Perhaps as soon as this year, a coal mine in one of China’s most polluted cities could begin to find new life as a golf community.
The to-be-named enclave is to take shape on 1,500 acres in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, and will eventually include houses, a hotel, a retail/commercial area, and a pair of 18-hole courses.
Joe Jemsek, a Chicago, Illinois-based architect, has been hired to design the first course, part of which will consist of mountain-style holes that will be routed through hills on the property. (No, the track won’t be walkable.)
“I like the concept of taking a site that’s unsuitable for much of anything and healing the mountain with new, environmentally friendly development,” Jemsek says.
Jemsek is working with a Chinese firm, Royal Golf, on the project.
The developers, a group led by a Taiwan-based Chinese investor, are currently trying to secure a lease on the property. If they can wrap up the negotiations quickly, they could start remediating the site this year.
With luck, Jemsek’s course could open in 2014.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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