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David Barley is a freelance real estate journalist who also has significant real estate transactional experience as the President and Broker of Palm Beach Land Trust.

In addition, David has significant international real estate experience handling dozens of foreign commercial transactions over the last 40 years.

Since the firm’s inception in 1969 on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, David has been involved with:

• Brokering Turnberry Golf Resort for $53M in Scotland from Japanese owners to Starwood Partners.
• Represented Japanese but did another golf course deal with Starwood in Myrtle Beach.
• Sold land in Kinsale, Ireland for golf course.
• Represented Desmond Muirhead, famous golf course architect, for 30 years. Edited his book for ULI on "Golf Course Communities"
• Represented Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in purchase of Marineland in Palos Verdes, California
• Worked on several assignments in the past with Jones London in Ireland and Bulgaria