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 State:     Florida

City:       Plantation

Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of July 2006 the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 86,138.  It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.

The city's name comes from the prior owner of the land, the Everglades Plantation Company.  The official motto of Plantation is "The Grass is Greener." Plantation also suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Wilma on October 24, 2005.

Plantation City Hall was the backdrop for part of the film, There's Something About Mary. Mary's childhood home was also filmed a few miles from City Hall. Plantation Golf Course is the site of the famous Caddyshack pool scene.

DHL's World Headquarters for the Americas is located in Plantation. American Intercontinental University is also located in the area along with the University of Phoenix located on North Pine Island road. The Esperanto language institute headquarters are located in Plantation. Avianca operates a Fort Lauderdale-area sales office at 262 South University Drive in Plantation.

The estimated $350 million project is a major part of Plantation Midtown, an 850-acre (3.4 km²) urban center that is expected to help turn Plantation into a regional destination. Plantation has embraced mixed-use in its master plan for the Midtown area. "Mixed use is not only a key element of the City's master plan for Midtown, but is an important consideration in repositioning the beleaguered Fashion Mall property because it will create a sustainable development," says Paul D'Arelli of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., legal counsel for the project and an accredited LEED professional. *LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2008: $66,447 (it was $53,746 in 2000)

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $36,574

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $327,500 (it was $138,700 in 2000)

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $389,674; Detached houses: $473,219; Townhouses or other attached units: $224,429; In 2-unit structures: $130,000; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $208,346; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $172,694; Mobile homes: $40,869

Median gross rent in 2008: $1,272.

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Plantation: 116.1 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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