Last month, I brokered a record-breaking sale of one of the original building lots at Woodridge Lake in Goshen, CT, the community I like to call Connecticut’s private Club Med. The 8/10ths of an acre parcel, which was purchased around 1970 for just under $20,000 by Dr. Bernard Zuckerman, recently sold for $850,000.
The lot was sold to Stephen Warren of The Warren Group, the company that publishes real estate data and financial information. He plans to build on spec an 8,700-square-foot, classic New England style house to be sold for around $3.7 million. The house will feature every modern amenity imaginable.
We've had a lot of investment bankers come out here, to Woodridge Lake and Goshen. One of the top guys at Google has a house out here, too, but I can't say anything too specific about him.
Woodridge Lake started as an idea in 1968 when five landowners sold their properties to Boise Cascade. The company created a 35-foot-deep lake that rippled outward from an existing river, subdivided the land and put in a central sewage system. By 1973, there was 1,320 acres and 16 miles of roads divided into 770 lots. Woodridge Lake has become something of a secret paradise community in the backcountry of Connecticut.
The lake is clear up to about 20 feet and is the only one in the state stocked with tiger muskies, along with trout, bass and walleye. Residents enjoy a clubhouse with a fitness facility and full kitchen. There are beaches, parks, championship tennis courts, heated pools, volleyball courts and many boats.
About half of the residents live at the lake year-round and half only for vacation. The lake is home to a number of celebrities, politicians and musicians. There are also residents who hail from South Africa, China, Indonesia, France and elsewhere.
For more information about Woodridge Lake, click here.
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