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KISSIMMEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002

Osceola County Commission voted unanimously Monday, May 13 to begin negotiating with Xentury City Development Company to build the county's long-awaited convention center.

Xentury City, an Osceola County-based land development firm with nearly 500 acres in the heart of Central Florida's tourism and convention corridor, beat out two other contenders for the estimated $100 million ...

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