Article Courtesy of The Orlando Sentinel

By Mary Shanklin  

Published November 4, 2015

Windermere Golf and Country Club is latest course to announce closing.

Windermere Golf and Country Club is expected to close its 155-acre golf course April 18 with plans to get approvals from Orange County for residential development, according to club staff members.
   

Located on Butler Bay Drive, the club property was purchased in 2011 for $2.1 million from Canadian investor Bryan DeCunha, who also owns Dragon's Fire Golf Club in Ontario. He could not be reached for comment. Plans call for 95 single-family homes. The proposal met with strong opposition from residents at a community in mid-October. Last week, it failed to win support during the county's initial review process — but the proposal will continue on to the county's planning commission Nov. 19.