[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT: Golf Course to homes near Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Beechtree Golf Course owner to revamp site into housing development

by Ryan Sharrow
Baltimore Business Journal (MD)
July 28, 2008

Harford County's Beechtree Golf Course will close its doors at the end 
of 2008, paving the way for 735 new homes in anticipation of the 
Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure program.

Beechtree, which opened 10 years ago in Aberdeen, has often been ranked 
as one of the top public golf courses in Maryland.

The 300-acre property is owned by Timonium's James F. Knott Realty Group.

Executives with the company filed plans last year with Harford County to 
redevelop the land for 735 townhomes and single-family residences.

Bob Hamilton, chief operating officer for James F. Knott, said the 
anticipated relocation of thousands of military jobs to Aberdeen Proving 
Grounds (APG) in the next several years drove the company's urge to 
redevelop the golf course.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/07/28/daily2.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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