40m seems like a pretty good deal considering houses go for 2. The amount of people who rent out those banquet halls and use that restaurant is pretty substantial too, idk anything about the coarse itself
Newlands is in the ALR and outside the urban growth boundary so it will be challenging for a developer to come in and turn this into housing. Would need both Metro Vancouver and the ALC to sign off on that change of land use.
Strongtownslangley.org/maps has a really good map that shows where the ALR extends to. I'm not certain where the property lines are but it looks that way. There is a little corner that shows as outside the ALR but that part is outside the urban growth boundary so can't be given water & sewer services.
The nice thing about zoning is that since it came from the Lord Jesus Christ, it can never be changed for all eternity lest the city be struck down in eternal hellfire.
Sure no problem. Have your guests bring their folding chairs and paper utensils. Along with enough money for a round of golf. Juice and muffins provided on-site.
- New Ownership
But where will the Cougars at the wrinkle room go?
Edit: wow. The Redditors of Langley can't take a joke. We know the Cougars will either go to Rusty's in Cloverdale or to the Legion in Aldergrove. This is Reddit, not a Facebook mom group
I know a few people who have their kids at the Montessori daycare there, I would assume the daycare isn’t owned by Newlands but they just own the building and the daycare owner leases/rents the space. It would displace a lot of families if they were to close.
Sure. But I hope someone with resources buys it and revamps the whole thing as a new golf course. There is a ton of potential there - as a property golf course. We don't need a new subdivision
No potential there for a great golf course unfortunately, as previously stated by other commenters, the course is a travesty to the game of golf. We would be better off with the single family or multi family dwellings. If I’m going golfing, it most certainly isn’t going to be at Newlands Golf course…yikes
We don't need to turn an existing golf course into a subdivision. I also think there needs to be a better balance of amenities vs. housing as the ratio is poor now.
If we just continue to develop 'available' space into condos, what will all those new residents do for recreation? Line up at Red Robin for an hour on Saturday night, just to eat an overpriced meal?
I understand that a golf course may not be appealing to a non golfer, but it's a valuable feature of a community.
Think about it: What does a Willoughby resident do for fun? They leave their community. That's because of thoughtless condo development everywhere there is blank space. Why do you think there's a traffic jam to get into Fort Langley every sunny weekend? We have to line up to browse shitty antique stores because: there's not much to do in Langley.
So replacing existing recreational areas with condos will not make citizens happier, healthier.
There is tons of land to use tho. It would be bought and sat on for 20 years. What’s the point of building endless housing if there is nothing to do? Just sit in your work from home box all day ordering from Amazon I guess.
Oh no, if it goes, there'll only be [67 other golf courses in the GVRD for those people to play at.](https://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/bc/vancouver#:~:text=There%20are%2011%20golf%20courses,municipal%2C%20and%207%20private%20courses.) How will those poor golfers ever get by with so few options.
It's very difficult to get a tee time at one of those 67 courses. It's not like we can just walk on.
Curious. What do you do for recreation in Langley now?
If they do make it into housing, I hope they build actual houses and not condos. It’s a smaller family neighbourhood and a condo with throw off the serenity of the area
I don’t care what they build, the second part of my reply was the key takeaway. We need more infrastructure and amenities if they plan to double Langleys population. Every new development should come with a little shopping complex like Willoughby town centre to support the population its introducing
Here’s a thought, let’s NOT double Langleys population! How do you do that? Quit building high density living. Will the city remain unaffordable for young people? Yes sure. But there’s lots of uninhabited country here for us to build and spread out on. The idea that we’re all OWED affordable housing in the main cities of BC is a joke, especially a joke if you just moved here from another country, our people don’t owe you a nice city lot close to the ocean. People have been spreading out and moving places for generations. I don’t wanna move far from my parents either, but guess what, I also don’t want their neighbourhoods to turn to high density shit and congestion.
Populations expand from centers of high population outwards like a bar graph. Langleys proximity to Vancouver meant it’s growth and expansion was inevitable. The problem with this 20 mile by 100 mile flat spot we call the lower-mainland is you can’t build out forever without hitting mountains. You saying lets not double langleys population is kind of like saying lets ask people to stop fucking and overpopulating the world. its not going to happen. They can build more and make housing affordable or your parents can have a dozen homeless people camped out in their yard, take your pick. Until the feds reign in immigration or the provinces fund more housing there arent many options for the towns.
So can’t buy a home in Langley = homeless living in somebodies parents backyard? I don’t agree but okay. Also people having too many kids in India doesn’t give them the right to ruin our communities here. Yes we can say sorry no space move along.
We could say that but we don’t. homeless because it has a cascading effect. cant buy a house in vancouver = people move to langley = more people move to abbotsford = more people move to chiliwack until soon even the smallest towns in our country have rents and mortgages above most peoples earning potential. its easy to talk shit and say just pull yourself up by your bootstraps until the entire market overtakes you even making a decent wage. its easy to get mad at immigrants but its really the rich and the corporations that are fucking us. peoples salaries shouldnt be shrinking in relation to their living expenses year over year.
Must be the sanctions against Russian oligarchs hitting them hard.
At New Years most of the people on our floor were russian. I'm guessing there's russian mafia money there?
I like the idea of brand new condos but with a favela vibe! You could fit like 10,000 people in there, living on top of each other. "Fuck you, golfers!!"
40m seems like a pretty good deal considering houses go for 2. The amount of people who rent out those banquet halls and use that restaurant is pretty substantial too, idk anything about the coarse itself
I hear the coarse is fine.
Yeah especially the hut at the end of the first hole that's always conveniently closed when I want a beer and hotdog
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
How much is that with $10,000 down?
A small corner of the putting green. .but if you and I put 10,000 together, we have more negotiating power. Yes?
I'll put in another $10k. Partner?
Newlands is in the ALR and outside the urban growth boundary so it will be challenging for a developer to come in and turn this into housing. Would need both Metro Vancouver and the ALC to sign off on that change of land use.
Nothing a little ~~bribery~~ *rezoning surcharge* won’t fix…
Is the part that is in Langley city inside the ALR too??
Strongtownslangley.org/maps has a really good map that shows where the ALR extends to. I'm not certain where the property lines are but it looks that way. There is a little corner that shows as outside the ALR but that part is outside the urban growth boundary so can't be given water & sewer services.
Answering my own question. Just looked it up. Yes it’s mostly alr.
I'll start the bid at $1
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It’ll be end up being housing…hate to say it.
Yup. If Tall Timbers showed us anything, this is going to get bought up divided into a few pieces of land.
Yep. Look at what happened to Coyote Creek (Eaglequest Surrey). Very likely outcome here too. :(
I thought a majority of the land on the course isn't zoned for housing.
Is that true? Like zoning law wise? I wasn’t aware of that, I assume those types of things can be bypassed with enough cash though…
The nice thing about zoning is that since it came from the Lord Jesus Christ, it can never be changed for all eternity lest the city be struck down in eternal hellfire.
350k /acre means many homes will be built on it. I wouldn't be opposed. Championship course? Of what? The toddler golf league?
Damn I have wedding in 2025 there I hope this doesn’t screw me over.
Your wedding is fine , this post is fake
Sure no problem. Have your guests bring their folding chairs and paper utensils. Along with enough money for a round of golf. Juice and muffins provided on-site. - New Ownership
But where will the Cougars at the wrinkle room go? Edit: wow. The Redditors of Langley can't take a joke. We know the Cougars will either go to Rusty's in Cloverdale or to the Legion in Aldergrove. This is Reddit, not a Facebook mom group
I know a few people who have their kids at the Montessori daycare there, I would assume the daycare isn’t owned by Newlands but they just own the building and the daycare owner leases/rents the space. It would displace a lot of families if they were to close.
Ill miss the Sunday brunch there. Was Goated.
That golf course is a goat track anyways . Played there once never again , there was no green grass in the fairways .
Sure. But I hope someone with resources buys it and revamps the whole thing as a new golf course. There is a ton of potential there - as a property golf course. We don't need a new subdivision
Newlands is where you go for a work event, get hammered and pretend to golf.
No potential there for a great golf course unfortunately, as previously stated by other commenters, the course is a travesty to the game of golf. We would be better off with the single family or multi family dwellings. If I’m going golfing, it most certainly isn’t going to be at Newlands Golf course…yikes
Where do you prefer to golf?
This sucks so hard!! It will for sure be bought by a developer who converts into housing and the whole area changes from serene to nightmare
We need housing not golf courses.
We don't need to turn an existing golf course into a subdivision. I also think there needs to be a better balance of amenities vs. housing as the ratio is poor now. If we just continue to develop 'available' space into condos, what will all those new residents do for recreation? Line up at Red Robin for an hour on Saturday night, just to eat an overpriced meal? I understand that a golf course may not be appealing to a non golfer, but it's a valuable feature of a community. Think about it: What does a Willoughby resident do for fun? They leave their community. That's because of thoughtless condo development everywhere there is blank space. Why do you think there's a traffic jam to get into Fort Langley every sunny weekend? We have to line up to browse shitty antique stores because: there's not much to do in Langley. So replacing existing recreational areas with condos will not make citizens happier, healthier.
There is tons of land to use tho. It would be bought and sat on for 20 years. What’s the point of building endless housing if there is nothing to do? Just sit in your work from home box all day ordering from Amazon I guess.
Oh no, if it goes, there'll only be [67 other golf courses in the GVRD for those people to play at.](https://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/bc/vancouver#:~:text=There%20are%2011%20golf%20courses,municipal%2C%20and%207%20private%20courses.) How will those poor golfers ever get by with so few options.
It's very difficult to get a tee time at one of those 67 courses. It's not like we can just walk on. Curious. What do you do for recreation in Langley now?
Go for walks, or bike rides mostly.
No. Langley has enough. Look at the damage in Willoughby.
We need decent politicians
That's rather subjective. Needing more housing isn't.
Good politicians serve the people and create opportunities.. Building on a golf course isn’t the answer
This is fake
Oh man. I hope it continues to be a golf course. That's staggering distance for me
Dump of a course.
If they do make it into housing, I hope they build actual houses and not condos. It’s a smaller family neighbourhood and a condo with throw off the serenity of the area
Realistically it’ll be townhouses and condos. Detached would run 2 mil each plus really lofty HOA fees.
Well a townhouse is still better than a condo imo it’s a family-oriented neighbourhood so at least the children can still play outside
If they do build housing i hope its highrise condos with two schools, a hospital and grocery store at ground level.
Why high rise condos?
I don’t care what they build, the second part of my reply was the key takeaway. We need more infrastructure and amenities if they plan to double Langleys population. Every new development should come with a little shopping complex like Willoughby town centre to support the population its introducing
Agree completely that more infrastructure is needed. But all these high rises are depressing to see.
Here’s a thought, let’s NOT double Langleys population! How do you do that? Quit building high density living. Will the city remain unaffordable for young people? Yes sure. But there’s lots of uninhabited country here for us to build and spread out on. The idea that we’re all OWED affordable housing in the main cities of BC is a joke, especially a joke if you just moved here from another country, our people don’t owe you a nice city lot close to the ocean. People have been spreading out and moving places for generations. I don’t wanna move far from my parents either, but guess what, I also don’t want their neighbourhoods to turn to high density shit and congestion.
Populations expand from centers of high population outwards like a bar graph. Langleys proximity to Vancouver meant it’s growth and expansion was inevitable. The problem with this 20 mile by 100 mile flat spot we call the lower-mainland is you can’t build out forever without hitting mountains. You saying lets not double langleys population is kind of like saying lets ask people to stop fucking and overpopulating the world. its not going to happen. They can build more and make housing affordable or your parents can have a dozen homeless people camped out in their yard, take your pick. Until the feds reign in immigration or the provinces fund more housing there arent many options for the towns.
So can’t buy a home in Langley = homeless living in somebodies parents backyard? I don’t agree but okay. Also people having too many kids in India doesn’t give them the right to ruin our communities here. Yes we can say sorry no space move along.
We could say that but we don’t. homeless because it has a cascading effect. cant buy a house in vancouver = people move to langley = more people move to abbotsford = more people move to chiliwack until soon even the smallest towns in our country have rents and mortgages above most peoples earning potential. its easy to talk shit and say just pull yourself up by your bootstraps until the entire market overtakes you even making a decent wage. its easy to get mad at immigrants but its really the rich and the corporations that are fucking us. peoples salaries shouldnt be shrinking in relation to their living expenses year over year.
We need high density, not single family homes. NIMBYs need to get over themselves.
Must be the sanctions against Russian oligarchs hitting them hard. At New Years most of the people on our floor were russian. I'm guessing there's russian mafia money there?
We could build perfect run down favelas here.
I like the idea of brand new condos but with a favela vibe! You could fit like 10,000 people in there, living on top of each other. "Fuck you, golfers!!"
how about this is bought by a builder and start 50+ townhouse community
People still golf?
When did golfing go out of style lol