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Vantage Properties buys land for Gulf Coast Town Center outparcels

The price equated to $200,356 per acre.

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GL Homes buys 550-acre piece of Naples' TwinEagles development

The price equated to $63,636 per acre based on the rough acreage.

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Laundry Plus moving north, buys larger industrial building

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Lowry Park Zoo receives tax-free loan to build animal care complex

The Lowry Park Zoological Society plans to develop a new animal-care complex.

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