The owners of a South Florida business want to build a warehouse, but the proposed construction appears to be a cause of concern for environmental activists.

Dr. Missy Williams, a biologist who works at the Dania Beach Vervet Project, says less than a quarter-mile from the sanctuary where she cares for and studies a colony of vervet monkeys, sits over 21 acres of wild Florida.

Video provided to 7News shows a different world away from humans.

“There are snapping turtles, there are water snakes, different bird species that live back there, raccoons, possums…” said Williams.

But a Dania Beach-based LLC is hoping to develop a slice of this area, just over three acres, and create a 62,000 square foot warehouse, prompting concern from Williams and others.

“When you walk into the mangroves,

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