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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 23, 2004

LEVITT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
FLORIDA   001-31931   11-3675068
  		 
  		 
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
1750 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida   33304
  		 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 760-5200

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

     On August 23, 2004, George Scanlon was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Scanlon will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer from Glen R. Gilbert, who has been appointed Senior Executive Vice President.

     Mr. Scanlon, age 46, was most recently the chief financial officer of Datacore Software Corporation from December 2001 to August 2004. Datacore is a privately-owned independent software vendor specializing in storage control, storage management and storage consolidation. Prior to joining Datacore, Mr. Scanlon was the Chief Financial Officer at Seisint, Inc. from November 2000 to September 2001. Seisint is a privately-owned technology company specializing in providing data search and processing products. Prior to joining Seisint, Mr. Scanlon was employed at Ryder System, Inc. from August 1982 to June 2000, serving in a variety of financial positions, and most recently as Senior Vice President—Planning and Controller. Ryder is a publicly-traded Fortune 500 provider of transportation, logistics and supply chain management services.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
  LEVITT CORPORATION
 		  
 

Date: August 26, 2004

         
     
  By:   /s/ Alan B. Levan    
    Name:   Alan B. Levan   
    Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   
 

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