{"id":792676,"date":"2026-07-30T04:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792676\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:41:09","slug":"penn-run-golf-course-sold-for-6-25m-as-422-home-development-planned-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792676\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn Run Golf Course sold for $6.25M as 422-home development planned | Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB)\u00a0\u2014 A golf course that welcomed players for more than 50 years is about to become a neighborhood with hundreds of homes.<\/p>\n<p>Penn Run Golf Course was sold to Elite Homes\/Arbor Homes for $6.25 million, according to our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/louisville\/news\/2026\/07\/29\/golf-course-sold.html?utm_source=sy&amp;utm_medium=ptr&amp;utm_campaign=trendcontent&amp;utm_content=lo2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Louisville Business First<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The golf course is along the Jefferson-Bullitt county line in Shepherdsville and will become Oakmont Meadows, a new community with 422 single-family homes.<\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood will be built in phases, with three types of homes planned. Prices are expected to start in the low-$200,000s and reach the high-$300,000s before upgrades and other features.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Metzkes, division president of Arbor Homes\/Elite Homes in Louisville, told Business First the project is still in its early stages. The community won&#8217;t have a clubhouse, swimming pool or recreation center. Instead, the company plans to make use of the property&#8217;s natural features.<\/p>\n<p>The project will stretch across both Jefferson and Bullitt counties. The Bullitt County portion is expected to become part of Hillview, according to Metzkes.<\/p>\n<p>The golf course opened May 1, 1970. The Emberson family operated the course for decades before it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdrb.com\/news\/business\/penn-run-golf-course-in-bullitt-county-to-close-after-54-years-of-operation\/article_8358b24b-fed0-4d36-9fb6-e589cfa5ca83.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">closed this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDRB Media. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB)\u00a0\u2014 A golf course that welcomed players for more than 50 years is about to become&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[336822,336809,336811,4,336813,336818,336810,427,336820,21693,336814,336819,21692,336821,2558,25030,172576,336817,21689,336815,336812,304061,336816,336806,336807,336808,99,13594,21691,21690],"class_list":["post-792676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-6-25-million-golf-course-sale","tag-422-homes-shepherdsville","tag-arbor-homes","tag-breaking-news","tag-bullitt-county-development","tag-bullitt-county-homes","tag-elite-homes","tag-golf","tag-golf-course-redevelopment","tag-indiana-news","tag-jefferson-county-housing","tag-jefferson-bullitt-county-line","tag-kentucky-news","tag-kentucky-real-estate-development","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-business","tag-louisville-business","tag-louisville-housing-development","tag-louisville-news","tag-new-homes-shepherdsville","tag-oakmont-meadows","tag-penn-run-golf-course","tag-penn-run-golf-course-redevelopment","tag-penn-run-golf-course-sold","tag-shepherdsville-development","tag-shepherdsville-homes","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-wdrb","tag-wdrb-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}