Dooley Grade Rd, Clewiston, FL 33440

Investment Highlights

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a large-scale, income-producing farming operation with established infrastructure, productive acreage, and significant flexibility for future ownership and use. Currently operated as a sod farm, the property is positioned for continued agricultural production, expansion, private ranch use, long-term land investment, or division into smaller acreage tracts, subject to governmental approvals and final parcel configuration.

The property may be acquired as one comprehensive agricultural estate or potentially divided into smaller segments to accommodate multiple buyers, operators, investors, or family ownership structures.

Established Sod Production

The property is currently utilized as an operating sod farm with approximately 180 acres in active production, including:

• Approximately 80 acres of certified Bermuda grass, suitable for golf courses, sports fields, resorts, commercial projects, and high-end landscape applications
• Approximately 100 acres of St. Augustine grass, one of Florida’s most widely used residential and commercial turf varieties
• An area for specialized coastal grass variety, believed to be seashore paspalum, subject to confirmation, that may appeal to golf courses, resorts, coastal developments, and salt-tolerant landscape applications
• An estimated 4 million square feet of sod inventory, subject to verification
• Reported ability to harvest certain areas up to twice, depending on grass variety, growing cycle, weather, and field conditions
• Reported sod-only sale pricing of approximately $0.45 to $0.50 per square foot
• Reported installed pricing of approximately $0.85 per square foot
• Reported average margins of approximately 30%
• Reported average profit of approximately $0.25 per square foot, subject to verification through operating statements and expense records
• Reported annual production or revenue of approximately $1.6 million, with financial documentation available to qualified buyers during due diligence
• Reportedly manageable with an approximately three-person field crew, depending on harvesting, delivery, installation, and administrative requirements

Agricultural Infrastructure

The property benefits from infrastructure already in place to support continued farming operations, including:

• Existing wells for water supply
• Irrigation infrastructure serving the active production areas
• Electricity available on the property
• Onsite retention pond
• Internal agricultural access throughout the farm
• Sandy growing conditions that ownership believes are well suited for sod production
• Existing field preparation and established production areas
• History of agricultural use, including prior watermelon farming
• Existing water-management systems supporting field irrigation and drainage

The value of the property is not limited to the raw acreage. A new owner may benefit from the considerable time, capital, and operational effort already invested into preparing the land for agricultural production.

Equipment and Operational Assets

The offering may include the equipment, machinery, tools, and operational assets currently used in connection with the sod farm, subject to a final equipment schedule and negotiated purchase terms.

The marketing package should identify all included items, such as:

• Sod harvesters
• Tractors
• Mowers
• Irrigation pumps
• Water-management equipment
• Trucks and trailers
• Forklifts or loading equipment
• Field implements and attachments
• Fertilization and spraying equipment
• Maintenance tools
• Office or administrative equipment
• Spare parts and replacement components
• Existing sod inventory
• Customer lists and vendor relationships
• Trade name, telephone numbers, website, and digital assets, where applicable

All equipment should be documented through a detailed schedule identifying the year, make, model, serial number, operating condition, estimated value, and whether the item is owned outright, leased, financed, or excluded from the sale.

Multiple Acquisition Opportunities

The property offers flexibility for several potential acquisition structures:

• Purchase of the entire approximately 326-acre property
• Purchase of the underlying real estate only
• Purchase of the operating sod business only, together with a negotiated long-term land lease
• Combined purchase of the real estate, business, inventory, and equipment
• Acquisition of a smaller acreage segment, subject to seller approval, surveying, access, utilities, zoning, and subdivision requirements
• Purchase by multiple related investors or family members through separately configured tracts
• Sale-leaseback structure with the existing or future agricultural operator
• Agricultural lease structure for a passive land investor or 1031 exchange buyer

The ability to break the property into smaller segments may significantly expand the potential buyer pool. Smaller divisions could appeal to agricultural owner-users, private ranch buyers, family-compound purchasers, neighboring landowners, specialty-crop operators, and investors who may not require the full 326 acres.

Any division of the property would remain subject to survey, legal access, governmental approvals, zoning requirements, utility availability, drainage, environmental review, and mutually acceptable pricing.

Agricultural and Farming Uses

The property is best positioned for continued agricultural use, with several potential farming and agribusiness strategies, including:

• Continued sod production
• Expansion of Bermuda, St. Augustine, or specialty turf varieties
• Golf-course and sports-field turf production
• Sugarcane farming
• Specialty crops
• Vegetable farming
• Watermelon or seasonal crop production
• Nursery or landscape-material production
• Cattle grazing or livestock operations
• Hay, forage, or feed production
• Agricultural storage and support operations
• Farming-related equipment storage
• Agricultural distribution and staging, where permitted
• Agritourism or educational farming activities, subject to approvals

The property’s history as both a sod farm and former watermelon farm demonstrates its adaptability for different agricultural uses.

Private Ranch or Family Compound Potential

Subject to verification, the A-2 agricultural zoning may permit approximately one residence per 10 acres. This could provide opportunities for:

• A private ranch
• Equestrian estate
• Multi-generational family compound
• Agricultural homestead
• Farm-to-estate development
• Recreational ranch
• Multiple private homesites across larger acreage tracts
• Working farm combined with residential use
• Legacy landholding for long-term family ownership

Any residential density, homesite allocation, subdivision, road access, utility service, and building rights should be independently verified with the applicable county and governmental agencies.

Long-Term Land Investment

The property may also appeal to investors seeking substantial Florida acreage with an existing productive use and multiple exit strategies.

Potential investment advantages include:

• Current agricultural use
• Income-producing operating business
• Existing improvements and infrastructure
• Ability to lease the farmland to an operator
• Potential sale-leaseback structure
• Possible 1031 exchange suitability
• Potential future division into smaller parcels
• Long-term appreciation potential
• Opportunity to hold productive land while surrounding areas continue to grow
• Multiple potential resale audiences, including farmers, ranch buyers, family offices, developers, and institutional land investors

The property offers the ability to generate or preserve agricultural income while maintaining control of a significant landholding.

Strategic Regional Position

The property is located within reach of Clewiston, Immokalee, Ave Maria, and the broader Southwest Florida region. It may benefit from access to agricultural operators, golf communities, residential construction, landscaping demand, and regional growth corridors.

Nearby agricultural influences include major sugarcane operations and companies associated with the South Florida agricultural industry, including Florida Crystals and U.S. Sugar.

The property may also benefit from regional demand generated by:

• Golf-course development and maintenance
• Master-planned communities
• Residential construction
• Resort and hospitality landscaping
• Municipal parks and recreation projects
• Commercial landscape contractors
• Sports-field development
• Coastal landscaping demand
• Agricultural expansion throughout South Florida

Potential Alternative Uses

Subject to zoning, land-use approvals, environmental review, utility capacity, roadway access, and governmental authorization, buyers may also evaluate the property for:

• Solar-energy development
• Agricultural-support facilities
• Equipment yards
• Contractor or landscape-company operations
• Agricultural distribution
• Nursery production
• Recreational ranch use
• Conservation opportunities
• Mitigation-related strategies
• Long-term land banking
• Private aviation or airport-related uses, where legally permitted
• Logistics or transportation-related use, only if supported by zoning and infrastructure

Alternative uses should be presented as possibilities for buyer investigation, not as guaranteed entitlements.

Seller Flexibility

Ownership may consider multiple transaction structures depending on the buyer’s qualifications and proposed use, including:

• Sale of the entire property
• Sale of smaller acreage segments
• Sale of the business separately
• Sale of the real estate separately
• Combined sale of land, business, inventory, and equipment
• Agricultural lease
• Business lease with purchase option
• Sale-leaseback
• Transition assistance from current ownership
• Negotiated inclusion of equipment and inventory

Important Disclaimer

All acreage, inventory, pricing, production, income, expense, margin, zoning, density, equipment, water, utility, subdivision, and alternative-use information will be independently documented with the buyer. Any future use or division of the property is subject to governmental approvals, zoning requirements, environmental conditions, access, utilities, surveying, and other applicable regulations.