Take a peek at 25-acre former Marin Town and Country Club now for sale at $68 million
The former Marin Town and Country Club — rich in history, natural beauty and the potential for development north of downtown San Francisco — is for sale for $68.3 million, according to Sotheby’s International Realty.
The club, dubbed “The Jewel of the Ross Valley,” has been held for the past two decades by the same owner. The seller is Michael Mackintosh, who bought the former resort for about $5 million in 2002, according to the Marin Independent Journal.
Mackintosh once hoped to revive the vacation resort, which was popular from 1944 to 1972, according to the newspaper. The property, located on roughly 25 acres at 60 Pastori Avenue in Fairfax, California, featured a restaurant, as many as seven swimming pools of various sizes and depths, a tennis court, bandstand and other amenities.
“If I was king for a day, I’d love to see a really nice hotel here as a destination spot to accommodate weddings and events,” he told the Independent Journal. “I’d be happy retiring as the janitor taking care of it, truthfully.”
A few people live in former vacation cabins and cottages on the property. Sotheby’s International Realty released a video showing the resort today and in its glory years (see above).
With Fairfax’s housing element set for approval later this year, the property has been mentioned in discussions to identify sites for the development of 490 new residences — including 236 designated low-income and very-low-income homes — by 2030.
“Perfectly packaged with major utilities in place, month-to-month rentals, and other improvements, the site is being brought to market in the midst of the California’s housing shortage crisis and in the final stretch of the Town of Fairfax’s Housing Element deliberations,” Sotheby’s Internationaal Realty said in a news release.
The real estate agency said the former resort is a premier site to house Fairfax’s required “490 RHNA numbers.” RHNA stands for Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
“Considering weather, financial opportunities, cultural and socio economic diversity, medical facilities, world class universities, major transportation hub, and more, there are few other places in the world that compete with the San Francisco Bay Area and Marin County,” according to Sotheby’s. “No chain stores are allowed in Fairfax, which keeps its vibrant identity alive.”
Alison MacCracken of Sotheby’s International Realty-Beverly Hills Brokerage and David Wientjes of Kidder Mathews are the listing agents.
