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No happy ending to trailer park story

Mon, 2009-06-15 08:40.
Trudie Mason
Remember those mobile home owners in Boca Raton, Florida - the ones who made headlines when a Quebec promoter promised them a million dollars each for their trailers a few years ago? They're still waiting to strike it rich. The promoter wanted to put up a giant condo complex. But the deal got mired in legal wrangling, the real estate market went south and the city changed the zoning. The land is now valued at a fraction of what it once was, the Briny Breezes trailer park is still there and some owners are regretting they started to spend the money before they actually received it.