LandVest is helping shape a growing market at the intersection of investment performance and environmental stewardship with the recent sale of a large-scale mitigation bank portfolio—an asset class gaining traction among institutional and private investors alike.

The Appalachia Mitigation Bank Portfolio, brokered on behalf of Ecosystem [...]

LandVests Institutional Land Group had another remarkable year finishing 2024 with $1 Billion in sales on 445,000 acres in 15 states and 3 countries ($2,225 per acre). This compares with last years performance of $775 million on 279,000 acres across 20 states.

LandVest had another productive year in 2023, closing nearly $800 million in sales within our Institutional Land Group. We represented our clients across 19 states transacting almost 280,000 acres of land. The market was mixed in 2023 across sectors with strong demand for scaled institutional forestland portfolios, while the market for retail and mid-sized land properties softened.

What does cutting-edge artificial intelligence have to do with a walk in the woods? To Steve Hawkes, Vice President of LandVests Forest Resources division, its the future.

Forestland markets have changed substantially in the past 18-24 months, perhaps more rapidly than at any other time in recent history. Throughout the pandemic (March 2020 onwards), we saw a substantial increase in transaction activity.

LandVest recently completed an arrangement with long-time Pacific Northwest forestry consultant and timberland valuation expert Steve Prochnau to acquire the Prochnau Forestry Consultants' timberland management services business.

Off the paved road, across the creek, approaching the maintained fields of Finch Hollow, we pass the single-file line of wolf trees. 

LandVest is pleased to announce that David Speirs has assumed the role of Vice President, Land Transactions and Resource Consulting.

The current frenzy of estate planning to address potential tax changes and the intense real estate markets are creating a wall of work for a shrinking group of skilled practitioners. The Appraisal Institute (AI) estimates that the number of appraisal...