The former Woodlands Country Club clubhouse.
Tamarac residents will have an opportunity on Tuesday to learn about and weigh in on a proposed environmental designation for the former Woodlands Country Club property, where an approved 335-home development is slated for construction.
The August 18 community meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Tamarac Community Center, 8601 W. Commercial Blvd.
Woodlands Club Holdings is seeking to have four parcels at 4600 Woodlands Boulevard designated a “Green Reuse,” or Brownfield, area under Florida law.
In Florida, Brownfield is the term for a property where redevelopment may be complicated by environmental contamination. The former Woodlands Country Club golf-course property has documented arsenic contamination and is already undergoing environmental assessment and remediation under Broward County oversight. The proposed Brownfield designation would bring portions of the property into Florida’s Brownfields Redevelopment Program as the redevelopment project moves forward.
Environmental issues have been part of the Woodlands redevelopment debate for years. Residents opposing earlier versions of the project raised concerns about arsenic in the soil on the former golf course, as well as traffic, construction impacts, and the loss of green space.
The move to enter the Brownfield program comes as redevelopment of the former Woodlands Country Club advances, with plans calling for 335 single-family homes, a new clubhouse and recreational amenities, walking and jogging paths, and more than 160 acres of open space and lakes.
Two public hearings on the proposed Brownfield designation are also scheduled before the Tamarac City Commission at City Hall, 7525 Northwest 88th Ave. The first is scheduled for September 9 at or after 7 p.m., and the second for September 23 at or after 9:30 a.m., according to a community meeting notice.
Victoria “Tori” McCaffery of The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, which is handling the Brownfield matter, told Tamarac Talk that the designation would not alter the development plans already approved for the property.
The proposed designation involves four parcels of land. The Brownfield program establishes a process for addressing environmental issues while allowing qualifying properties to be rehabilitated and redeveloped.
Environmental assessment and remediation are already underway on the former Woodlands golf-course property through a separate process, officials said. Tamarac says the former golf-course area is regulated by the Broward County Environmental Permitting Division.
The property has played a prominent role in Tamarac for decades. The Woodlands Country Club and its golf courses were long-standing features of the surrounding Woodlands community before the golf operation closed in 2020.
Its closure set the stage for a lengthy and often contentious redevelopment fight over whether portions of the former golf course should be converted to housing.
Tamarac commissioners ultimately approved a major site plan allowing up to 335 single-family homes on parts of the property. The development also calls for a replacement clubhouse and amenity complex, recreational areas, lakes, trails, and other infrastructure.
In 2024, 13th Floor Homes completed a $14 million purchase of roughly 270 acres of the former Woodlands Country Club property from ClubLink, moving the long-debated project into its development phase.
The old Woodlands Country Club clubhouse at 4600 Woodlands Boulevard had deteriorated following the club’s closure and was demolished to make way for redevelopment.
McCaffery said the August 18 meeting will focus specifically on the Brownfield program rather than on revisiting the already-approved residential project.
“The purpose of the upcoming meeting is to provide community members the opportunity to learn about the proposed property to be designated as a ‘Green Reuse Area’ under the Program,” she said. “This meeting will exclusively focus on the Program.”
“Our firm will provide attendees with information about the Program, as well as give community members the opportunity to ask questions and provide comments,” McCaffery said.
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