Property Type
Golf & Resort
CBRE’s Golf & Resort Group is the market leader in effectively marketing leisure properties including golf clubs, ski resorts and marinas, plus developable land associated with each of those property types.
Recreational and leisure property transactions are far from typical real estate deals. Golf, skiing, lodging, and marina operations include many distinct components with associated amenities and developable land. With 75+ years of experience in recreational real estate, our expert team deftly handles traditional transactions, confidential offerings and section 363 bankruptcies.
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As the leading leisure industry brokerage firm, we partner with professionals in our Hotels and Land practice to stay on top of the market, keep in touch with active investors, and close more high-end transactions than any other firm.
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CBRE’s Golf & Resort Group is the market leader in effectively marketing leisure properties including golf clubs, ski resorts and marinas, plus developable land associated with each of those property types. Most of our exclusive listings are confidential. Please contact us for more information.
Premier Leisure Properties
CBRE’s Golf & Resort Group provides a full spectrum of real estate services designed to effectively market highly-amenitized recreational properties.
See how we combine global strength and local expertise for a boutique approach.
We effectively represent clients on the sale, acquisition and recapitalization of ski resort and mountain land properties.
Representative Transactions
- Case Study | Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii
Kukui’ula
Kukui’ula is a spectacular, 1,000-acre master-planned resort community on the south shore of Kaua’i.
- Case Study | Big Sky, Montana
The Yellowstone Club
The Yellowstone Club is one of the most exclusive destination residential developments in the world.
- Case Study | Nashville, Tennessee
The Grove
The Grove Club in Nashville, Tennessee is a 1,110-acre gated community with a variety of homes and amenities, including a Greg Norman Signature golf course, mul...
- Case Study | Arizona, Nevada, & California
Pacific Life Portfolio
Pacific Life Insurance heavily invested in the golf space over the past 20 years, both in lending and ownership, however current leadership decided to divest th...
- Case Study | Williamsburg, Virginia
Kingsmill Resort
Kingsmill Resort is a AAA Four-Diamond campus-style condominium resort occupying 1,270 acres along the scenic James River in the heart of Virginia’s “Historic T...
- Case Study | Big Sky, Montana
Moonlight Basin
Moonlight Basin is a modern mountain resort community that occupies 7,500 acres on the northeast side of Lone Mountain.
- Case Study | St. Andrews, Scotland
Fairmont St. Andrews
The Fairmont St. Andrews is a 5-star luxury resort occupying 520 spectacular acres on Scotland’s east coast in St. Andrews, best known as the “Home of Golf.”
- Case Study | Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
The Bay Course at Kapalua Resort
Kapalua Resort is recognized internationally as one of the top golf and tennis resorts in the world.
- Case Study | Orlando, Florida
Reunion Resort
Reunion Resort is situated in the heart of Orlando’s tourism zone, ten minutes south of Disney World and 30 minutes from Orlando International Airport.
- Case Study | Scottsdale, Arizona
Troon North Golf Club
Troon North is a 36-hole, upper-tier daily fee facility on 300 acres of dramatic desert terrain in golf-rich Scottsdale.
Our Team
Brandon Schempp
First Vice President
Featured Insights
Heritage Golf Group, a leading owner and operator of private country clubs and upscale daily-fee golf courses across the U.S., is excited to announce its acquisition of The Club at Cheval from LKJ Management in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Throughout the latter part of the 20th century, golf was growing significantly in the United States. Not only was participation soaring, but new golf courses were being built at a record pace. In some years, development activity exceeded 400 new courses.
This court-ordered sale of the Sanctuary Belize portfolio represents a rare opportunity to acquire a master planned community and some of the largest undeveloped real estate on the southern coast of Belize.
CBRE completed the successful sale of Green Valley Ranch Golf Club, a daily fee facility situated in northeast Denver, Colorado. CBRE facilitated the transaction, acting as the seller’s representative.
Jeff Woolson, Vice Chairman of CBRE’s Golf & Resort Properties group, said it was only a matter of time.
CBRE has expanded its golf and resort group with the addition of Billy Knight, Brandon Schempp and Jeff Rice.
With uncertainty impacting many asset classes this year, CNBC has been looking at alternative ways to put money to work.
CBRE's Golf & Resort Group has completed the sale of five golf and resort properties in the first half of 2023, totaling nearly $200 million.
After a year on hold, golf courses started to sell again in 2021 as real estate investors began to realize that golf could have a very profitable future.
Interest in golf surged during the pandemic. Course designer Beau Welling and CBRE’s Jeff Woolson and David Gossett (ex-professional golfer) join Spencer Levy t...
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CBRE also offers valuation, advisory, due diligence, consulting and litigation support services. Please contact us if you are interested in any of these services.
