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The $300 Million Woman

Nancy Tassone will be the first to admit that 2018 was an extreme outlier for her. “Obviously, it’s largely about No. 9 Walton,” she says, acknowledging that the new luxury Gold Coast high-rise — for which she had exclusive rights — brought in nearly triple the revenue of all her other sales. (Certain high-profile No. 9 Walton deals, like Ken Griffin’s record-setting $59 million purchase of the top

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