DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (NYSE American: CTO) (the “Company” or “CTO”) today announced the closing of the sale of approximately 31 acres (the “Unicorp Sale”), for approximately $4.6 million, or approximately $148,000 per acre, to Unicorp National Development, Inc. of Orlando Florida (“Unicorp”). The Unicorp Sale was completed by the venture that acquired the remaining land portfolio from CTO in October of 2019 (the “Land JV”). Pursuant to the Land JV structure, the proceeds from the Unicorp Sale will go to pay the amount of preferred return accrued to CTO’s partner in the Land JV, with the remaining proceeds distributed in accordance with the distribution priority in the applicable operating agreement of the Land JV. CTO has a retained interest in the Land JV.

The land parcel in the Unicorp Sale is located on the east side of Interstate 95 along the eastern side of Williamson Boulevard just north of the intersection with LPGA Boulevard. Unicorp intends to develop the parcel as a multi-family project.

About Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. is a Florida-based publicly traded real estate company, which owns income properties comprised of approximately 1.6 million square feet in diversified markets in the United States and approximately 22% interest in Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc., a publicly traded net lease real estate investment trust (NYSE: PINE). Visit our website at www.ctlc.com.

We encourage you to review CTO’s most recent investor presentations which are available on its website at www.ctlc.com.

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