"placed an emphasis on creating economically successful projects" Brian Curley

[Mike Nuzzo]

"placed an emphasis on creating economically successful projects"
Is a quote from Brian Curley in Asian Golf News
http://www.asiapacificgolfgroup.com/ezine/AGB/AGB-MAR2012/AGB-MAR2012.html

Would anyone consider either Mission Hills economically successful for the client?
Cheers

[Tom_Doak]

Which Mission Hills do you mean?

I would assume that the first project was VERY successful, if it led the developer to put so much cash into the subsequent project on Hainan Island.

[Mike Nuzzo]

Tom
Either
I can't remember the last time you used assume and if in the same sentence.

Economically successful aren't the words that pop into my mind when I think about Mission Hills
It would take a lot of real estate to pay for those clubhouses
Maybe Mission Hills changed the way the world views China - and the nations tourism revenues - but that would hardly be due to the architecture

Cheers

[George Pazin]

Did the developer use his own money, or other people's? Lots easier to spend money in the latter case...

[Randy Thompson]

Tom
Either
I can't remember the last time you used assume and if in the same sentence.

Plus one for Mike, look forward to Tomīs response.

[Tom_Doak]

Are you guys criticizing my grammar?

I have no actual knowledge of the finances at Mission Hills, and I don't know that either of you guys have even been to China, so don't know why you would know more about it.  I've never been to the big place in Shenzen; I only spent a couple of hours at the new one in Hainan before my last flight home.

I thought it was a reasonable assumption that no one would build a billion-dollar second project [or be loaned the money to build one] unless his previous project had been successful.

[Randy Thompson]

Some developers have big bank accounts and even bigger egoīs! With my spelling, attack your grammer, never! Been to China? no never, and hopefully not ever in this life time.

[Mike Nuzzo]

Sorry Tom, not your grammar
You are always the voice of reason

I've never been to Mission Hills
I was asked to go and visited China to look at a project
The city wants to promote its trade and tourism
They have hopes for a nice golf course & inn & spa
The golf course wouldn't make money for some years - there are no golfers
But it would help their goals

I wouldn't call that an economically successful golf course
Maybe that is why he said "project"

Randy
China is worth the trip & it doesn't seem as far afterwards

Cheers

[Ian Andrew]

I read somewhere recently they average 600 rounds per day.

Is the measure off finacially successful the golf course alone, or the development as whole?