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the age of 67, leaving his son Jeffrey as the chair-
man, president, and chief executive officer of FPA
Corporation. To refocus his attention on the family’s
Philadelphia real-estate development market, Jeffrey
Orleans began an exit from Florida real estate. In
1988, FPA Corp agreed to sell its Palm Aire assets:
Hotel and Spa, three golf courses, tennis courts and
corporate offices to a Philadelphia Investment Firm
for $28.75 million. Amlie’s plan featured mid and
low-rise buildings as well as duplexes and villas.
The variety of residential offerings
featured an wide array of floor
plans and even the smallest was
spacious and well-laid out. The
great appeal of Palm Aire was
due to the fact that all of the resi-
dential buildings had been built to
human scale. They were woven
into a lush landscape and dotted
with recreational amenities that
made all of it accessible to resi-
dents.
In 1990, Orleans sold FPA's
real estate brokerage firm, Palm
Aire Properties, to Linda L.
Bosley, a vice-president and bro-
ker with the company.
In more recent years amenities
such as a Publix grocery were
built within the confines of Palm
Aire as was the Skolnick Commu-
nity Center where an assortment
of recreational, educational and
cultural activities are offered.
Most recently Palm Aire has
seen the addition of George
Brummer Park making available a
number of open-to-the-public ten-
nis courts, bocce ball areas, out-
side exercise machines and an
elaborate and fenced playground
area for children. The addition of
sidewalks in many areas of the
community also make it a
walker's paradise.
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