![]() Traffic congestion isn’t the only thing causing concern among residents of south Florida. The residents’ hope is that the county will widen Lyons Road, which will ease some of the congestion. Residents fear that a Glades Road entrance would create too much traffic for existing neighborhoods. Some West Boca residents feel the former farm property, known to locals as the Johns family land, shouldn’t have an entrance built at its southern boundary near Glades Road, one of several entrances under consideration. This new development growth brings with it some growing pains, not the least of which is additional traffic congestion. The complex includes bars and restaurants, an outdoor store and 456 apartment units situated behind the shopping plaza. This area is already seeing intense interest and phenomenal growth thanks to the recently opened 13-acre, $200 million Uptown Boca, a residential area and shopping destination near Glades Road and U.S. ![]() Both projects are set to go before Palm Beach County Commissioners later this year. They also have plans to build more than 1,250 homes on farmland north of Clint Moore Road and west of State Road 7. GL Homes recently acquired over 300 acres of farmland so they can build 679 homes on Glades Road in between State Road 7 and Lyons Road. Her organization represents hundreds of homeowners associations around the area. “At some point, the farmers who can’t farm there anymore because it’s not profitable or manageable for them are looking to sell their land and developers are able to purchase that,” Ellen Winikoff, vice president of the West Boca Community Council, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Farmland a Hot CommodityĪvailable land suitable for such development is hard to come by in the eastern portion of Palm Beach County, and because of that, West Boca, with acres of untapped land and open spaces, has become an attractive option for developers. In Delray Beach, developers are planning to turn a closed course into a 79-home gated community. More than 1,600 18-hole courses have closed during the past 15 years. Transforming golf courses into housing communities is nothing new. Wealthy homeowners leaving colder states for Florida’s warmth and sunshine have put a strain on the state’s housing market to keep up with the huge demand, which has driven up home prices all over the region. The builder is eager to create their new development by Glades Road and the Florida Turnpike, which will feature between 525 and 539 homes, according to Vice President of Development, Kevin Ratterree. The deal was first agreed upon in 2018 but finally closed in November following various delays. GL Homes acquired Boca Raton Municipal Golf Course from the city for $65 million. The new development, which could see home prices starting at $1.3 million, is the first of a three-pronged plan to add over 2,500 homes to West Boca in the midst of an already hot housing market. They plan to build more than 520 luxury homes on the former site of a 189-acre golf course in West Boca. iLounge Rating: C+.Luxury homebuilder GL Homes is developing a new place for wealthy residents of northern states to flee the harsh winters. With a better on-screen and control interface, some small graphical tweaks, and a slightly lower price, GL Golf could be a great golf title as-is, it has the maps and the content, but not the fun factor to keep our attention. But the number of courses is a major plus, and the ability to pick clubs, adjust for wind conditions, and use sliders to tweak the ball’s trajectory and spin, makes this more realistic and deep than the Click Wheel iPod Mini Golf game… and a little more fun. You can play alone, or with up to four total players.īy comparison with most golf games released for consoles and handhelds over the last few years, there’s nothing sexy about GL Golf: the textures are mediocre, objects such as trees look completely fake, and the complete absence of pizzazz is more akin to a 1990s PC golf simulator than a modern Sony or Nintendo rendition-fun or realistic-of the sport. It offers five different golf courses, each with 18 holes, attempts to vaguely simulate both seasons and time-of-day, and features 3-D camera motion that tracks the ball as it moves closer to the hole. GL Golf ($8) by Nuclear Nova Software comes closest to earning our recommendation.
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