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A prestigious university based in Nashville-Tennessee has just been given a jolt in its efforts to build a campus in West Palm Beach.
Billionaire developer and philanthropist Jeff Greene and his wife are donating more than an acre of land in the downtown area on the west side of Sapodilla, along Datura and Evernia Streets.
The eight parcels of land, valued at $80 million, sit right next to a seven-acre site that was donated to Vanderbilt by the City of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County two years ago.
"Having Vanderbilt in West Palm Beach is literally for us a dream come true."
Greene says that he and his wife acquired the parcels back in 2012 and planned to work with the city and county to build a hospital, museum, stadium or university on the land.
Plans are to build a 1,000 student graduate campus, but specifics like when construction will begin have not been announced.