‘We’re concerned about the animals’: Pristine land on Lake Griffin could be developed | Daily Commercial

Frank Stanfield For the Daily Commercial | USA TODAY NETWORK | Published 5:12 a.m. ET Aug. 17, 2023

FRUITLAND PARK —– Art Ayris and his wife, Kelly, routinely find black bears scampering across their yard on Bay Forest Lane, and that’s OK with them.

What’s not OK is that a nearby lush, pristine 500-acre plot on Lake Griffin may one day become home to some of the humans pouring into the state every day instead of bears.

“We just think that’s not equitable,” Ayris said. “We’re concerned about the animals.”

The real estate company handling the property, Maury L. Carter & Associates, describes Lake Griffin Farms on its website as “a 516-plus-acre oasis,” noting it is just an hour from Orlando, “the nation’s fastest growing metro area,” and The Villages, just five miles-plus away.

The owner, Lake Griffin Farm LLC, has not placed a price tag on the property, said Daryl Carter, president.

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