County Supervisors OK Newhall Golf Community

Newhall Land & Farming Co. has won approval by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for its 1,711-home Westridge Golf Course Community.

The plan includes apartments, condominiums, single-family and estate homes surrounding a Tournament Players Club championship golf course, an elementary school, and a neighborhood park and recreation center. Lot sales are to begin in late 2000, with the golf course expected to open the following year.

The 18-hole golf course will be a joint venture between Newhall Land and PGA TOUR Golf Course Properties.

Newhall Land is a developer of new towns and master-planned communities. Its primary activity is in Valencia. Newhall Ranch, a new community that recently received final approval, and Valencia together form one of Southern California’s largest land holdings, located on the company’s 36,000 acres, about 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.