GL Homes’ Calusa golf course redev approved after years of opposition

A controversial proposal for a residential development on a golf course finally scored approval more than five years after it first surfaced.  GL Homes wants to develop 524 single-family homes on the closed 168-acre Calusa golf course at 9400 Southwest 130th Avenue in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, near Kendall.  Miami-Dade commissioners, sitting as the comprehensive development master plan and zoning board, on Thursday greenlit GL Homes’ application with an 8-5 vote.  Sunrise-based GL Homes’s 524-homes project marks a scaled-down version of its originally proposed 550.  Nearby residents, through the nonprofit Save Calusa organization, raised concerns over worsening traffic and pressure on […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.