Hampshire Country Club owners submit new development plan

The owners of Hampshire Country Club in Mamaroneck on Friday submitted a redevelopment plan for the club to the village’s Planning Board, marking the third proposed plan for the property in a year and a half.

Hampshire Country Club.

Hampshire Recreation LLC’s plan includes building 44 single-family homes and 61 townhouses on the club’s 121-acre property. It also calls for an expanded pool, a new tennis facility and renovated clubhouse. Senior project manager Thomas Nappi said the project will bypass sensitive environmental areas on the property and will maintain roughly 73 acres of open space.

“Our new plan balances development and open space preservation, and it maintains the recreational use of the portion of the property in the Marine Recreation zone,” Nappi said. “It will allow Hampshire to remain a vibrant club for many years to come.”

Last year, the owners proposed a 121-unit luxury condominium plan that saw opposition from neighbors of the country club and was eventually turned down by the village board. A second, 96-unit plan was eventually submitted, which was also turned down by the board. Hampshire filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court challenging the village board’s refusal to rezone the property for nonmember uses. The owners sought $55 million in damages, contending that the village was effectively taking the property by refusing to rezone.

Nappi said Hampshire’s golf course will remain open during the approval process, which he expects to last roughly two years. Hampshire Country Club, on Cove Road in Mamaroneck, features an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, swimming pools and a 35,000-square-foot clubhouse.