Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Named Exclusive Broker for Historic 104-Acre Silver Lake Golf Course in Leesburg

Leesburg, Fla. -- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has been named exclusive sales and marketing agents for the historic Silver Lake Golf Course, a 104-acre site located north of U.S. 441 in Leesburg. Owners of the site, which includes approximately 500 feet of frontage on Silver Lake, hope to sell the property to developers for a residential community. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said International Marketing Specialist Patrick Whalen, with the firm’s Heathrow Real Estate Marketing Center, is representing the property. Opened in 1926---at the height of another Florida land boom---Silver Lake was home of one of Florida’s oldest amateur golf tournaments by the mid-1980s, with a waiting list of potential players. Leesburg officials proposed acquiring the property in 2005 for a municipal golf course but decided against it. The course closed in 2007. The Silver Lake property is listed for sale for $4.5 million, or approximately $43,000 per acre. Since December 2013, Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Division has completed $33 million in closed land transactions.