$128M agricultural land deal closes in Palm Beach County

A sugarcane farm in South Florida
A sugarcane farm in South Florida

Major Palm Beach County landowners traded 51 tracts of agricultural land in a deal worth about $128 million.

Three Sams and its partner, Triple S Holdings, sold the parcels to U.S. Sugar Corp. in separate transactions, according to the Daily Business Review.

The largest deal was for $91.35 million for a vast tract along State Road 80, Browns Farm Road, Northwest Ninth Street and Atlantic Sugar Mill Road in the Gladeview Farms area near Belle Glade in unincorporated Palm Beach County.

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The second transaction with U.S. Sugar Corp. was for $37.17 million.

“You had the right buyer for a huge parcel,” said Kevin McCarthy, senior vice president of Colliers South Florida. “That’s the beauty of the industry when things come together like this.” [Daily Business Review]Christopher Cameron