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Judge rejects deal to allow Lake Michigan resort

Posted November 01, 2011 11:00 pm

Associated Press

SAUGUTUCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A federal judge has rejected a proposed agreement that would have allowed a co-owner of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder to build a resort along Lake Michigan.

The Grand Rapids Press and The Holland Sentinel report that U.S. District Court Judge Paul Maloney on Tuesday threw out the proposed settlement between Allegan County's Saugatuck Township and Aubrey McClendon's development company Singapore Dunes LLC.

The judge says the proposed settlement reached in July takes away power from future township officials but another deal could be negotiated.

McClendon wants to build a resort at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River in southwestern Michigan as it enters Lake Michigan. It would include a hotel, marina, houses, condominiums and a golf course. Backers say it would be on 12 acres of the 320-acre property.

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