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CBRE TO BRING POCONOS 409-ACRE RESIDENTIAL AND/OR
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TO MARKET; 90 MINUTES
FROM NEW YORK CITY

Monroe County, PA – November 4, 2020 – CBRE has been appointed by the Middle Smithfield Township to bring to market the Country Club of the Poconos Municipal Golf Course (clubhouse located at 1445 Big Ridge Drive, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) and surrounding township owned development land.

CBRE will market the property and development opportunity, which features an 18-hole Fazio designed approximately 118-acre golf course and clubhouse together with surrounding township owned land, totaling approximately 409 acres set against the Allegheny Plateau and the Pocono Mountain foothills.

“With convenient access to Interstate 80 and Route 46, this opportunity is located approximately 90 minutes from New York City and two hours from Philadelphia, investors would have a prime setting to engage in a residential development and other uses, including hotel, resort and light commercial retail,” said Johnson.

According to Lewis Miller, “Developers may incorporate the 118-acre golf course amenity into their master development plan or disband and close the golf course and utilize the golf holes as open space. Most of the remaining 291-acres of the 409-acre opportunity qualifies for the LERTA tax abatement program.”

Bids for the property are due December 17th and more information on the
property can be found here.

About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2019 revenue). The company has more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliates) and serves real estate investors and occupiers through more than 530 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management;
investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

COVID-19 Golf Rules & Procedures

*Updated June 4, 2020.

Country Club of the Poconos will be opening on Friday, May 1, 2020.

Please take note of the following procedures we are implementing for everyone’s health and safety. Failure to follow comply may result in loss of cart or golf privileges. These preparations include updated sanitizing practices and cart procedures including designated pick up and return areas as well as sanitizing stations.

• Tee Times are mandatory – No walk up play, you will be asked to leave
  
• Staff members will not handle bags, please load and unload your own golf bags
  
• Pro-Shop is open (limit 3 people at a time.)
  
• Masks must be worn in and around the clubhouse.

• To eliminate touch points, no ball washers, bunker rakes. Please do your best to smooth footprints upon exit of all bunkers.

• DO NOT touch flagsticks.  All holes have been filled with a pool noodle

• NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL PERMITTED

• Please return golf carts to the return area.

• We ask that all golfers completely empty carts after play, garbage cans will be located around cart return area.

• Small gatherings of 25 or less are allowed on Club grounds. Please follow social distancing guidelines.

• Please practice good hygiene, wash your hands, and bring hand sanitizer with you.

• If you are not feeling good or show sign of any type of illness please stay home. We are all excited to get back out on the course but please be smart about putting yourself or others at risk.

Please check our website and social media pages for updates. If you have any questions, please call or email us directly at 570-223-8099 or kdixon@mstownship.com.

A message from the Middle Smithfield Township​ Board of Supervisors in regards to COVID-19 and opening Country Club of the Poconos: 

Since owning the Country Club of the Poconos Municipal Golf Course, the current Middle Smithfield Township Board of Supervisors realized we have an obligation to our taxpayers to generate income from this asset, decrease the net expense of this asset, and decrease the burden to the taxpayer.

However, we also feel we have a bigger, moral obligation to protect the health, safety and well-being of our residents.

While we have learned that some golf courses have successfully submitted waivers to be considered life sustaining and thus, can open, we have consciously made the decision to keep County Club of the Poconos Municipal Golf Course closed during the COVID-19 Pandemic, since the majority of our golfers come from New York and New Jersey.  We are putting the health, safety and well-being of our residents first, and don’t want to do anything to discourage compliance with Stay at Home orders.

We look forward to opening soon.

#StopTheSpread.  #StayCalmStaySafeStayHome

Middle Smithfield Township Public Works Department announced the closure of Big Ridge Drive between Epic Court/Hawks Nest Road to Legends Court/Old Orchard Drive for bridge replacement beginning on JUNE 10th. 

Work is being done by Middle Smithfield Township Public Works Department Monday-Friday, 7 am- 2pm. Bridge replacement will begin on June 10th and the project will last between 6-8 weeks.

Please refer to the below diagram to route your detour prior to closure.