Timberland

Malone’s Millions

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Land Report News Team

Liberty Media CEO John Malone goes long on land and buys 1+ million acres of Maine timber.

Tagged with: Gary Bahlkow, GMO Renewables, John Malone, Land Report 100, LandVest
Posted in Landowners, News Desk, Timberland

Market Watch: JOE Announces New COO

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Land Report News Team

The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) has appointed veteran real estate executive Park Brady to be its chief operating officer. Brady will report to the executive committee of the company’s board of directors, which includes Chairman Bruce Berkowitz and Interim…

Tagged with: Britt Greene, Bruce Berkowitz, Charles Christ, Hugh Durden, JOE, St. Joe
Posted in News Desk, Sporting Properties, Timberland

New York to Pay $30 Million to Preserve Adirondacks

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Land Report News Team

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has sold conservation easements covering 89,000 acres in New York’s Adirondack Mountains to the State of New York. The deal is the most recent transaction related to the conservancy’s 2007 purchase of 161,000 acres of Finch…

Tagged with: Adirondack Mountains, State of New York, The Nature Conservancy
Posted in News Desk, Timberland

Landmark Sale of 310,000 Acres Completed

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Land Report News Team

In one of the largest conservation purchases to date, Plum Creek (PCL) completed the sale of a huge swath of Western Montana to the US Forest Service and Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department. Swiss philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss jump-started the…

IP to Sell 163,000 Acres for $200 Million

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Land Report News Team

International Paper (IP) will sell 163,000 acres in the Southeast for a minimum of $200 million to an affiliate of Rock Creek Capital, a Jacksonville-based asset management firm that invests in unique, resource-rich land. According to wire reports, IP will…

Tagged with: International Paper, IP, Rock Creek Capital, Timber
Posted in News Desk, Timberland

For Sale: 19,079-Acre Pineywoods Mitigation Bank in East Texas

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Land Report News Team

One of the largest wetland mitigation banks in the nation is on the market. Located in Angelina, Jasper, and Polk Counties, the Pineywoods Mitigation Bank is currently the largest wetland mitigation bank in Texas and is fully permitted with the…

Danish Pension Fund Buys 90,000 Acres in New York

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Land Report News Team

Published reports indicate that the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has sold 90,593+ acres of the former Finch Paper holdings to a subsidiary of the Danish pension fund ATP. The sale to ATP was handled on a sealed bid…

Tagged with: Adirondacks, ATP, Finch Pruyn, The Nature Conservancy, The Timberland Blog
Posted in News Desk, Timberland

IP to Divest 143,000 Acres in Southeast

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Land Report News Team

International Paper announced on March 2 that it plans to sell off 143,000 acres in the Southeastern US in a transaction valued at approximately $275 million. IP will sell 114,000 acres to American Timberlands Fund I, L.P., for $220 million…

Tagged with: American Timberlands Fund I, International Paper, IP
Posted in News Desk, Timberland

Ted Turner Tops the 2008 Land Report 100

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Land Report News Team

For the second year in a row, Ted Turner take top honors as America’s largest landowner with more than a dozen properties totaling more than 2 million acres. Add to this more than 100,000 acres in Argentina, where he owns…

JOE Reports 3Q Loss

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Land Report News Team

Florida’s largest private landowner, The St. Joe Company, reported a third quarter net loss of $19.2 million (21 cents a share) on Tuesday. JOE’s President and CEO Britt Greene cited the global financial crisis and the downturn in the Florida.…

Tagged with: Branch Banking and Trust, Britt Greene, JOE, St. Joe, William McCalmont
Posted in News Desk, Timberland