controlzone t1_jeceu0k wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:05 AM Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01 My family's land was part of this buy out. The story I was told, the dummy corps were based in Jamaica. Permalink 1
controlzone t1_jeceu0k wrote
Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01
My family's land was part of this buy out. The story I was told, the dummy corps were based in Jamaica.