A local developer is teeing up a complex featuring indoor mini-golf, golf simulators and a restaurant that could open as soon as late next year in the Town of Aurora.
This is the first phase of a project that eventually may include an outdoor mini-golf course and an outdoor driving range, according to an application filed with the town Planning Board.
The EA Golf Barn development is eyed for a vacant parcel on Olean Road, just outside the East Aurora village limits, where a zoning change is required before the project can proceed.
The developer behind the concept said he’s not aware of any similar golf centers in the Southtowns.
“I think it’s a perfect fit for East Aurora. I think it adds something to the town and it sits just outside of the village. And it’s not something that is currently offered,” said Harrison W. Kelly III, a business consultant and associate professor of practice in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Kelly and his wife, Jill, bought the property at 600 Olean Road in 2019 for $160,000, public records show, before transferring it to Olean LLC, a limited liability company linked to Harrison Kelly and the couple’s West Falls home.
It’s a 14.4 acre parcel just north of the Route 400 exit. Harrison Kelly said he was drawn to the property because of its location half a mile south of the village.
“People come to East Aurora to enjoy a nice meal and then look for something to do afterwards, and sometimes beforehand,” Kelly said. “So we’re hoping to capitalize on that and offer visitors and residents something to do year-round.”
His site plan application proposes the construction of a 12,000-square-foot family golf center designed in the style of a monitor, or raised center aisle, barn.
It would boast an 18-hole, “immersive” mini-golf course; golf simulators that let users pretend to play PGA-level courses; and a dining area featuring a collaboration with…
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