Augusta National acquires Wendy’s property, others (Washington: real estate, homes)

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The Augusta National Golf Club’s footprint continues to grow.

A club-affiliated corporate entity in recent weeks has acquired more than $6 million worth of real estate, including the Wendy’s fast-food restaurant on Washington Road and several homes in the West Terrace neighborhood.

The eight properties, totaling just over three acres, will be added to the more than $200 million in west Augusta land the club has acquired during a two-decade long campaign to expand its boundaries.

The Augusta National, as a matter of longstanding policy, does not comment on its business operations.

Richmond County property records show the club’s most recent acquisitions – eight since late December – were made through Berckman Residential Properties LLC, one of several limited liability companies the club has used over the years to amass more than 100 acres on its north and west perimeters.

The largest of the purchases – $3.45 million for the nearly 1-acre Wendy’s property – gives the club ownership of nearly all Washington Road frontage on the southside between the club’s western fence and the Berckmans Road-Alexander Drive intersection.

The restaurant was still operating as of Monday afternoon. A phone message left with its former owner and current operator, Wendpartners, a Cortland, N.Y.-based franchise group, was not immediately returned.

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