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Merrill is the grandson of lumber magnate [[Burney Henderson]] and, with his brothers [[Will Merrill III|Will]] and [[Burney Merrill|Burney]], has leveraged their family's land holdings along the Gulf Coast to develop a number of condominiums, as well as residential subdivisions and other properties.
In [[1998]], the three brothers established the [[Great Southern Restaurant Group]], which has developed the [[Fish House]], [[Atlas Oyster House]] and [[Screaming Coyote]] restaurants, and in [[2008]] purchased [[Jackson's]] restaurant. Their [[Merrill Land Company]] owns a number of historic buildings in [[downtown Pensacola]], including [[Seville Tower]] and the [[Bass Building]]. They have also purchased (and later sold) controlling interests in a 400-employee Oregon sawmill and 21,000 acres of Utah timberland.<ref name="profile"/>
Collier was part owner in the ''Independent'' weekly newspaper, published by [[Rick Outzen]], which competed with his friend [[Joe Scarborough]]'s ''Florida Sun'' paper before ultimately merging into what is now the ''[[Independent News]]''.
