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Land Report April 2013 Newsletter

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Land Report Editors

It’s amazing – the yarns that can be shared about certain tracts of real property. Our April Newsletter takes a closer at several standout stories, including one that I am quite confident is destined to end up before the Supreme Court…

Sold! 80,200 Acres of Wisconsin Timberland

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Land Report Editors

JANUARY 3 UPDATE: In late December, a deal was struck to sell the 80,200 acres of timberland in northern Wisconsin for $42.9 million dollars to two companies that manage timberland throughout the U.S. According to LandVest, Inc. broker David Speirs,…

Vistas: Maine’s Chadbourne Tree Farms

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Selected from what is undeniably one the finest White pine ownerships in the Northeast, Chadbourne Tree Farms is a 2,470-acre portfolio located in Western Maine near Bethel. The property consists of six tracts ranging in size from 111 to 687…

Tagged with: investing in land, LandVest, Maine, Northeast, Timber, timberland
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Sporting Properties, Timberland

IP to Sell 163,000 Acres for $200 Million

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Land Report Editors

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 Farmland, News Desk, Timberland

Foreign Investors Own Major Stake in Maine

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

Foreign investors own an interest in 21.2 million acres of U.S. forest and farmland, an amount that equates to just under 1 percent of all the land in the U.S. Every one of the 50 states as well as Puerto…

Timberland Outperforms the S&P 500?

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

That’s one of the conclusions from this report that ran online at Forbes.com a few weeks ago titled Cut Down Portfolio Risk With Timber. I had fully expected the author, Robert Stammers, to be a shill for an organization tied to the…

Tagged with: Eric O'Keefe, Forbes, Robert Stammers, Timber
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Timberland

Sold! Oregon’s 42,500-Acre Ochoco Ranch

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

The heavily timbered Ochoco Ranch, located in Central Oregon just 30 minutes from the red hot market in and around Bend, sold last week to a buyer from Texas who first saw the property at the website of the listing broker, Mason & Morse.…

Tagged with: Eric O'Keefe, Mason & Morse, Mason & Morse Ranch Company, Ochoco Ranch, Oregon, Robb Van Pelt, Timber
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Timberland

In Focus: The Forest Landowners Association

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Created in 1941, the Forest Landowners Association (FLA) is a proactive, progressive, grassroots organization of timberland owners – large and small – that owns and operates more than 37 million acres of timberland in 47 states. It is the only…

Tagged with: Eddie Lee Rider, Forest Landowners Association, Timber
Posted in Farmland, Timberland

Maine Goes Public on 10 Million Acres

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

The last and largest contiguous block of forestland east of the Mississippi – more than 10 million acres – is up for grabs … at least as far as public policy goes. Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission is now holding public…

Tagged with: Maine, public policy, Timber, timber companies
Posted in Farmland, News Desk