Wheelock Street Capital announced today residential land acquisition of approximately 1,080 acres from the Starkey Family in the Tampa Bay area marking the first closing of a multi-year contract to purchase the 2,500-acre Starkey Ranch.
This article by James Thorner unravels the history of the Starkey family and the land they held onto for the larger part of the 20th century, exploring their reason to ultimately develop the last 2,500 acres of the land no longer viable for cattle.
