Green Acres Country Club Planned for Development

NORTHBROOK, IL - A developer has plans to replace the Green Acres Country Club in Northbrook with a residential development.

Swanson Development has a deal in place to purchase the club and plans to remove the 18-hole golf course and replace it with a mixture of townhouses, single-family homes, assisted living and mixed use developments, according to a Northbrook Star report.

While the golf course will be gone under CEO Rick Swanson’s plan, the clubhouse, Olympic swimming pool, tennis courts and paddle-tennis building could remain. About 40 percent of the property will remain open space.

Even after the sale if official, Swanson will still need to have the zoning in the area switched from “open space” to allow his plan to move forward. Officials have previously warned residents the development of the large Dundee Road parcel could create traffic issues and cause a sharp enrollment increase in Elementary District 28 and High School District 225 schools.

According to its website, the Green Acres Country Club "was established in 1943 and incorporated on January 11, 1944, but the golf course dates to 1924, when legendary golf course designer A.W. Tillinghast lent his world-renown skills to developing what was then known as the Illinois Golf Club."

Swanson told the Star the sale agreement has been signed and that the golf club could close by the end of the year.

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