Landowner wants to sell nearly 110 acres to Upper Burrell for a park

Upper Burrell supervisors are looking into an offer from a Florida man to sell almost 110 acres of wooded property near the township’s Lincoln Beach Park.

Supervisors held off discussion of the offer this week to investigate further.

“It’s a very interesting offer,” Supervisor Michael Conley said. “We don’t get offers like that every day.”

John Lindell, a former Pittsburgh resident who lives in Tequesta, Fla., approached the township about two weeks ago alerting them of his desire to sell the property between Route 780 and Lincoln Beach Boulevard.

Lindell, 76, previously had the parcel listed for about six months, and decided to see if the land would be in better hands with the township.

Lindell estimates the value of the land to be between $1,500 and $2,000 an acre, totaling about $200,000 for the parcel.

“That’s a good price,” Conley said.

Lindell would like to see the land used for a municipal park because of its close proximity to the township’s Lincoln Beach Park.

“It’s a good place to walk and enjoy the outdoors,” Lindell said.

The streams could be diverted in a pond, which is something he said he always wanted to do with the property.

Lincoln Beach Park, which used to have a playground, hasn’t been used as park for more than 20 years and is generally a wooded area, according to Conley.