The owner of Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links has unveiled his plans for the first phase of a development on the New Franklin side of the golf course.
Local businessman Tim Adkins purchased the property about a year ago, promising to preserve 18 holes of the 27-hole golf course while developing lakefront property in New Franklin. According to Summit County property records, Adkins paid about $8.15 million for the site.
The project envisions about 80 single-family and condominium units and is the biggest residential development in the city in a quarter century, Adkins said in a phone interview Monday.
Some specifics about planned Portage Lakes development
A conceptual drawing of the proposed development shows a mix of waterfront and water-view lots, most of them west of Point Comfort Drive. About 15 lots are east of the Point Comfort along Mud Lake. Updates about the development, dubbed the Water 9, are posted online at plxlifestyle.com.
Adkins, who owns several restaurants in the Akron area and Portage Lakes, said he purchased the property to forestall a national developer’s plans to create a 470-unit development on the golf course, which straddles the New Franklin-Green border.