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It's not about prime real estate, it's about increasing the redundancy of humanity's survival. Two planets are better than one.
In order to colonize mars, having a good space station in orbit would help out immensely. We're talking big enough to stretch out and hold a few hundred people.
The station would need to grow crops and have minor but flexible manufacturing.
At that point, why would you colonize mars vs just make more stations?
Mining is a big reason. And radiation shielding, as others have said.