According to AZ Central, the city of Glendale, which is about nine miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, recently sold off Glen Lakes Golf Course for $6.5 million. Towne Development Inc. is the new owner and initial plans call for 173 residences and a surrounding linear city park. Selling the course was not an easy decision as nearby residents opposed the plan.
The residents, who organized under the name Save Glen Lakes, believe the city should continue to operate the financially struggling course as a public service, and hoped to convince city officials to preserve the rare patch of green space in their neighborhood. "I'm not happy, but I'm not surprised," Jane Bachmann, one of the group's leaders, said after the vote.
The sale won't be final until the purchase agreement is signed, which the city expects will be after the council rezones the land to allow for development. The terms of the sale would allow for a neighborhood that's more crowded and less green than neighbors like Bachmann wanted or initially expected.
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