Palm Beach County commissioners have approved a plan to build 49 townhomes near Boynton Beach on 12 acres at Westchester Country Club once set aside for a nine-hole golf course.
The existing 27-hole regulation course and its clubhouse will not be affected and will remain open, said Bonnie Miskel, the agent for the builder, New Jersey-based New City Westchester Development LLC. New City bought the entire course from Westchester Golf and Country Club in 2023 for $4.9 million.
The move is the latest example of a builder targeting part of a golf course for development. The Westchester Village community supported the builder’s request to build the townhomes. The Coalition of Boynton West Residential Associations also endorsed the plan…