The Corporation may: acquire, improve, develop, manage, market, manufacture, license, maintain, lease as lessor or as lessee, and operate a project in the State to carry out the purposes of the Corporation; acquire, directly or indirectly, by purchase, gift, or devise, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in land, including land lying under water and riparian rights, located in or outside the State as necessary or convenient to improve or operate a project, on terms and at prices the Corporation considers reasonable; and enter into a project with a manufacturer to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.