MAY 2018 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 43
LI COUNTRY CLUBS:
SALES UPSWING
By JEFF BERMAN
Multiple independent Long Island country clubs were sold off to corporations
in the past year as part of a growing trend that may continue due to the
factors of changing demographics and increased competition.
In October, the Muttontown Club in East Norwich was acquired by Concert
Golf Partners, according to Peter Nanula, a spokesman for the corporation.
Just days before that, in September, the board of directors at Engineers
Country Club in Roslyn Harbor voted to sell its assets—including its 18-hole
golf course, tennis courts, pool and clubhouse—to RXR Realty, the largest
commercial real estate owner on LI, which plans to keep the club open but
signaled that it plans to develop part of the 210-acre property. That news
came five months after Weiss Properties and 2020 Acquisitions bought the
109-year-old Woodmere Club in Woodmere.
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