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The BMD Orlando Team Closes $81.5 Million Real Estate Land Transaction

Client Spotlight, News Article
October 9, 2024

The BMD Orlando Team successfully closed a $81.5 million and 1,800-acre real estate land transaction as part of a massive land deal. The legal team included BMD Member and lead attorney Robert Q. Lee, Senior Counsel Kim Gray, Member Scott Rost, Senior Counsel Audrey Wanich, paralegal support from Jacquie Carson and Sylvie Camille, along with administrative support from Natalie Ortiz. The team represented Arnold Groves and Ranch, Ltd. in the sale of 1,800 acres of real estate to GT USA, which may be the largest contiguous land sale in Central Florida.

With BMD’s collaborative efforts, Senior Counsel Kim Nguyen Gray’s led the transaction and negotiations to a successful closing. BMD Member Robert Q. Lee brought his extensive national real estate experience to this complex transaction that involved developer type ancillary transactions/agreements, including right of first refusal and retainage parcels carve outs, developer rights and agreements, access and utility easements, agricultural leases, wildlife corridor reservation, complicated generational title issue clean-ups, and more.

Read more about this record-setting deal in this Orlando Business Journal article. (You will need a subscription to the Orlando Business Journal to read this article.)

Contact one of these Orlando real estate team members: Senior Counsel Kim Gray at 689.220.4264, Member Scott Rost at 407.634.4590, or Senior Counsel Audrey Wanich at 407.362.1755.

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