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Hot new real estate amenity: The pickleball court
A golf course is so yesterday: The thing to have if you’re building a new luxury real estate development is a pickleball court, Architectural Digest reports. Why it matters: When prominent architects and high-end developers sink their teeth into a consumer lifestyle trend, it’s likely to stick around and attract big dollars. Driving the news: Luxury property developers in the U.S., the Caribbean and Mexico can’t build pickleball courts fast enough, Architectural Digest says. “A decade ago, golf was a key amenity driving residential sales, especially when it came to vacation homes, but, recently, buyers are more attracted to pickleball,” according to Architectural Digest. The big picture: Pickleball is the…