R&R buys former golf range and adjacent land in Urbandale
KENT DARR Nov 4, 2015 | 9:36 pm
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348 wordsAll Latest News, Real Estate and DevelopmentR&R Realty Group paid $4.5 million last week for 81.5 acres at an Urbandale intersection with development promise.
For the past 19 years, a swath of the site has been occupied by Longview Golf Centre. Owners George and Sue Frampton announced last month that they were closing the indoor, vinyl-covered driving range after a developer offered to buy the land the business occupied and then some.
The property is north of Interstate 35/80, south of Northwest 54th Avenue and east of 100th Street. The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced plans to rebuild the 100th Street bridge over the interstate and add onramps and offramps. The Highway 141 interchange is the next exit to the west, and the IDOT plans to improve that intersection as well.
All of that bridge work, along with city of Urbandale’s plans to improve 100th and Northwest 54th, enhances the property’s appeal for development. The area is part of a planned unit development that calls for a mix of office and industrial uses.
R&R President Mark Rupprecht said his company will begin working on master plan this winter.
Until development is underway, the land will be farmed. R&R is as noted for its campuslike developments as it is for its patience in moving forward with projects. The company waited several years for Plum Drive to be extended west of 86th Street before putting together plans for its Highland Pointe office and retail development on 40 acres it owns in the area.
One thing the company does not do is run small retail establishments. That means the golf dome will not reopen, Rupprecht said.
Frampton Farms is predominantly farm ground and it will remain as such until R&R is ready to build.
This is the second time the property, which has been on the market for several years, has been in the public eye. Business partners Gary Kirke and Michael Richards placed an option on the property in 2012 in hopes of building a casino. Kirke and Richard’s Wild Rose Entertainment LLC scrapped those plans and ultimately built a casino and resort in Jefferson.
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