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Winter Garden to buy 16 acres for land trade with OCPS

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

Winter Garden officials on Feb. 9 approved buying some land to trade with Orange County Public Schools.

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The city commission unanimously agreed to acquire 16.3 acres at 15275 W. Colonial Drive. The vote allows the city to prepare a purchase contract for the site as it talks with the district.

The property, which contains a forest, is owned by Orlando-based Panther Land Development LLC. The proposed price for the property is $5 million, and its market value is $3.93 million, according to the Orange County Property Appraiser.

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