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FORT WORTH-Placing a bet on the future, a Dallas-based landspeculator has scooped up 205 acres in southern Tarrant County. Thegoing rate for large tracts runs $20,000 to $30,000 per acre.

Acting as FW 205 Partners, Avex Acquisitions Inc. has boughtwhat is predicted to be the next commercial hub in the city'sgrowth pattern from Capital Concepts Properties, a Fort Worthpartnership that's been in control of the land at least a decade.The acreage lies along US Highway 1187, but its chief selling pointis will take in hard corners for a proposed intersection when Texas121 is extended. In fact, the land will end up with three hardcorners because the proposed road is slated to bisect the acreage,Lester Day with NAI Huff Partners in Fort Worth tells GlobeSt.com."When this gets done, it will be the hub of this whole area," hepredicts, citing a 2010 completion timeframe for the roadwork.