Case Name: INVESTMENT INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA, INC., et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, etc., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-07-02
Citations: 511 So. 2d 343
Docket Number: No. 86-1191
Parties: INVESTMENT INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA, INC., et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, etc., Appellee.
Judges: UPCHURCH, C.J., and SHARP, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 511
Pages: 343–343

Head Matter:
INVESTMENT INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA, INC., et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, etc., Appellee.
No. 86-1191.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 2, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 19, 1987.
Michael Marder and Leonard Lubart of Greenspoon & Marder, P.A., Miami, for appellants.
Thornton J. Williams, Staff Atty., Dept, of Business Regulation, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
We have examined the record in this case and find it insufficient to support the conclusion that the original subdivider, David Siegel, or his wholly owned corporation, Investment Industries of Florida, Inc., originally intended or "proposed" to subdivide its lands for the purpose of disposition into fifty or more lots, parcels, units, or interests, or that such lands were "offered as a part of a common promotional plan." Therefore, such lands were not a "subdivision" or "subdivided lands" within the definition in section 498.005(19), Florida Statutes (1985), and, accordingly, appellants did not violate sections 498.023(1) or (2), Florida Statutes (1985). The final order herein dated June 6, 1986, is
REVERSED.
UPCHURCH, C.J., and SHARP, J., concur.