meta_query check meta_key against array

I am trying to build a query that checks the contents of an array against a meta_key and for some reason I can’t get it to select the values in the array. Everything else works, just not the part that I need to compare against the array string.

I have an array with a list of variations on the possible names of the community:

$community_name_variations = array('AB Condo','The AB','Condo A B')'

I need one of those values to match the meta_key MLS_SUBDIVISION exactly.

Then I load the argument with the above array:

$args = array(
     'posts_per_page' => 10,
     'post_type' => 'mls',
     'meta_query' => array(
          'relation' => 'AND',
               array(
                     'meta_key' => 'MLS_SUBDIVISION',
                     'value' => array(''.$name_variations.''),
                     'compare' => 'IN')
               ),
               array(
                    'meta_key' => 'MLS_ZIP_CODE',
                    'value' => '33480',
                    'compare' => '='),
               array(
                    'meta_key' => 'MLS_PROPERTY_TYPE',
                    'value' => 'A',
                    'compare' => '='),
               array(
                    'relation' => 'OR',
                         array(
                              'meta_key' => 'MLS_STATUS',
                              'value' => 'ACTIVE',
                              'compare' => '='),
                         array(
                              'meta_key' => 'MLS_STATUS',
                              'value' => 'CONTIGNENT',
                              'compare' => '=')
			)
		),
     'orderby' => 'date',
     'order' => 'DESC',
);

If I run this query everything works except the MLS_SUBDIVISION portion.

I’ve also tried the following with no success:

array(
                     'meta_key' => 'MLS_SUBDIVISION',
                     'value' => array('AB Condo','The AB','Condo A B'),
                     'compare' => 'IN')
               ),