The private Plano, Texas club will be updated with a contemporary look and additional amenities, with construction scheduled for mid-summer completion. The 25-year-old ClubCorp property will add a new restaurant and grill area, an outdoor terrace, wine cellar, women’s locker room, kids club and fitness club.
The management firm’s President and CEO was honored by the Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University with the prestigious Cecil B. Day Award, which recognizes national leaders in the hospitality industry who live and lead based on their faith, family and respect for others. Affeldt is the first recipient of the award from the club industry.
The private ClubCorp property will use all local contractors to do the renovations, which will include a new restaurant, lounge, fireplace, bar, WiFi, iPads, and a 4,420-sq. ft. banquet room. Ipswich CC has already completed renovations to its fitness club, and General Manager Tom Carter says the club is “out of a five-year funk and [has] finally turned the corner on growth [and is entering] a very optimistic time.”
Center Club’s thoughtful tabletop décor showcases attention to the finest detail.
Described by GM David Kupstas as more of a “reinvention” than a renovation, the ClubCorp property in Tampa, Fla., will see refreshed landscaping, clubhouse upgrades that include a high-tech media lounge, the addition of a large bar, and expanded dining areas inside and out. Interior renovations are still in the design stage and construction is estimated to last 16 weeks, beginning this spring.
The 2012 recipients of the Excellence in Club Management (ECM) awards, co-sponsored by Club & Resort Business and the McMahon Group, were honored during a special reception, dinner and ceremony held in the University Club Atop Symphony Towers, in conjunction with the Club Managers Association of America’s annual conference in San Diego.
Forty-two new members joined the Venice, Fla. club, a WCI Communities property, in 2012. The club, which offers reciprocal golf and dining privileges at several area clubs as well as through WCI’s strategic partnership with ClubCorp properties throughout the U.S., now has 315 golf members, edging closer to its cap of 400.
New owners of clubs in the region inherited properties in need of revitalization, and now they’re counting on a golf comeback by investing in amenities, grounds and operations. Dallas-based ClubCorp is playing a role in the renewal by spending $12.5 million in the past three years on five of its clubs in the region.
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