The Brief The deal to sell the Rays to Jacksonville developer Patrick Zalupski is awaiting FTC approval before it becomes official. "There's just so many things that he has done to help us succeed here in Jacksonville, so I'm really, really pleased to see him," she said. His next project will dwarf any of the 35,000 single-family homes his company, Dream Finders Homes, has built since he founded it in 2008. PREVIOUS: MLB owners approve sale of Tampa Bay Rays to group led by Jacksonville-based developerDig deeper:Deegan says his company has created 600 local jobs, and that their developments have reshaped their city. His assignment in Tampa Bay will be to not only run a multi-billion-dollar sports franchise, but to build a home for it.