The Center may: 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; acquire, directly or indirectly, from a person or governmental unit, 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 it considers reasonable; and enter into a project with a manufacturer to carry out its purposes.