Golf Stastny sold for $6.2 million

Marian Stastny has turned a chapter in her life when she sold her golf course and her hotel in the Saint-Nicolas sector of Lévis for $6.2M.

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After Deccan’s first transaction of 2019 and in the face of his declining health, the sale of Golf Stastny represents a heavy weight on the shoulders of Nordics and his wife’s former glory.

“That’s for sure. We’ve been tested enormously for four years with the disease and the rest,” he told the Journal Eva Malinowska briefly on Friday.

Marian Stastny, 69, has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for many years. “My state of health no longer allows me to devote myself to professional activities. […] But I am positive and happy to see [se] Continue my business project through a new buyer who discovered this beautiful country and my adopted region,” indicated the former hockey player in a press release, who can also live in the dormitory he occupies in the hotel.

“It’s important to us, it’s going to be easy,” his wife explains.

Slovak buyer

The new buyer is a businessman of Slovak origin, Miroslav Kot. He is behind the investment fund Hardwood Fund, which strives to develop networks of veterinary clinics in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and he is also a veteran of the multinational Veolia.

Also chairman of the board of directors of the Franco-Slovak Chamber of Commerce, he presents himself as a golf enthusiast with experience with “course development and management” in Slovakia.

“Our goal is to bring Golf Stastny back to life so that it once again becomes a benchmark in the region. This excellent course requires investments to improve the quality of the course, renovate the common areas as well as replace the maintenance equipment and most of the equipment”, referring to the buyer in a press release, he said, “renovation and Want to increase the capacity of the hotel and restaurant”.

According to a notary deed, the purchase was made by a Quebec company comprising Mr. Cote and Eskom shareholders of Geomatics. Both companies are based in Slovakia.

The transaction closed for $6.2 million. The nearly one million square meters, or about 95 hectares, of land and buildings on it are valued at $4.2 million on the assessment roll of the city of Lewis.

Second attempt

Marian Stastny attempted the first sale in 2018, but the transaction did not go through due to litigation in the courts.

The Stastny clan accepted an offer to buy from businessman Daniel Proulx, but said a third party, Groupe Beaudet, had previously entered into an agreement with the owners to manage the golf course, which included a purchase option. Mr. Proulx chose to withdraw his marbles from the table because he was not interested in inheriting the controversy.

This first sale was announced for $5.75 million.