About a third of residents said they wanted to see single-family housing or townhouses built.
Any developer who takes on the project will have to think carefully about the price point of the homes built there, said Kris Lindahl, the realtor known for his ubiquitous billboards. The rising cost of materials and labor, plus volatile interest rates, will make cost the driving factor, he said.
“There are a lot more headwinds in the open market than there has been in a long time,” said Lindahl.
The course is no longer the home course for either of the Gophers’ golf teams. The U plans to sell the driving range and the 18-hole golf course, including 125 acres on the north side of Larpenteur Avenue and another 16 acres on the south.
The sale does not include an adjacent golf practice facility used by the men’s and women’s Gophers golf teams, the Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Soccer Stadium, or the KUOM radio transmission tower, according to a notice sent to Falcon Heights from the university’s Director of Transactions Jon Dostal.
The U’s golf course is named for Gophers golfer and longtime coach Les Bolstad, who in 1926 became the youngest U.S. Public Links champion. It first opened as a nine-hole course in 1916 and was expanded to 18 holes in 1929. It hosts cross-country running meets, including the Roy Griak Invitational, and serves as a cross-country ski facility in the winter.