West Palm Beach is getting a massive new YMCA and aquatic campus

West Palm Beach is building a $75 million community campus that will reshape wellness, recreation, and youth programming in the heart of the city.

Image courtesy of the YMCA of The Palm Beaches

Rising at Lake Lytal Park, the new YMCA of the Palm Beaches flagship is now moving into vertical construction, bringing a 55,000-square-foot, two-story facility to one of the region’s most visible corridors along Southern Boulevard. Designed as a full-service community hub, the project will anchor a larger campus that also includes a future Olympic-style skate park and Palm Beach County’s upcoming aquatic center, forming a connected destination for health, education, and recreation.

Developed through a major public-private partnership between the YMCA of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation, and a broader team including PBK Architects and Hedrick Brothers Construction, the facility is set to dramatically expand the organization’s reach—tripling the size of the current YMCA and serving an estimated 18,000 residents annually.

Inside, the space is being built to function far beyond a traditional fitness center, with plans for advanced wellness facilities, a teen engagement hub, STEM labs and robotics programming, a teaching kitchen, childcare and after-school programs, and flexible community gathering spaces. Phase II will further expand the offering with a basketball gym, indoor track, and additional youth-focused amenities, reinforcing the campus as a long-term anchor for family life and community development in Palm Beach County.

With completion targeted for late 2026, the project marks one of the most impactful civic investments currently taking shape in West Palm Beach—positioning the YMCA campus as a central piece of the city’s evolving infrastructure for health, education, and everyday community life.