Hampshire Country Club has reached a deal on selling its 108-acre property and the town and village of Mamaroneck wasn’t the winning bidder.
A formal announcement of the sale is expected to come soon.
The private club in the affluent Orienta neighborhood along the shore closed in December because of declining membership. The 108-acre property has a marketed price tag of $14.9 million. The town and village have expressed interest in a joint purchase of the property but have gotten their bid rejected.
Club president Stan Brettschneider declined to comment. Town and village officials said they were not aware a sale had been reached but were aware the club was more interested in competing offers.
“We heard they are working with someone that bid on the project but I don’t know if there’s been a closing or there’s still talks with another party,” town administrator Stephen Altieri said. “They have not called us back.”
He emphasized he is not aware a deal had been reached.
“I know obviously our bid was not selected, but I don’t know whether they have selected someone and if so where they are with that,” he said.
The club since its closure has been a frequent target for vandalism. Club officials have said in the past they wanted to move sooner rather than later on a deal to keep the property intact. That’s probably the main strike against the municipalities, which would have had to conduct hearings and take other steps for any property purchase.
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Who cares, it was a dump and always will be compared to the other clubs. It’s a cut through for non club drivers and allllllways floods plus the roads are awful. Some club. Good luck to the sucker that bought it unless he is going to build condos on it!
When you include improvements, this whole club with 108 acres and myriad buildings went cheaper than Andy Spano’s broken-down building that will house dusty voting machines.
Its a better deal than Feiner’s folly—millions for useless land in Taxter Ridge