Monday, 28 May 2012

Arvida Corp

Arvida Corp., (Ar-VIE-Dah) a Florida resort and absolute acreage development company, was founded in 1958 by Arthur Vining Davis to advance his Florida acreage holdings, which included the celebrated Boca Raton Resort & Club, congenital in 1928.

In 1959, Sarasota’s Ringling Acreage awash all of Coon Key, Bird Key and Cotter Key and allotment of Longboat Key to Arvida for $13.5 million. Davis opened the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club in 19601. On Longboat, the aggregation developed the Longboat Key Club & Resort. It aswell developed a city-limits in Quebec, Arvida

The aggregation after became a partially endemic assemblage of Penn Central. In 1984, the aggregation was purchased by Walt Disney Productions, and was after acquired JMB Realty and again St. Joe Company2.

St. Joe alone the Arvida name, and St. Joe now manages its developments as St. Joe Towns & Resorts.

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