens, turf health, cart paths, trees and landscaping with a focus on airflow and sunlight. The Fazio Group, which designed Mediterra's courses originally, then wrote the design recommendations.
The scope is wide. Every green complex is being fully renovated. Greenside and fairway bunkers are being reshaped, and the fairways and rough are being regrassed. Leibold Irrigation and Construction Company is doing the work. General manager and COO Carmen Mauceri explained the approach to Golf Course Industry:
"This initiative reflects a careful balance of preservation and progress. Every decision has been made with intention—enhancing performance while respecting the natural beauty and design integrity that define Mediterra."
The club's August update confirmed that every hole had been through demolition, construction and resodding, including the bunker work. That update is still the club's latest public news post. The early-November date covers the end of construction. No public source sets a day for play to resume on the South Course, and the club's member channels will announce that date.
The South Course is described as the first phase, which means the golf program has more work ahead. Mediterra's golf membership is capped at 450 and has a waitlist across 36 holes, according to an overview the club published in March. No published source has yet given dates for the next phase.
Summer 2027 Brings the Fitness and Spa Rooms
The center's renderings gallery labels each rendering by phase. The fitness center, the ladies' card room, the spa welcome area and a spa treatment room are all marked Phase 1. Matched against the February announcement, the summer 2027 portion includes:
- A 5,600-square-foot fitness center with power and free weights, cardio equipment and a physical therapy and training studio
- Locker rooms expanded to a total of 2,400 square feet, with plunge pools and infrared saunas for hot and cold therapy
- A 1,600-square-foot studio for yoga, fusion and functional fitness, a 600-square-foot spin studio and a 900-square-foot Pilates studio
- An expanded spa with a reception and retail area and five treatment rooms
- A multipurpose meeting room, a lifestyle room, the ladies' card room and a central check-in desk
The outdoor plan adds a bocce garden, an outdoor fitness area and covered and uncovered terraces overlooking the grand lawn. The building itself will have a porte cochere, a grand staircase and a cupola. The bocce court rendering carries no phase label, so the gallery doesn't say which summer it opens.
The building's shell is already up. In August the club reported vertical construction complete, and members could see newly installed pavers across the site. BUILD is the contractor, with design by David Corban Architects, interiors by HINT | Harris Interiors and landscape design by LJA Engineering.
The Pool Deck and Casual Dining Come Last
The same gallery labels two renderings Phase 2, the pool deck and the casual dining room. These are the last pieces of the summer 2028 completion. So the building that opens in 2027 will have its workout and treatment rooms, while the poolside and casual-meal parts of the complex are still a year away.
The club's March overview places both items in the plan for the existing Sports Club. That 18,000-square-foot facility was to stay open during construction and then be updated with a new building for a casual restaurant and bar, a racquet sports pro shop, new bocce courts and a modern pool. At the time, the Sports Club had eight clay tennis courts, seven gel-coated pickleball courts and four clay bocce courts, with a busy bocce league. The "remain open" commitment was written before construction began. The August update didn't repeat it, so current hours and access are best confirmed with the club.
The dining side has new leadership while it waits for its new rooms. In April the club named Chef Tim Recher Director of Culinary Operations, overseeing clubhouse dining and the Beach Club's culinary program. Both venues were renovated shortly before the current projects began. The 60,000-square-foot clubhouse and the private Beach Club on Little Hickory Island will carry the full social calendar until the phase two dining room opens.
Season by Season
Here is how the three dates line up with the winters members actually spend at the club.
2026–27. The construction work on the renovated South Course is scheduled to finish just as the season starts. The new Sports & Lifestyle Center is still a building site. Fitness, racquet sports and bocce run from the existing Sports Club, according to the March plan. Dining is at the clubhouse and the Beach Club.
2027–28. Phase one is open. The new fitness center, studios, spa, locker-room plunge pools and saunas, and the ladies' card room are available for their first full season. The pool deck and casual dining are still under construction.
2028–29. If the summer 2028 target holds, this is the first winter with the complete center, pool deck and casual dining included.
Outside the Gate, Over the Same Winters
Construction near the community runs on a similar schedule, and some of it starts sooner.
On Bonita Beach Road, LowBrow Pizza & Beer is aiming to open its second location at MidTown at Bonita, 13000 Bonita Beach Road SE, in the first couple of weeks of December. The Naples Daily News reported on October 8 that the December date is still a target. Philly's Famous Cheesesteaks & Hoagies opened this summer at 3401 Bonita Beach Road, Unit 104, as the Naples Press noted in its roundup of summer restaurant changes.
The bigger roadwork lasts as long as the club's build. The Florida Department of Transportation lists its 21-mile I-75 project, from north of Golden Gate Parkway to south of Alico Road, as under construction. The current phase began in mid-2026 and includes accelerated congestion-relief lanes between Immokalee and Bonita Beach roads, which is the stretch closest to the community. South of the community, Collier County presented 60% design plans on June 18, 2026, for the Pine Ridge Road and Livingston Road intersection. The plans include a proposed jughandle that would move certain left turns out of the main intersection.
The interstate lanes and the Livingston Road redesign are both moving through construction and design during the same winters the club spends on its new center. Members will drive through work zones on the way to the club while the club finishes its own.
If you're thinking about whether the club's rebuild calendar should affect when you buy, sell or plan a season in Mediterra, The Grant Group follows these milestones closely and can show you what each phase means for a particular property. Request a Private Consultation, and we'll go through the timing with you.
