By Anne Levin

The Jasna Polana Golf Club is under a purchase/sale agreement with Concert Golf Partners to sell the club and its amenities. The transaction is expected to close on July 9. Concert Golf Partners is a property investment company in Heathrow, Fla., with more than 30 private clubs in its collection.

The 222-acre property and 18-hole golf course, bordered by Route 206 and Province Line Road, has been on the market since last September. It will remain in full use as a golf club and will not be developed, according to administration of the club.

“One hundred percent, they will keep it as is,” said Peter Angerame, Jasna Polana’s director of sales and marketing. “They didn’t buy this to develop it.”

A recent email to members from Jasna Polana General Manager Heather Haggan said, “After careful consideration, the club’s owner, Jasna Polana Golf Club LLC, recently decided that it has found the perfect successor to fill its shoes. The owners believe the sale of TPC [Tournament Players Club] Jasna Polana is in the best interest of all parties involved at this time. The owner has signed a purchase/sale agreement with Concert Golf Partners to purchase the club and its amenities. Rest assured, our dedication to our members and associates remains steadfast. We are confident that Concert Golf Partners, with their proven record of accomplishment with other clubs, will continue to uphold the high standards and values of TPC Jasna Polana.”

Built in 1975 as a private home by Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical heir J. Seward Johnson Sr. and his third wife, Barbara Piasecka Johnson, the 46,000-square-foot mansion, which had only two bedrooms, was designed by Wallace Harrison, architect of the United Nations headquarters and the Metropolitan Opera House. It was converted to an exclusive golf course in 1998, with the mansion serving as the clubhouse.

When Princeton’s Master Plan was being rewritten last year, there was some speculation that the property was being considered by the municipality as a potential site for redevelopment. In a public survey that was part of the process, residents had been asked to rank four different sites as possible redevelopment opportunities. Jasna Polana was among them.

Mayor Mark Freda and Princeton Council made it clear that the property was not being considered for such a use. “No amendments to the current zoning ordinance for this site are contemplated by Princeton Council at this time,” a September 12, 2023 memorandum read.