Bluegreen Corporation

{{Short description|American private vacation ownership company}} {{Infobox company | name = Bluegreen Corporation | logo = Bluegreen Corporation Logo.png | type = Subsidiary | industry = Real estate | traded_as = {{NYSE was|BXG}} | founded = 1966 (as Patten Realty Corporation) | hq_location = 4960 Conference Way N #100, Boca Raton, Florida, United States | num_locations = 50 resorts (Many slated to be rebranded to Hilton brands) | area_served = United States, Caribbean | key_people = Alan Levan (CEO) Raymond S. Lopez (CFO) Ahmad M. Wardak (CMO)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ir.bluegreenvacations.com/executive-team | title=Executive Team}}</ref> | products = Real estate-based vacation ownership plans  | num_employees = 4,500+ (''2013'')<ref name=Indeed.com/> | parent = Hilton Grand Vacations | website = [https://www.bluegreenvacations.com/ Bluegreen Vacations] }}

'''Bluegreen Corporation''' is an American private vacation ownership brand that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Hilton Grand Vacations. The company provides vacations at 50 owned or managed resorts on a time-share basis, with alternative resort and cruise options available through upselling and third-party exchanges.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Bluegreen makes its services available to other resort operators on a fee-for-service basis.<ref name="last10k.com"/>

Originally a land-sale company founded as Patten Realty Corporation in 1966, Bluegreen also developed land into residential and golf course communities until 2012.<ref name="last10k.com" /> The company currently has three primary divisions: ''Bluegreen Resorts'' oversees the time-share program,<ref name="jbuegreenRESORTS" /> ''Bluegreen Vacations'' manages the Bluegreen Vacation Club point system,<ref name="Bvacationabout" /> and ''Outdoor Traveler'' markets Bluegreen programs at Bass Pro stores.<ref name="HOMEOUTDTOOR" />

Beyond Bass Pro, Bluegreen also has ongoing partnerships with companies such as Choice Hotels International.<ref name="lennonmarge" /> In 2012 Bluegreen's profits came to $458 million<ref name="2012IncomeStatmenent" /> and total assets equaled to $1.08 billion.<ref name="2010BalanceSheet" /> Bluegreen's philanthropic efforts include support of organizations such as the American Red Cross and JDRF.<ref name="resorttrades" />

==History== {{Update section|date=August 2024}}

===Founding and early years (1966-1984)===

Bluegreen Corporation was formed in Massachusetts in 1966 as Patten Realty. Founder Harry Patten had previously worked in sales at American Central, a developer of vacation home sites, and by 1964, he had saved enough to develop a single property himself.<ref name="hickpick"/> Purchasing a $15,000 parcel<ref name="hickpick"/> in rural Stamford, Vermont,<ref name="Reference for Business"/> Patten took on a partner<ref name="hickpick"/> and headquartered the business in the 25-room Stamford estate.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> Their original core business was regional in scope. Patten Realty would purchase large tracts of undeveloped or lightly developed land, usually with token down payments, from farmers unable to market it themselves. Then, they paid to have the land subdivided, and would resell the resulting 5- to 20-acre parcels<ref name="horatioalgera"/> to city dwellers as recreational or potential property.<ref name="ourstoryv"/>

Patten branched off as an independent developer after ten years,<ref name="hickpick" /> and in 1976, he incorporated the business as Patten Realty Corporation.<ref name="Reference for Business" /> In 1982, Patten Realty Corporation opened its first regional office branch in Portland, Maine.<ref name="hickpick" /> Annual sales increased more than tenfold, to $35 million, between 1981 and 1984 as Patten expanded outside the Northeast,<ref name="Reference for Business" /><ref name="pattenfoundation" /> and Patten was named by ''Fortune'' as one of 1985's “50 Most Fascinating Business People.”<ref name="hickpick" />

===IPO and move to Florida (1985-1993)=== Patten Realty Corporation went public with an initial public offering in November 1985, and in 1986, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange<ref name="pattenfoundation"/> as Patten Corporation, or Patten Corp.<ref name="ourstoryv"/> By January 1986, Patten Corp. was "the biggest gainer on the New York Stock Exchange," after its stock prices quadrupled in one year.<ref name="hickpick"/> With branches in fifteen states by early 1986,<ref name="hickpick"/> by the end of 1986, Patten Corp. remained the third fastest-growing company on the exchange. From the midpoints of fiscal 1986 through 1987, profits increased 175%,<ref name="hickpick"/> and Patten Corp. had total assets totaling $324 million by March 1988, as compared to $14 million four years earlier. Debt also increased in that time to help finance land purchases from 1987 and 1988.<ref name="Sun sentinel"/> By the end of 1988, Patten Realty's annual revenue equaled $120 million,<ref name="Reference for Business"/> with net earnings of $15.1 million.<ref name="South Florida Business Journal"/><ref name="Reference for Business"/> In the late 1980s the company faced a bout of bad publicity over allegedly deceptive marketing,<ref name="Reference for Business"/><ref name="subtractorsa"/><ref name="annualreport1992page2"/> with several New England states opening investigations into the company's sales practices.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> While denying any wrongdoing, in 1989, Patten settled with New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire by agreeing to refund consumers "who could prove they were deceived" on issues such as lease details.<ref name="Reference for Business"/>

Patten Corp. experienced $45 million in losses in 1989 and 1990, with stock value dipping before rebounding again.<ref name="Reference for Business" /> Patten Realty was profiled on ''60 Minutes'' in March 1991.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> That year the company relocated its headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida, with a number of staff remaining in Vermont.<ref name="South Florida Business Journal"/> The company was profitable within six months of the move.<ref name="South Florida Business Journal"/> Around that time Patten continued to restructure the business to improve cash flow,<ref name="South Florida Business Journal"/><ref name="pattencopro1989"/> and in the early 1990s Patten Corp. sold holdings in the northeast United States to focus on the midwest and southeast.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> Patten Corp. furthermore worked on cutting its debt load, and by 1994 it had seen its stock value improve significantly since the dip in 1991.<ref name="Sun sentinel"/>

===Change to Bluegreen Corporation (1993-1999)=== [[File:Shorecrest Villas - Bluegreen timeshare.jpg|thumb|250px|Shore Crest Villas at North Myrtle Beach, located on Ocean Drive in South Carolina, is one of Bluegreen Corporation's timeshare properties.]] George F. Donovan was named president and chief operating officer in 1993, and later that year he took on Patten's role as CEO.<ref name="Reference for Business" /><ref name="Sun sentinel"/> Patten would resign as chairman and sell his remaining 8% stake in Patten Corp. in late 1994.<ref name="Sun sentinel"/> Donovan, who had a background in both timeshares and golf community development,<ref name="Reference for Business" /> reorganized the company into land, timeshare and home sale divisions,<ref name="1994 Annual Report"/> forming the Bluegreen Resorts and Bluegreen Communities divisions in 1994.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> That year Patten Corp. purchased land in Gatlinburg, Tennessee to develop its first timeshare, MountainLoft.<ref name="1994 Annual Report"/><ref name="Reference for Business" /> In August 1995, Patten Corp. opened a second resort bordering Great Smoky Mountains National Park,<ref name="annual1998"/> and the following month the company acquired land in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for a third resort and first oceanfront property, which opened in 1996.<ref name="corporeport1997"/> The company was renamed Bluegreen Corporation in February 1996.<ref name="ourstoryv"/> thumb|Bluegreen Logo used from 1994-2014 Bluegreen acquired RDI Group in 1997 for $7.5 million,<ref name="Reference for Business"/> which was a private "vacation ownership developer and operator of a points-based vacation club." Through RDI, Bluegreen acquired resorts in Florida and Wisconsin, as well as "management contracts with resorts across the Southeast." The Bluegreen Vacation Club was formed as a direct result.<ref name="ourstoryv"/> Bluegreen opened its first daily fee golf course in 1997, designed by Fred Couples and located in North Carolina. Bluegreen Communities then sold lots around the golf course to homeowners, heralding a new business model for Bluegreen that the company also extended to other developments.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> That year, the company recorded sales of US$115.9 million.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> In 1998, Bluegreen expanded into Aruba,<ref name="Reference for Business"/> and the following year, Bluegreen entered the "urban timeshare market" by acquiring an inn in South Carolina. In 1999, the company had record net profits of $17 million and overall sales of $257.7 million.<ref name="Reference for Business"/>

===Partnerships (2000-2011)=== In 2000, Bluegreen established a cross-industry marketing agreement with Bass Pro, also marketing its Bluegreen Wilderness Club franchise through the Bass Pro subsidiary Big Cedar.<ref name="ourstoryv"/> Bluegreen subsequently formed an alliance with Boyne USA Resorts in 2002, also opening two more golf courses that year, one designed by Curtis Strange and one by Davis Love III.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> Later in 2002, Bluegreen acquired TakeMeOnVacation, L.L.C., a company which generated sales leads. TakeMeOnVacation's software systems were reworked for Bluegreen Direct, a newly formed direct marketing business unit.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> After BankAtlantic Bankcorp in Fort Lauderdale acquired a 40 percent interest in Bluegreen in 2002,<ref name="Reference for Business"/> in 2003 Bluegreen expanded into Montana and Michigan, with annual sales reaching US$438 million.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> The following year sales totaled US$600 million,<ref name="Reference for Business"/> while by 2005 Bluegreen had revenues of US$684.2 million and 4,076 employees.<ref name="Reference for Business"/>

Bluegreen had two primary divisions as of 2005. Bluegreen Communities marketed and sold housing units in upscale markets, while Bluegreen Resorts was involved with the resort timeshare business with the Bluegreen Vacation Club brand.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> In 2005, ''Forbes'' ranked Bluegreen No. 57 on its 200 Best Small Companies list.<ref name="gforbesa"/> Bluegreen opened its first resort in Las Vegas in 2006.<ref name="ourstoryv"/> Donovan retired as Bluegreen President and CEO at the end of that year, and was succeeded by John M. Maloney, Jr.<ref name="ltostepdown"/> Since 2009, Bluegreen has made its development, management, sales and marketing, title, mortgage and financial services available to other resort operators on a fee-for-service basis.<ref name="last10k.com"/>

===Return to private ownership (2012-2016)=== In May 2012, Bluegreen sold its Bluegreen Communities division to Dallas-based SouthStar Development Partners for $29 million, with Southstar also acquiring several of Bluegreen's residential neighborhoods. As a result of selling its community division, Bluegreen became a pure-play company for the first time since 1994.<ref name="Residential developer SouthStar acquires Bluegreen Communities"/> Diamond Resorts attempted to purchase Bluegreen for $197 million in June 2012, which Bluegreen refused.<ref name="irefusesbuyout"/> That year Bluegreen reported total revenues of $457.7 million<ref name = 2012IncomeStatmenent/> and income from continuing operations of $54.3 million.<ref name="BFC Financial Corporation and BBX Capital Corporation Complete Previously Announced Acquisition of Bluegreen Corporatio"/> Equity equaled $349 million<ref name = 2010BalanceSheet/> and total assets equaled $1.08 billion.<ref name="2010BalanceSheet"/>

In 2013 Bluegreen formed an alliance with Choice Hotels International,<ref name="lennonmarge"/> and on April 2, 2013, Bluegreen merged with Woodbridge Holdings, a subsidiary of BFC Financial Corporation and BBX Capital Corporation.<ref name="BFC Financial Corporation and BBX Capital Corporation Complete Previously Announced Acquisition of Bluegreen Corporatio"/> Immediately prior to the merger, BFC Financial had, through additional transactions, come to own 53% of Bluegreen.<ref name="bluegreencorpo2002"/><ref name="Summary of BFC Financial Corp"/> As such, Bluegreen became a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC Financial Corporation.<ref name="ourstoryv"/> Continuing to focus on its time-share business model, by the spring of 2013, Bluegreen had "over 60 owned or managed resorts, and access to more than 4,000 resorts and other vacation experiences such as cruises and hotel stays worldwide."<ref name="BFC Financial Corporation and BBX Capital Corporation Complete Previously Announced Acquisition of Bluegreen Corporatio"/>

==Business model== Originally a land-sale company focused on reselling rural plots of around 200 acres or more,<ref name="Sun sentinel"/> Bluegreen until 2012 developed the land it purchased into residential and golf course communities, marketing home sites within the tracts directly to consumers.<ref name="last10k.com"/> Later branching into resorts and timeshares, the company is also known as an industry pioneer in the practice of offering fee-based services.<ref name="lennonmarge"/> Bluegreen's core business is currently the marketing, selling and servicing of vacation ownership interests (VOIs) known collectively as the Bluegreen Vacation Club.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Under Bluegreen's vacation program, customers buy vacation points as compared to a specific property. However, they are still considered "owners" on a legal basis because they purchase an interest in a company resort held in their trust. Under the system, customers can plan stays at various timeshare resorts operated by Bluegreen or its corporate partners in North America, particularly along the Gulf Coast. With the point system, owners can also stay at several thousand affiliated resorts overseas, and vacation points can be traded, sold, or rented to others.<ref name="Reference for Business"/> As of 2013, the company provided vacations to around 170,000 users in the form of stays at company-managed resorts (more than 60) plus hotel, resort and cruise options available through upselling and third-party exchanges.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

==Resort locations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Bluegreen Vacations Resorts |- !Property !Location |- |Cibola Vista Resort and Spa |Peoria, Arizona |- |The Club at Big Bear Villaga |Big Bear Lake, California |- |Streamside at Vail |Vail, Colorado |- |The Innsbruck at Aspen |Aspen, Colorado |- |Bayside Resort and Spa |Panama City Beach, Florida |- |Daytona SeaBreeze |Daytona Beach Shores, Florida |- |Dolphin Beach Club |Daytona Beach Shores, Florida |- |Fantasy Island Resort II |Daytona Beach Shores, Florida |- |Casa Del Mar |Ormond Beach, Florida |- |Grande Villas at World Golf |St. Augustine, Florida |- |The Fountains Resort |Orlando, Florida |- |Orlando Sunshine Resort |Orlando, Florida |- |Via Roma Resort |Bradenton Beach, Florida |- |Resort Sixty-Six |Holmes Beach, Florida |- |Gulfstream Manor |Gulf Stream, Florida |- |Solara Surfside |Surfside, Florida |- |The Hammocks at Marathon |Marathon, Florida |- |The Studio Homes at Ellis Square |Savannah, Georgia |- |Hotel Blake |Chicago, Illinois |- |The Marquee |New Orleans, Louisiana |- |Bluegreen Club at La Pension |New Orleans, Louisiana |- |The Breakers |Dennis Port, Massachusetts |- |The Soundings |Dennis Port, Massachusetts |- |Mountain Run at Boyne |Boyne, Michigan |- |The Falls Village |Branson, Missouri |- |Paradise Point |Hollister, Missouri |- |The Wilderness Club at Big Cedar |Ridgedale, Missouri |- |The Cliffs at Long Creek |Ridgedale, Missouri |- |South Mountain Resort |Lincoln, New Hampshire |- |Bluegreen Club 36 |Las Vegas, Nevada |- |The Manhattan Club |New York City, New York |- |Blue Ridge Village |Banner Elk, North Carolina |- |Club Lodges at Trillium |Cashiers, North Carolina |- |The Suites at Hershey |Hershey, Pennsylvania |- |King 583 |Charleston, South Carolina |- |The Lodge Alley Inn |Charleston, South Carolina |- |SeaGlass Tower |Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |- |Carolina Grande |Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |- |Horizons at 77th |Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |- |Harbour Lights |Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |- |Shore Crest Vacation Villas |North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |- |Mountain Loft |Gatlinburg, Tennessee |- |Laurel Crest |Pigeon Forge, Tennessee |- |Bluegreen Downtown Nashville |Nashville, Tennessee |- |Elian Hotel and Spa |San Antonio, Texas |- |Shenandoah Crossing |Gordonsville, Virginia |- |Patrick Henry Square |Williamsburg, Virginia |- |Parkside Williamsburg Resort |Williamsburg, Virginia |- |Christmas Mountain Village |Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin |- |Bluegreen Odyssy Dells |Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin |}

==See also== {{Portal|Business|Florida}} *List of top employers in Boca Raton, Florida *Real estate *Resort fee

== References == {{reflist|2|refs= <ref name="subtractorsa">{{cite book|title=Patten Corporation Annual Report|year=1986|page=2}}</ref> <ref name =2012IncomeStatmenent>{{better source needed|date=August 2016}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20111016203730/http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Bluegreen_(BXG)/Data/Income_Statement Bluegreen (BXG) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest.]</ref> <ref name="gforbesa"> {{cite news | title = 57 Bluegreen | department = 200 Best Small Cos. | url = https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/23/FB8A.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051023013235/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/23/FB8A.html | archive-date = October 23, 2005 | url-status = dead | work = Forbes | date = 2005 | access-date = 2023-12-01 }}</ref>

<ref name="ltostepdown"> {{cite news | title = Bluegreen top executive to step down | first = | last = | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/10/23/daily13.html | newspaper = South Florida Business Journal | date = October 24, 2006 | accessdate = 2016-08-11 }}</ref> <ref name="1994 Annual Report">{{cite book|title=Patten Corporation Annual Report.|date=1994|pages=8, 12–13}}</ref>

<ref name="annual1998">{{cite book|title=Patten Corporation Annual Report|date=1998|page=6}}</ref> <ref name="corporeport1997">{{cite book|title=Patten Corporation Annual Report|date=1997|pages=5, 6}}</ref> <ref name="pattencopro1989">{{cite book|title=Patten Corporation Annual Report|date=1989|page=2}}</ref> <ref name="annualreport1992page2">{{cite book|title=Patten Corporation Annual Report|year=1991|page=2}}</ref> <ref name="lennonmarge">{{cite web|last=Lennon |first=Marge |title=Developers Adding Fee-Based Services to Generate Revenue, Share Expertise |url=http://www.resorttrades.com/articles.php?showMag=Management&act=view&id=684 |publisher=The Resort Trades |accessdate=5 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020232150/https://www.resorttrades.com/articles.php?showMag=Management&act=view&id=684 |archivedate=20 October 2013 }}</ref> <ref name="BFC Financial Corporation and BBX Capital Corporation Complete Previously Announced Acquisition of Bluegreen Corporatio">{{cite news|title=BFC Financial Corporation and BBX Capital Corporation Complete Previously Announced Acquisition of Bluegreen Corporation|url=http://ir.bbxcapital.com/company-news/detail/4334/bfc-financial-corporation-and-bbx-capital-corporation-complete-previously-announced-acquisition-of-bluegreen-corporation|accessdate=25 April 2014|newspaper=Marketwired|date=2 April 2013}}</ref> <ref name="Reference for Business"> {{cite news | title = Bluegreen Corporation - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Bluegreen Corporation | url = http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/13/Bluegreen-Corporation.html | publisher = Reference for Business | date = 2005 | accessdate = 6 August 2013 }}</ref>

<ref name="HOMEOUTDTOOR">{{cite news | title = About Us | url = https://outdoor-traveler.bluegreenvacations.com/Pages/about.aspx | publisher = Outdoor Traveler | accessdate = 2016-08-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160812102515/https://outdoor-traveler.bluegreenvacations.com/pages/About.aspx | archive-date = 2016-08-12 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="hickpick">{{cite journal|last=Perry|first=Nancy|title=The Year's 60 Most Fascinating Business People Harry Patten Ex-Hick Sells Sticks, Is Market Pick|journal=Fortune|date=January 5, 1986|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/05/66886/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015151558/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/05/66886/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="irefusesbuyout"> {{cite news | title = Bluegreen Corp. refuses buyout offer from Diamond Resorts | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2012/06/18/bluegreen-corp-refuses-buyout-offer.html | newspaper = Pacific Business News | date = June 18, 2012 | accessdate = 2016-08-11 }}</ref>

<ref name="bluegreencorpo2002">{{cite book|title=Bluegreen Corporation Annual Report 2002|date=2002}}</ref> <ref name="pattenfoundation">{{cite web|title=Patten Family Foundation |url=http://www.pattenfamilyfoundation.org/|publisher=Patten Family Foundation|accessdate=6 August 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="horatioalgera"> {{cite news | title = Harry Patten Honored By Horatio Alger Association | first = | last = | url = http://www.landreport.com/2011/01/harry-patten-honored-by-horatio-alger-society/ | newspaper = The Land Report: The Magazine of the American Landowner | date = 6 August 2013 | accessdate = 2016-08-11 }}</ref> <ref name="Bvacationabout"> {{cite news | title = About Us | url = https://www.bluegreenvacations.com/about/ | publisher = bluegreenvacations.com | date = | accessdate = 2016-08-11 }}</ref> <ref name="South Florida Business Journal"> {{cite news | title = The comeback trail: Boca-based Patten Corp. rallies from heavy losses on recreational land | first = David | last = Sedore | url = | newspaper = South Florida Business Journal | date = December 9, 1991 }}</ref>

<ref name="2010BalanceSheet">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111016210735/http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Bluegreen_(BXG)/Data/Balance_Sheet Bluegreen (BXG) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest.]</ref>

<ref name=Indeed.com>{{cite web|title=Bluegreen Vacations|url=http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Bluegreen-Vacations#fd=1|publisher=Indeed.com|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref>

<ref name =2010BalanceSheet>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111016210735/http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Bluegreen_(BXG)/Data/Balance_Sheet Bluegreen (BXG) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest.]</ref>

<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite journal|title=Share Happiness: 'Bluegreen Vacations' aims to transform public perception of the vacation ownership industry|journal=RCI Ventures|year=2013|volume=Q2|page=34}}</ref> <ref name="Residential developer SouthStar acquires Bluegreen Communities">{{cite news|last=Silva|first=Tricia Lynn|title=Residential developer SouthStar acquires Bluegreen Communities|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2012/05/residential-developer-southstar.html|accessdate=25 April 2014|newspaper=San Antonio Business Journal|date=4 May 2012}}</ref> <ref name="Summary of BFC Financial Corp">{{cite web|title=Summary of BFC Financial Corp |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/e/130405/bfcf8-k.html |publisher=Yahoo Finance |accessdate=25 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202210/https://biz.yahoo.com/e/130405/bfcf8-k.html |archivedate=26 April 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name=resorttrades>{{cite web|title=Resort Trades |url=http://www.resorttrades.com/articles.php?showMag=Resort&act=view&id=362 |accessdate=9 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426235753/https://www.resorttrades.com/articles.php?showMag=Resort&act=view&id=362 |archivedate=26 April 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="last10k.com">{{cite web|title=Bluegreen Corp (BXG) SEC Filing 10-K Annual report|url=http://www.last10k.com/sec-filings/ticker/bxg|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref> <ref name="Sun sentinel">{{cite news|last=Bloomberg Business News|title=Patten Chairman Quits, Sells Stake In Company|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-12-01/business/9411300539_1_patten-million-shares-grace-brothers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215437/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-12-01/business/9411300539_1_patten-million-shares-grace-brothers|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2014|accessdate=6 August 2013|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|date=1 December 1994}}</ref>

<ref name="jbuegreenRESORTS"> {{cite news | title = Current Resorts | url = https://www.bluegreenvacations.com/resorts/ | publisher = bluegreenvacations.com | date = | accessdate = 2016-08-11 }}</ref> <ref name="ourstoryv">{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=http://www.bluegreenvacations.com/about/history|publisher=Bluegreen Corporation|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref> }}

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