As part of the project, the Clarence, N.Y. club will raze half of its current 16,000-sq.-ft. clubhouse and replace it with a new 40,000-sq.-ft. building that will include a member’s grill, outdoor dining patio, banquet space and a new kitchen. An original golf weathervane dating back to Brookfield’s formation in 1927 as the Meadowbrook Club is included in the auction.
As Brookfield Country Club in Clarence, N.Y. preps for its $17 million expansion and renovation project, pieces of its past are headed to the auction block, Buffalo Business First reported. Brookfield has hired Schultz Auctioneers to handle the Oct. 4 event.
The auction is a prelude to club’s construction and renovation project, which is slated to begin later in October, Buffalo Business First reported. The auction was part of a members-approved financing package for the $17 million project.
“We are trying to be both smart and economical,” said Danielle Shainbrown, Brookfield’s owner representative.
Up for auction are a wide range of items: commercial kitchen equipment, such as a 30-quart Hobart mixer and an ice cream freezer; chairs; artwork; and artifacts such as Kittinger-designed furniture and an original golf weathervane dating back to Brookfield’s formation in 1927 as the Meadowbrook Club, Buffalo Business First reported.
“Not everything fits or is appropriate for the new space we are building,” Shainbrown said.
Some items were sold at a members-only auction, Shainbrown said.
Brookfield will raze half of its current 16,000-sq.-ft. clubhouse and replace it with a new 40,000-sq.-ft. building that will include a member’s grill, outdoor dining patio, banquet space and a new kitchen, Buffalo Business First reported. The project has been in the pipeline for eight years, Shainbrown said.
Brookfield’s par-72, 18-hole golf course will remain open during the construction period, Buffalo Business First reported. All the work should be completed by early 2024.
“Everything on the schedule will remain,” Shainbrown said.
Plans were designed by Carmina Wood Design of Buffalo, and RP Oak Hill has been retained as the general contractor, Buffalo Business First reported. Six contractors bid on the construction work, Shainbrown said, and five architectural firms bid on the design work.
The project is being financed through an assessment on Brookfield’s 350 members and traditional financing via bank loans, Shainbrown told Buffalo Business First.
The revamped clubhouse will allow Brookfield to lease out its banquet facilities to nonmembers, Buffalo Business First reported.
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