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Cesar Ruiz says the plan is to make the needed investments to return Wyckoff Country Club to prominence.
deemed impractical for Ruiz’s plans for a sports complex that might become the new home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame but also include fields and courts for several other sports.
But Ruiz, who closed on the property late last month for $2.8 million, is now committed to a different future for Wyckoff — its past, specifically the more distant past.
Indeed, the Donald Ross- designed course and its club- house and other facilities have fallen on hard times recently, with Wyckoff not fully enjoying the post-COVID surge many clubs are experiencing.
“There’s been no real work done on this place in 50 years,” said Ruiz, referring to both the course and the facilities, adding that this has led to a decline in both play and events staged at the club.
Ruiz, a serial entrepreneur with experience in everything from formalwear to healthcare, has started making investments — everything from chemicals for the course (little, if any, fer- tilizer was applied last year) to new golf carts to needed reno- vations within the clubhouse — and plans to keep making them to facilitate a comeback for the club, now 92 years old.
“This change in manage- ment has generated interest
and some real momentum, I believe,” he said, adding that he hopes to use his connections in the business world and the Latino com- munity to bring more events — from weddings to wine tastings; from bingo to quinceañeras (sweet-15 birthday parties for Latinas) — to the property.
For this issue and its focus on commercial real estate, we talked with Ruiz at length about his acquisition of Wyckoff and his plans to return the facility to something approaching its former glory.
“This change in management
has generated interest and some real momentum, I believe.”
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