By Katie Sartoris | Growthspotter |Mar 23, 2023 at 11:12 am

The Villages could be planning another major expansion into Lake County — this time in the City of Mascotte.

The mega-retirement community, under the LLC Buffalo Hide and Cattle Company, bought land from real estate firm Maury L. Carter & Associates for $7 million earlier this month, according to Lake County property records. The 900-acre property sits west of State Road 33, South of Austin Merritt Road and east of Honeycut Road.

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Daryl Carter, president of Maury L. Carter and Associates, confirmed that the property was sold and that he represented the seller and was the broker. He said he could not comment on the buyer or their intentions with the property.

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By Steven Ryzewski  –  Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal | Mar 23, 2023

An entity related to the developer of The Villages, Central Florida’s 57-square-mile mega-retirement community, has purchased 900 acres in Lake County.

Buffalo Hide and Cattle Co. LLC paid $7 million for 900 contiguous acres — or $7,777 per acre — in and around the north side of Mascotte, in rural Lake County. The deal closed March 9 and posted to Lake County public records on March 14.
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The selling entity was a trust for a group of investors including and represented by longtime Orlando land broker Daryl Carter. Daryl Carter confirmed the transaction took place and that the 900 acres involved are contiguous, but declined to comment further.

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