Developer proposes
turning shuttered 18-hole golf course into housing project named Avalon Trail
with 528 condos, townhomes and single family homes. It is under contract now. Location is Delray
Beach’s Villages of Oriole and this would sit at the center of the community
which now has 3,742 residences for age 55 and older.
About 600 residents
went to a presentation and it was divisive with some wanting the land to remain
a public space. It is too expensive for
the community to reopen.
The developer has
pledged a $3.7 million payment for impact fees to the Village’s master condo
association, and is also considering whether to reserve its home sales for
buyers aged 55 and up like the surrounding community. It is expected that residents will vote on 13th
Floor’s (the developer) proposal early next year. Then the developer would need county
approvals.
