Fla. Stat. § 243.56

The authority may directly, or by and through a participating institution as its agent, acquire by purchase or lease solely from funds provided under ss. 243.50-243.77, or by gift or devise, any lands, structures, real property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands lying underwater and riparian rights, which are located within the state as it considers necessary or convenient for the construction or operation of a project, upon terms and at prices that are considered by it to be reasonable and that can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of the authority or in the name of a participating institution as its agent or as an owner and borrower.