Golf Club Scottsdale wants to build suites

Golf Club Scottsdale has filed for a rezoning that would allow it to build 70 lodging units near its clubhouse.

That would allow the 6-year-old private golf club to sell lodging memberships to out-of-town players who could stay in the suites, said Cathy Kulzer, vice president of development for WFP Cordillera LLC.

Her company would develop the lodging.

"The idea is to revitalize the club with a lodging component," she said, adding that Golf Club Scottsdale would remain private.

Private golf clubs have been hurt by the recession and have responded with strategies to attract new members and keep existing players.

Earlier this year, Golf Club Scottsdale sold about half of its 350 memberships at a cost of $110,000 plus monthly fees. It opened in 2004 at 122nd Street and Dynamite Boulevard.

Lodging members would be able to stay on a space-available basis in any of the club's one-, two- or three-bedroom units, Kulzer said.

The lodging units would be mostly single-story buildings but there might be a two-story building that would be similar to the clubhouse, she said.

The designs have not been completed.

Construction could start next year and be completed by 2013, Kulzer said.

Public meetings to explain the plans to neighbors are tentatively planned for next month but no dates have been set, she said.

In a separate project, developer Lyle Anderson is planning an eco-resort on his property west of Golf Club Scottsdale.

Both projects will be reviewed by the Scottsdale Planning Commission and City Council.

The resort and Golf Club Scottsdale border the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in an area that was burned in the 1995 Rio Fire that blackened close to 23,000 acres.

by Peter Corbett The Arizona Republic Aug. 13, 2010 11:05 AM




Golf Club Scottsdale wants to build suites