The Corporation may: provide equity investment to a qualified business or project in the form of a grant, loan, tax credit allocation, or any other form of financial assistance to carry out its purposes; acquire, develop, improve, manage, market, license, sublicense, maintain, lease as lessor or lessee, or operate a project in the State to carry out its purposes; and acquire, directly or indirectly, from a person or political subdivision, by purchase, gift, or devise, any property, rights–of–way, franchises, easements, or other interests in land, including submerged land and riparian rights: as necessary or convenient to improve or operate a project to carry out its purposes; and on the terms and at the prices that the Corporation considers reasonable.