BOCA RATON, FL— The Blackstone Group has purchased Boca Resorts, Inc., an owner of five destination resorts in Florida. BRI’s properties include the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton; Naples’ Registry Resort & Club, Edgewater Beach Hotel & Club and Naples Grande Golf Club; and Fort Lauderdale’s Hyatt Pier 66, Bahia Mar Beach Resort and Grande Oaks Golf Club. Blackstone plans on renovating the Boca Raton Beach Club and refurbishing the Boca Raton Resort & Club lobby, fine dining restaurant and golf villas. Furthermore, Blackstone announced that a new management group, WHM LLC, will oversee the operations of BRI. Jean-Jacques Pergant, WHM’s president, will be responsible for the Boca Raton Resort & Club’s operations.