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Polo Fields & Golf Courses on Point Dume in Malibu

Brian Merrick | December 7, 2021

Polo fields and a golf course on Point Dume? Yes that is right, the original plan for Point Dume or the Malibu Riviera as it is known called for a polo field and golf course. Additionally, there was a lighthouse, hotel, pier, and tennis facility. In 1939 the developers who sought to develop the Point Dume area had all these amenities planned for our little slice of the coast. The polo field was to be located in the area of Heathercliff Rd, Wandermere Rd, and today's Point Dume Club Mobile Home Park. It was designed to be 87 acres and have horse stables and paddocks for the horses. The polo fields never came to happen however prior to the Point Dume Club that area was used by the Point Dume horse community as a meeting place and impromptu riding area.

The golf course was sighted for the modern day location of Point Dume Elementary School and beyond. Designed to stretch from approximately Grayfox to Cliffside through Grasswood it was to be 138 acres of rolling fairways and ocean view putting greens. With parking for 200 cars and a tennis center. The golf course complex was to be the center piece of the Malibu Riviera. Other elements of this planned development were a hotel on 76 acres complete with a pier and breakwater at Little Dume beach and a lighthouse at the tip of the headlands. Average lot size for the home sites were approximately 2.5 acres and spread out on streets that do not match today's configuration of streets. Quite a grand plan in 1939 for the windswept peninsula way out in Malibu.

 

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Brian Merrick is a professional Malibu real estate agent who will help make your search for a new home an enjoyable experience. Whether you are looking to buy, sell or lease a large Malibu estate, oceanfront property, ranch or condominium, Brian is happy to help. With experience in sales, leasing and management, Brian is a full-time agent who is dedicated to customer satisfaction, with superior attention to service.

Brian is a lifelong Malibu resident and member of one of Malibu’s founding families. The Merrick Family has lived in and owned Malibu real estate since the 1940s. In fact, Brian’s father, the Honorable John J. Merrick, was an esteemed judge in Malibu for over 25 years.

Brian has been working in Malibu real estate for over 30 years, and before that he was a builder of custom homes in Malibu. He began his real estate career with Fred Sands Realtors and soon earned Top Producer sales awards from 1997-1999. He was named to the Top 100 agents in the company in 2000. As an affiliate of the Malibu Colony office of Coldwell Banker Realty, Brian has been named to the International President’s Elite for sales production in the Top 2% of affiliated agents internationally in 2001 and 2003-2015, and he is consistently a member of the International President’s Premier, which places him in the Top 1% of Coldwell Banker® agents.

Past clients of Brian’s include not only executives of Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, Heidrick and Struggles, Janus, BMW and Bank of America, but he’s also represented business managers, actors, agents, producers and accountants. Brian was at the helm of the Carroll O’Connor estate sale, at the time the largest sale on Broad Beach at $28,000,000.

In addition to his award-winning sales performance, Brian is a past Associate Manager of the Malibu Colony office of Coldwell Banker Realty, the number one real estate office in Malibu. He is also a branch training director and past board member and director of the Malibu Board of REALTORS®. Civic minded, Brian is the current Chairman of the City of Malibu Public Works Commission and a recipient member of the LA Philanthropic Foundation.

A graduate of Pepperdine University with a degree in economics, Brian was an NCAA Academic All American and captain of the #1 ranked volleyball team in the NCAA. He and his wife of 20 years, Judy, who works with him, are the proud owners of a rescue dog. When Brian finds time for himself, he’s an avid gardener, surfer, waterman and mountain biker.

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TOP-PRODUCER AWARDS
For over two decades, Brian Merrick has consistently ranked in the uppermost tier of all real estate agents for sales production. He has received numerous awards, including Top 100 Agent for both Fred Sands Realtors and Coldwell Banker Realty and International President’s Premier and International President’s Elite from Coldwell Banker Realty. Top 1% of Coldwell Banker Realty Agents Worldwide.

 

 

 

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