Here's when Old Bridge's municipal golf course will be ready for play
OLD BRIDGE - A municipal golf course, being built for the township by a developer who has gotten approval to construct 1.2 million square feet of warehouses, may be finished by next summer.
Developer Efrem Gerszberg, principal and president of 2020 Acquisitions, told the Township Planning Board earlier this month that construction on the public course at Rose and Lambertson roads, should be finished sometime next summer.
The last hole to be built is the 8th hole and that's almost done, he said.
The miniature golf course will be constructed in the beginning of the year. The driving range has been seeded and that is expected to be launched around Memorial Day, Gerszberg said.
The township Planning Board gave final approval for the warehouses to be part of the of the Central 9 Logistics Park which will be built in three phases on the former Glenwood Country Club.
The 200-acre parcel is vacant except for the Old Bridge Rifle and Pistol Club's outdoor range, which will be demolished. The gun's club's indoor range will remain where it is, he said.
Gerszberg said the gun club is an asset to the community and he is working with the gun club to find another location better suited for them.
"We've been working with the town officials and your elected officials to do that," he said.
At the same time, he said, the gun club has also been working on an alternative location as well.
"The idea is not to get approved and kick them off," Gerszberg said.
Central 9 Logistics Park is a 4,2- million-square-foot, nine-building industrial development.
Cushman & Wakefield will be marketing the property,
“Central 9 Logistics Park is a cutting-edge development in one of the most desired industrial markets in the country,” said Mindy Lissner of Cushman & Wakefield. “The asset’s centralized location has unrivaled reach to over 100 million consumers and an exceptional labor pool. The park sits on Route 9 with dedicated traffic lights accessing every warehouse and can be accessed using NJ Turnpike exits 11, 10 and 9 providing for multiple modes of ingress and egress.”
2020 Acquisitions is a national real estate development firm with projects including Class A warehousing, media studio campus, private golf courses, gas stations and residential development. 2020 is currently developing over 10 million square feet of class A warehousing.
Gerszberg said last year that he will be spending more than $8 million on the "first class" designed by New Jersey golf course architect Stephen Kay.
The course layout is unusual because, unlike most American golf courses, the ninth hole will not return to the clubhouse. Instead, the hole will be at the furthest corner of the property and a halfway house with restrooms is planned by the 11th tee.
The entrance to the course will be from Lambertson Road where a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse and 110 parking spaces are planned.
On that side of the road will be the miniature golf course, a practice putting green and a practice range. The first three holes will also be on that side of the road.
Township residents will be charged the lowest green fees.
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