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Bill Gates Pays $171 Million for Washington Farmland

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

BY ERIC O’KEEFE Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates paid $171 million to acquire approximately 14,500 acres of highly productive farmland in Southern Washington from John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Gates’s acquisition, which closed on August 28, ranks as the highest…

The Nature Conservancy Purchases 161,000 acres in New York

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY TREY GARRISON PUBLISHED AUGUST 2007 The Nature Conservancy purchased 161,000 acres of Finch Paper Holdings forestlands in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The $110 million deal, which works out to approximately $683 per acre, was announced on June 18 and…