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Built for Generations: Family Compounds Across New England & The Adirondacks05.12.2026

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Some properties are purchased for a moment in time. Others are held for generations.  Across New England and the Adirondacks, family compounds have long represented a distinct kind of ownership — properties designed not simply as homes, but as places to return to year after year. With [...]

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Managing Real Assets:
How LandVest and Christies Can Help

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 Timberland Team provides transaction and timberland management services, our Consulting Team provides valuation, land planning, acquisition and disposition advice, and our residential brokers assist clients in buying and selling donated or program-related properties nationally. Recent projects include:

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAButternut Brook Farm for Bessemer Trust (on behalf of a family trust) 114 Seherr-Thoss Lane. Litchfield, CT Listed at $2,950,000 Ref#: CT0102 - SOLD


 

MA1492_1Smartgrowth adaptive re-use project for the Clarke School 45 Round Hill Road. Northampton, MA Ref#: MA1492 - SOLD


 

Santa Lucia Preserves (assisted Harvard with sale of property within the preserve) Carmel, CA - SOLD


 

MA1411_1Bement Camp & Conference Center (Alternative use analysis and sale for the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts) 73 Jones Road. Charlton, MA Listed at $1,995,000 Acreage 390 Ref#: MA1411 - SOLD


 

For more information on how LandVest and Christie's may assist your family or institution with real asset decisions, please contact:

Ruth Kennedy Sudduth, Director, Residential Brokerage | (617) 357-0455 | rsudduth@landvest.com|

David Rosen, Director, Real Estate Consulting | (617) 357-8955 | drosen@landvest.com|

Steve Mongan, President & Director, Timberlands | (617) 227-2412 | smongan@landvest.com

Betsy Chapin, Christie's Managing Director, New England Region | (617) 536-6000 | bchapin@christies.com

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