DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (NYSE MKT: CTO) (the “Company”) announced today that it has purchased the remaining 50% interest in a real estate venture that owns a six-acre vacant beachfront parcel in Daytona Beach, FL (the “Beach Venture”). The Company acquired the remaining 50% interest from the institutional investor in the Beach Venture for approximately $4.7 million, giving the Company a total investment of $10.8 million. The Company anticipates that this purchase transaction will be part of a future 1031 like-kind exchange transaction.

Additionally, the Company announced that on November 16, 2016, the Beach Venture received approval of the rezoning and entitlement of the site for up to approximately 1.2 million square feet of density. As previously announced, the Company is in negotiations with two prospective tenants, the Cocina 214 Mexican Restaurant & Bar and the LandShark Bar & Grill, to lease the two restaurants the Company will develop on the parcel. The zoning and entitlements received allow for the restaurant development and a larger scale vertical development should the market conditions permit.

About Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. is a Florida-based publicly traded real estate company, which owns a portfolio of income investments in diversified markets in the United States including over 1.6 million square feet of income properties, as well as approximately 10,500 acres of land in the Daytona Beach area. Visit our website at www.ctlc.com.

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