Revised land development plans were submitted in April for the “Enclave at Melrose,” a major redevelopment proposal for the shuttered Melrose Country Club in Cheltenham. The plans call for 330 total units, with 134 townhomes and a 24-unit multifamily building being designated as 55 and over. The proposal also includes medical office space, assisted living, retail and non-age-restricted townhomes in later phases. The sprawling mixed-use development would span both sides of Tacony Creek and Tookany Creek Parkway, with a 101-townhome development sitting on the south bank of the creek just up against the Philadelphia border, and the rest of the development would be to the north. The former Melrose Country Club opened in 1926 as a public course. It is not the first golf course to be redeveloped in Cheltenham; Ryan homes is building a mix of single-family and townhomes on the former Ashbourne Country Club just to the north.
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal; 5/8/2025