Now elected officials have 12 days to make a purchase offer to the Orlando families of retired banker Willoughby T. Cox and former Miami property owners Karick and Stephen Price.

Commissioners want the land for a public park but the owners have been trying to develop the property, either themselves or through third parties, for the past 10 years as a planned $1.2 billion, mixed-use enterprise.

If they can convince the owners to sell before Oct. 30, Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Cabinet will not have to rule on a disputed five-year development order extension given to the owners by a state judge in July.

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