Solar power is just one of many environmental assets that can generate healthy returns and provide effective, diversified investment portfolio opportunities. Here are three recent projects that our Environmental and Energy Asset Group (EEAG) has successfully brokered between landowners and [...]

In order to better serve our clients and broaden our market presence, LandVest is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Lexington, South Carolina. Headed by Jonathan McGrath, the location in the greater Columbia area allows LandVest to better service South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee, assisting clients with [...]

From a bucket hooked to a tree to vacuum lines and reverse osmosis plants, Vermont maple syrup production is undergoing a sweet revolution. There is no better example of this shift than LandVest client, Sweet Tree Holdings 1, LLC in Island Pond, Vermont. Sweet Tree chose Vermont for its valuable sugar maple resource and as a symbol of [...]

April 22nd is a great day to do something good for the earth. Join the LandVest team in helping the environment, whether its walking to work, planting a locavore garden, volunteering for a community cleanup or on a bigger scale, purchasing an energy-efficient home or making an investment in renewable resources! LandVest has multiple green [...]

I recently attended the RISI Forest Products and Timberland Investment conference in New York City and wanted to share some of the conference highlights. The conference was well-attended with over 100 participants from various financial and institutional backgrounds. Approximately [...]

LandVests Consulting Group is cited in Stephen J. Smalls groundbreaking new book The Business of Open Space: Whats Next?

Steve Small is recognized as the nations leading authority on private land protection options and strategies. He has been counsel to landowners and easement holders in more than 400 transactions around the country and has [...]

I recently attended a conference in Portland, Oregon and wanted to share a couple of interesting points which were brought up during the meeting. Much larger than I had expected, conference attendees included people from all over the US, though certainly a preponderance were from the Pacific Northwest. The focus of the meeting was on key [...]

Advisor Perspectives recently highlighted Harvards real asset investments within their post-crisis endowment strategy. LandVest is proud to work with families, universities like Harvard, foundations and institutions in timberland and real estate. Our Christies partners provide companion services for art and collectibles. Whether they retain outside advisors or manage assets in-house, our [...]

New Incentives in Massachusetts

The Department of Energy Resources (DOER) is finalizing regulations for its second round of solar renewable energy credits (SRECs), dubbed SREC-II. In anticipation of the new regulations, there is pent-up demand for new projects among solar investors, developers, and businesses involved in solar throughout the [...]