Developer seeks $5 billion from Subway founder
WEST PALM BEACH (AP) – A developer on Thursday sued the founder and president of Subway restaurants for $5 billion, claiming the billionaire businessman hijacked his dreams of creating the first eco-sustainable city.
Multimillionaire Anthony Pugliese filed the lawsuit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court against Fred DeLuca, alleging breach of contract, fraud, and predatory lending, among other claims.
Destiny, the new city set to be built on some 41,000 acres of overgrown brush and cattle pastures just off Florida’s Turnpike about 160 miles north of Miami, was to be larger than Disney World.