Its dealerships are distinctively designed, looking and feeling more like woodsy lodges than showrooms, with plenty of amenities and a full inventory of value-added Land Rover gear and clothing on hand to ensure nobody walks out the door without making a purchase.

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For now, with land so scarce, Monaco's new housing inventory comes in small packages.

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Meanwhile, with the inventory of finished lots dwindling, investors are beginning to bid up raw land, as well.

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Such activity creatively destroys many old bankable assets, such as real estate, storefronts and inventory, turning them into "legacy problems" -- albatrosses of land, concrete and steel.

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