After five years of trying, and despite protests from environmentalists, MedGolf Group has received permission to build its golf resort in
Larnaca Golf Resort & Country Club will spread over 370 acres in the
The club’s 6,080-yard golf course will be managed by PGA Golf Management.
It’s been designed by Stan Eby of European Golf Design, who these days is ghost-designing Padraig Harrington’s first “signature” layout, at the Marlbrook in Clonmel, Ireland, and Annika Sorenstam’s golf course at Olivion Golf Resort in Belek, Turkey.
MedGolf Group is led by George Hassapis, the principal of Hassapis Land Developers. As part of their development agreement, Hassapis and his partners, DJK Group and Sakyrco Construction, are obliged to build a desalination plant to provide water for the resort. Such plants are common in Europe, particularly in and around
The water issue energized protests about MedGolf’s resort, leading to the permitting difficulties, but local officials are apparently comfortable with the situation. Various news reports from
According to Cypriot law, MedGolf now has 30 months to complete the project. A spokesman for the resort says that the golf course will be built before any residential sales begin.
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