Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced Wednesday the city is acquiring the former Park Hill Golf Course in a land swap deal.

After years of controversy over the future of Park Hill Golf Course, the vast piece of undeveloped land in northeast Denver is set to open to the public as a park this summer under the terms of a deal announced Wednesday by city officials.

DENVER — The city of Denver has acquired the former Park Hill Golf Course for use as a public park, city leaders announced Wednesday. Mayor Mike Johnston said the 155-acre parcel is the city’s largest acquisition of a new park in more than 100 years.

The City of Denver and the owner of the former Park Hill Golf Course property in northeast Denver are attempting to wrap up a land swap agreement that would allow the city to take back control of the controversial 155-acre property.

After years of questions about its future, the site of the former Park Hill Golf Course has been acquired by the City of Denver, which plans to turn the space into an urban park.

Denver will acquire the former Park Hill Golf Course in an unprecedented land swap deal that will give the city its fourth largest park, Mayor Mike Johnston said Wednesday. Why it matters: The move all but settles a longstanding fight between those who wanted development on the site and those wishing to keep it as open space.

It's official, Denver is getting it's next major park. CBS News Colorado reported this would come to fruition ahead of the now official announcement on Wednesday. Over the past 7 years, the defunct Park Hill Golf Course has inspired turf wars between open space advocates and developers.

A developer and Denver reach a deal to resolve the future of land at the heart of a controversial development proposal.