Tens of thousands of acres of residential and commercial real estate was sold in Ocala and Marion County in 2024, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in sales from horse farms, multi-acre properties, and commercial facilities.

Marion County Property Appraiser records show that there were over 24,000 real estate transactions totaling over 45,500 acres in Marion County throughout 2024.

At least 1,000 of those transactions involved properties that were sold for $1 million or more.

Over the year, Ocala-News.com reported approximately 40 of the largest real estate transactions that took place in the area.

In total, the nearly four dozen transactions that we reported about in 2024 generated nearly $345 million in sales. All of those transactions were at least $1 million as well.

Here is a partial list of some of the most notable real estate deals that we reported in 2024:

  1. Cannabis company buys Ocala logistics center for $37 million to cultivate, produce marijuana
  2. 735-acre horse farm in Ocala sold for $32 million, slated for housing development
  3. 16-acre Ocala property purchased for site of $30 million cannabis cultivation facility
  4. Ocala businessman sells multi-acre car dealership on SR 200 for $28.3 million
  5. 700-acre horse park bought by WEC owners for nearly $27 million
  6. Two more Ocala hotels acquired for $22.5 million
  7. 87-acre equestrian estate in Ocala listed for $14.9 million
  8. Ocala Sun RV Resort sold for $13.6 million
  9. City sells 115-acre property at Ocala International Airport for $12 million
  10. 85-unit apartment complex in Ocala sells for $11.22 million
  11. Ocala storage facility sold for over $8.4 million
  12. 1,056-acre property in north Marion County sold for $8 million to Ocala development group
  13. Ocala hospital acquires 4.31-acre property for $7 million
  14. 100-acre horse farm in northwest Ocala sells for $6.4 million 
  15. Maui Jim president sells Ocala estate for $6.4 million
  16. 1,094-acre property in north Marion County sold for $6.4 million to ranch group 
  17. Real estate firm purchases 49-acre plot in Ocala for $5.7 million
  18. Shopping plaza in southwest Ocala sold for $5 million
  19. Luxurious equestrian estate in Ocala sells for $4.85 million
  20. Ocala property with Walgreens sells for $4.8 million
  21. 70-acre farm in northwest Marion bought by show horse group for $4.65 million
  22. Multi-acre horse farm in northwest Ocala sells for $4.4 million
  23. Ocala estate sells for $4.35 million less than 3 years after $1.8 million sale
  24. Estate built by founders of WEC sells for $4.1 million near Ocala 
  25. 38-acre horse farm in northwest Ocala sold for over $3.6 million
  26. Home in Ocala Historic District sells for $3.6 million
  27. 70-acre horse farm in northwest Marion County listed for $3.1 million
  28. Ocala assisted living facility sold for $3 million
  29. 21-acre horse farm in northwest Ocala sells for $2.8 million
  30. Home in Golden Ocala sells for nearly $2.7 million
  31. Ocala apartment complex sold for over $2.66 million
  32. 32-acre horse farm in northwest Ocala sold for $2.5 million 
  33. Northwest Marion horse farm sells for $2.2 million
  34. 10-acre equestrian estate in southwest Ocala sells for $2 million
  35. Marion estate sells for $1.6 million, doubling 2019 sales price
  36. Historic Ocala home sells for $1.4 million
  37. 19-acre farm in southwest Ocala sold for nearly $1.3 million
  38. 5-acre farm sells for $1.3 million, more than doubling 2017 sales price
  39. 17-acre estate on Withlacoochee River sells for $1.1 million
  40. Estate sells for over $1 million in Ocala community of Bellechase

Earlier this week, Ocala-News.com reported that over 6,422 new homes and apartments were approved or built in Ocala in 2024.

Some of those developments have been sold to different owners this while they are in various phases of construction.

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Jeremiah Delgado has lived in Florida for over 25 years, moving to the Sunshine State from Chicago, Illinois in 1999, just before his 11th birthday. While living in Winter Springs, Florida, Delgado attended...