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 [...]

One great satisfaction from joining LandVest after 15 years at TTOR is the ability to work directly with landowners on a variety of conservation related transactions. LandVest partners with landowners to plan, protect and market their conserved properties. In fact, since its founding almost 50 years ago, LandVest has helped landowners [...]

Interested in the best of both worlds? Seeing a cherished property conserved and obtaining an attractive financial return? So are many high net worth individuals and families. Conservation planning in partnership with LandVest can help conserve land and make smart financial decisions. This dual-objective strategy is featured in the [...]

In the 1960s and 1970s, renowned artist Neil Welliver established his homestead in Lincolnville, a small rural community on the coast of Maine. Over time, Welliver (the dean of contemporary landscape painting) acquired over 1000 acres of forest and farmlandno small feat in a town just 15 minutes from the bustling seaside villages of Camden and [...]

LandVests Real Estate Consulting Group has been honored and proud to be involved in the permanent protection of Finch Farm an iconic 45-acre farm in North Salem, Westchester County, New York that is located in an area identified by the Wildlife Conservation Society as having some of the highest levels of native plants, animals and insects in the northeastern United States. Research by the [...]

LandVests Real Estate Consulting Group is proud to have been involved in the permanent protection of Pantry Brook Farm an iconic 100-acre farm on Concord Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts that provides a major scenic backdrop and reminder of the towns agrarian past. The property is located on both sides of Concord Road and contains a mix of [...]

LandVest's Keene Valley and Boston offices were part of the team that successfully helped the Ernst Family master plan, negotiate and appraise the family's amazing conservation gift on the 12,000 acre Elk Lake Preserve to the State of New York at the tail end of 2012. "It was an honor and pleasure to work with the Ernst Family, The Nature [...]

Many landowners have read about or know families who conserve portions or all of their land with a Conservation Easement (CE), also known as a Conservation Restriction in Massachusetts. A conservation easement is the permanent separation of the development rights from a property. The land subject to the CE can never be used for building [...]