New Mexico

Sold! The Bell Ranch

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

BY ERIC O’KEEFE On August 17, Liberty Media CEO John Malone bought the 290,100-acre Bell Ranch, an event that qualifies as the largest single ranch sale since Ted Turner bought Vermejo Park from Pennzoil in 1996. Price and terms on…

Tagged with: Albert Mitchell, Bates Sanders Swan, Bell Mountain, Bell Ranch, Bert Ancell, Bill Lane, Don Hofman, Eric O'Keefe, George Ellis, John Malone, La Cinta Creek, Mexico, Montoya Grant, New Mexico, New Mexico Territory, Pablo Montoya, Patrick Bates, Ranch Marketing Associates, RedBell, Ron Morris, Rusty Tinnin, San Miguel County, Ted Turner, William Lane II
Posted in Feature, News Desk

Turner Renewable Energy Acquires Solar Power Project

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

America’s largest landowner is full speed ahead on his renewable energy venture. Turner Renewable Energy and Southern Co. acquired a 30 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar power project that is being developed by First Solar (FSLR) adjacent to Ted Turner’s Vermejo…

Tagged with: First Solar, New Mexico, sola, solar energy, solar power, Southern Co., Ted Turner, Vermejo Park
Posted in Energy, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Regional News, Southwest, Topics

For Sale: Val Kilmer’s New Mexico Ranch for $33 Million

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun, Tombstone and Willow, has put his 5,970-acre Pecos River Ranch on the market for $33 million. John Watson of Orvis/Cushman & Wakefield has the listing. The Pecos River Ranch features more than five miles…

Tagged with: Conservation, Fishing, Grant Gannon, New Mexico, Pecos River, San Miguel County, Val Kilmer
Posted in Conservation, Equestrian, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Hunting, Southwest

For Sale: Bell Ranch Gets Bigger

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

The biggest ranch on the market in America just got bigger. The heirs of William Lane, who assembled New Mexico’s Bell Ranch 40 years ago, have elected to include an additional 40,100 acres of canyon country and pastureland in the offering, which…

Tagged with: Apache, Bell Ranch, Canadian River, Comanche, Eric O'Keefe, Lane family, National Registry of Historic Places, New Mexico, Orvis/Cushman & Wakefield, San Miguel County, William Lane
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Regional News, Southwest, Topics, Water

Developer’s Diary: Canyon Ridge

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Land Report Editors

When Mike Plant first set foot on the 5,700 breathtakingly beautiful acres of Northern New Mexico that would become Canyon Ridge, he knew he had found a gem. “I’m blessed, I’ve been around a lot of beauty, and anyone who…