No. 17 Thomas Peterffy 581,000 acres (up 20,000 acres) This Hungarian refugee arrived in New York City in 1965 and soon began trading options on the American Stock Exchange. Ultimately, Peterffy made a name for himself by automating the trading…
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Thomas Peterffy: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
Tagged with: American Stock Exchange, ASE, Foley Timber and Land, Forbes, Interactive Brokers, LandLeader, Peterffy, Thomas Peterffy
Posted in Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, South, Timber
Posted in Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, South, Timber
Land Report July 2019 Newsletter
Congratulations are in order to our 2018 Deals of the Year honorees. These standout sales are the focus of our July newsletter. They include: 2018 Deal of the Year: Wasatch Peaks Ranch 2018 Conservation Deal of the Year: Cabin Bluff…
Tagged with: Cabin Bluff, Carl Icahn, Dick Bass, El Maximo Ranch, Latimer “Latt†Maxcy, Robert Earl Holding, Tim Weidert, Triple T Timberlands, Wasatch Peaks Ranch, Weidert Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Newsletter, Pacific, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Utah, Washington, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Newsletter, Pacific, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Utah, Washington, West
Hamer Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 15 Hamer Family 600,000 acres Since the early 1900s, five generations of Hamers have worked in the forests of West Virginia, growing trees, harvesting timber, and running sawmills and hardwood pellet plants. In 1957, James P. Hamer was recognized…
Tagged with: Appalachian hardwood, Hamer, James Hamer, James P. Hamer, Jim C. Hammer, LandLeader, Stephen Hamer, timber West Virginia
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, South, Timber, West Virginia
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, South, Timber, West Virginia
Pingree Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 11 Pingree Heirs 830,000 acres (up 125,000 acres) Pingree lands are consolidated in Maine and owned by fifth-, sixth-, and seventh generation descendants of David Pingree (1795—1863). Known as the Merchant Prince of Salem, Pingree’s nineteenth-century empire ultimately exceeded…
Tagged with: David Pingree, LandLeader, Maine, Maine Woods Company, Merchant Prince of Salem, Moosewood Millworks, Pingree Heirs, Seven Islands Land Company
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
New Leadership Announced at LandVest
The real estate and timberland advisory firm LandVest, headquartered in Boston, announced new leadership in April. Joseph Taggart is the new president, moving up from his previous role as executive vice president of timberlands. Taggart has been with LandVest since…
Tagged with: Joseph Taggart, LandVest, real estate, Slater Anderson, timberland
Posted in Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast, Timber
Peter Buck: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 9 Peter Buck 925,000 acres (up 125,000 acres) How many Subway Cold Cut Combos go into an acre of timberland? (Here’s a hint: It doesn’t matter if you order a six-inch combo or the footlong.) Only a nuclear physicist…
Tagged with: Fred DeLuca, LandLeader, Peter Buck, sandwich, subway, Tall Timbers Trust
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
The Land Report Spring 2019
The Magazine of the American Landowner announces the 2018 Deals of the Year: 2018 Deal of the Year: A matchless alpine holding, Wasatch Peaks Ranch celebrates Utah at its best. 2018 Conservation Deal of the Year: A historic retreat since…
Tagged with: Cabin Bluff, El Maximo Ranch, Latt Maxcy, Wasatch Peaks Ranch, Weidert Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Florida, News Desk, Pacific, Recreation, South, Texas, Timber, Utah, Washington, West
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Florida, News Desk, Pacific, Recreation, South, Texas, Timber, Utah, Washington, West
Irving Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 6 Irving Family 1,247,880 acres (up 1,644 acres) J.K. Irving planted the company’s one billionth tree in July. Quite an accomplishment for a family rooted in the legacy of patriarch James Dergavel Irving, whose grandparents emigrated from Scotland with…
Tagged with: Canada, forestry, Irving Family, Irving Oil, JD Irving, JK Irving, LandLeader, sawmill
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, Timber
Reed Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 4 Reed Family 1,729,232 acres (up 359,232 acres) Headquartered in Seattle, the Reed family’s GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCES COMPANY is a fifth-generation, family-owned forest products company with timberland in eight states spread out across the Pacific Northwest and the South.…
2019 Land Report Texas Issue
Our annual roundup of land and landowners in the Lone Star State is now available online. Must-read stories in the 2019 Texas Issue include: T.D. Kelsey Profile: In “Travelin’ Man,” writer Henry Chappell and photographer Wyman Meinzer team up to…
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Conservation, Hunting, News Desk, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Water
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