After years of on and off negotiation, years of court battles, four months of take it or leave it “offers” from the School District, and two months of developer silent bidding … the District has 3 offers, … and Icon Construction, the developer that want to help preserve at least part of Oppenlander, is well positioned.
The three developer bids were opened by the School District on Thursday … Noise Development for $7 million, Icon Construction for $7.875 million, and the Lennar Corporation for $7.875 million.
Our understanding is that all three offers have waiting periods for the purchaser to go through some preliminary site planning and due diligence, and the Lennar offer seems to have a few more restrictions than the Icon offer.
If their bid is accepted, Icon continues to be interested in a collaboration with City to move the senior-sized baseball field to the north end of the property while developing the southern end. Read more here: https://friendsofoppenlander.org/city-requesting-school-district-allow-time-to-close-oppenlander-purchase/
The new 2025-25 School Board, under the guidance of Chair Sloop, will be discussing and voting on the offers at their next Board meeting on August 18th. We will keep you posted and likely ask for your engagement as we get closer to that meeting.
Still open is the community’s interest in saving additional acreage and trees through private donations. If you are interested in discussing and/or working on this effort, please email us at [email protected]
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WITH YOUR HELP WE ARE STILL TRYING SAVE OPPENLANDER! Preserve and extend Oppenlander’s 40+ year legacy of community park, senior baseball fields, add a new playground and restrooms. We propose some development without, losing the entire park or all of the trees.
