Millcreek Township is a step closer to selling the Erie Golf Club.
Township supervisors on Tuesday awarded a bid for the purchase of the 175-acre property at 6050 Old Zuck Road to the Charles R. Van Eekeren Revocable Trust for $1,311,000.
Five bids were received for the property. Purchase offers began at $140,000.
Township supervisors also approved a contingency agreement to award the property to the second-highest bidder if the sale agreement falls through. Because the course is publicly owned, the Erie County Orphans’ Court must approve the sale.
Arturo Negrete, who bid $801,000 for the club, will be offered a 60-day due diligence period to investigate property title matters and the condition of buildings, facilities and systems, and to survey the property and conduct a wetlands assessment, township solicitor Mark Shaw said.
The township afterward would have 30 days to address any issues.
If approved by the court, the closing on the sale to the appropriate bidder likely would be finalized late this year or early next year, Shaw said.