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Lawsuits Fly Over Mixed-Use Property

BRIGHTON, MI-A Livingston County jury awards $420,000 against a land developer over a 376-acre golf course and residential development that failed to materialize as either party had planned.

By Robert Carr | Updated on August 07, 2001

BRIGHTON, MI-A $3.5-million golf course and accompanying residential project has been torn apart by a lawsuit between the developer and his financiers. Livingston County Judge Daniel Burress will hear motions to dismiss a jury’s judgment that Lans Development Corp. of Farmington Hills pay $420,000 to Ron Lech, a financial consultant, and developer Charles Oke for breach of contract.

The land in question was 376 acres for a golf course project for the Golf Club of Michigan. About 80 acres was to be made into homes surrounding the remaining land, which would become a golf course.

The jury found that Lans, owned by Andrew Soley and former Detroit Red Wing Lee Norwood, violated a contract in 1998 with Lech and Oke. Lech arranged $3.45 million in financing to build the project, and brought Oke along with him, according to the suit. Lech says he was promised one of the homes at the course for his efforts.

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