Azusa Golf Course Poised for Senior Housing, Industrial

Another golf course in the Los Angeles area is headed for redevelopment.

The Azusa City Council approved plans from Overton Moore Properties to redevelop part of the Azusa Greens Golf Course into a senior housing complex, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

Overton Moore’s Azusa Greens project, to take shape at 919 Sierra Madre Avenue in Azusa, would transform approximately 40 acres of the Azusa Greens Golf Course into residences for people ages 55 and older. The golf establishment was formerly an 18-hole course and has now been reduced to 16 holes in anticipation of the development. Once the project is complete, the golf course will have nine holes.

Overton Moore will build the Azusa Greens senior housing complex on the northern portion of the golf course, next to the club house. The Gardena-based firm is plotting to construct 38 buildings containing 30 duplexes, triplexes and stacked flats. To the south, a nearly 20-acre section of the golf course would be turned into six industrial buildings with offices. Overall, the project will encompass 353,000 square feet of space in buildings rising up to 38 feet. The remaining 53 acres of the golf course would be kept intact with the nine-hole course, club house and driving range.

Construction for the Azusa Greens residences is expected to take less than two years. A timeline for construction and completion has not yet been disclosed.

Overton Moore has been active in other portions of Greater Los Angeles in recent months.

In December, the company purchased a 526,000-square-foot distribution center in San Bernardino from Brookfield Properties for $120 million, Commercial Observer reported. Overton Moore is also in development on a mixed-use complex next to Hollywood Burbank Airport.

The Azusa Greens project isn’t the only golf course redevelopment in the region.

The Irvine City Council approved plans from the Irvine Company to turn Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine into a sprawling housing development complete with a new school and up to 3,000 new units in single-family and multifamily setups.

Last fall, Arrimus Capital, owner of the Woodland Hills Country Club, filed an application with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning to build 398 homes, including 175 for-sale single-family dwellings, 126 rental apartments and 97 rent-restricted apartments on a portion of the country club property. — Chris Malone Méndez