“Leaders at the University of South Florida think redevelopment of the university’s golf course could revitalize the area in significant ways.
The 120-acre Claw at USF golf course, which shuttered last year to the public after losing money, is adjacent to — but not part of — the university’s Forest Preserve, a 769-acre parcel of land home to hundreds of plant and animal species that elicited controversy when the university sought to develop it in 2021. Members of the president’s 2022 Forest Preserve Task Force that ultimately decided not to develop it have been involved, Post said, along with 200 others, including faculty, students and community members.
Real estate and development services firms Cushman and Wakefield and Brailsford and Dunlavey are assisting with the public-private partnership.”
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