Dallas, AT&T, SMU golf trio for South Dallas?

DALLAS – The City of Dallas, AT&T and Southern Methodist University plan to develop a 400-acre championship golf development on an old landfill site east of I-45 and Loop 12 in southern Dallas, to be called Trinity Forest Golf Course.

If the city funds are approved by the Dallas City Council, the project could begin in the spring, with a scheduled completion date by spring 2016.

The project is expected to cost between $20 and $60 million and expected to generate an economic impact of more than $32 million to southern Dallas.

The city plans to spend $12 million to environmentally remediate the former landfill site and put in public infrastructure, such as roadways and flood work mitigation.

The development will include an 18-hole championship golf course, a nine-hole short course, an administrative and teaching facility, a practice facility and a practice academy for Southern Methodist University students.