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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020 | Volume 33, No. 40
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Pineridge Golf Course slated for development Golf course remains operational for now; plan to build housing out over 10 years JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
Pineridge Golf Course is up for rezoning, with plans to transform the 18-hole, par three executive course into a residential development, including potentially nearly 400 units, and parkland. The golf course remains open for now, but would be closed with redevelopment. “The best use for this land is residential development,” coowner Dave Yard told KTW, noting significant development on either side of the golf course in recent years, including Orchards Walk and condos next to the Petro Canada gas station. “It’s happening. We’re in the middle of it, actually.” The 30-hectare (75-acre) property, located at 4725 East Trans Canada Hwy. between Dallas and Valleyview, is zoned agricultural. The rezoning application calls for multi-family-medium residential, comprehensive residential and open space. Though plans remain tentative and in flux, Yard said 12 hectares (30 acres) would be redeveloped
MORE INSIDE Residential development was the plan for what became Pineridge golf course long before golfers began teeing off Learn more about the land’s history on Page A6
into housing — currently planned for 390 units, a mix of condos, duplexes, townhouses and singlefamily homes — with the city taking over 18 hectares (45 acres) for open park space. Yard said the rezoning is contingent upon the city park space and negotiations are also in the works with the Ministry of Transportation to address access to Holman Road, Dallas Drive and the East Trans-Canada Highway. There are also discussions about a frontage road developed adjacent to the highway. Yard sees the project as a benefit to the community, including residential opportunities, parkland and improved road safety. “It’s a pretty big possibility,” he said. The golf course opened in 1990.
JESSICA WALLACE/KTW The owner of Pineridge Golf Course has made public his plans to turn the 18-hole Par 3 track into housing. The date of a public hearing for his rezoning application has not yet been announced. The golf course remains open for the time being.
It changed ownership in 2008, at which time Yard, living in the Lower Mainland, bought in. He now lives in Merritt. Yard said the golf industry has been in a slump during the
past five years, with fewer young people picking up clubs due to increased entertainment options. Pineridge, a pitch-and-puttstyle course, attracts ladies and beginners, he said, but not golfers
who wish to pull out a driver, due to the short nature of the course, which consists mainly of Par 3 holes. See NO TIMELINE, A7
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