A developing group's plan to turn a famous South Florida trailer park into a gay paradise fell through thanks to a family feud, but a new deal has the $80 million project back on track.
Developers G Worldwide were all set to buy the Middle River Trailer Park in Wilton Manors for $2.5 million, but the family that owns the site all couldn't agree on the selling price, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
The trailer park Northeast 24th Street near Dixie Highway, featured in the 1996 movie "Striptease," was in extreme disrepair, with several homes abandoned by their owners, but the squabbling heirs to the park couldn't agree on the deal.
So instead, last week, the company agreed to buy up four acres from a church for their 700,000 square-foot, gay-friendly resort. The First Church of Religious Science, at 1550 Northeast 26th St., sold the property for $3.7 million.
The resort will feature a hotel, nightclub, restaurants, art gallery, movie theater and other amenities.
"It's better curb appeal," David Holzapfel, COO of G Worldwide, told the Sun-Sentinel. "[The resort will bring] edge and that pop to the street."
Only three people still live in the trailer park, which owes the city $45,000 in code enforcement fines. Manager Sandy Yawt, whose family has owned the park for over 50 years, said the family feud killed the sale.
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"Unfortunately, we have a lot of debt," Yawt said. "It has to be sold."
