Hood is upset over a three-part series of articles the Sentinel ran Nov. 4-6, detailing what it describes as a sweetheart land acquisition deal between the city and Chicago-based Pritzker Realty Group. Penny Pritzker heads Pritzker Realty which is owned by one of the richest families in the United States.

A partnership controlled by the Pritzkers paid $7.6 million or $6,953 per acre (16 cents per sf) in 1999 for the 1,093-acre former Orlando Naval Training Center site which almost abuts Winter Park, one of the most affluent suburbs in Central Florida.

The Pritzkers, through their Orlando-based Baldwin Park Development Co., plan to break ground before Thanksgiving on a $1.2 billion, mixed-use enterprise that will comprise 3,000 homes and apartments, 750,000 sf of office space and 240,000 sf of other commercial/retail development at one of Central Florida's prime locations, 10 minutes from Downtown.