Stephen OKeefe

Market Watch: Cape Wind Project

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Is construction on the Cape Wind Farm finally about to get under way?

Tagged with: Alternative energy, Cape Cod, Cape Wind Farm, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Renewable Energy, Wind power
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Stephen OKeefe

Minnesota Power to Expand Bison Wind Farm

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Minnesota Power has notified the North Dakota Public Service Commission of its intent to begin the second phase of the Bison Wind Farm project in central North Dakota. The additional capacity will increase total power generation to 185 MW. The…

State of Georgia Acquires 10,015 Acres

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Land Report Editors

In December, the Georgia State Properties Commission unanimously approved the acquisition of 10,015 acres of land in Houston County for $28.7 million from Oaky Woods Properties LLC. The Middle Georgia acreage is part of 16,000 acres in Oaky Woods west…

Posted in 2010 Fall, Feature, Georgia, News Desk, Regional News, South, Stephen OKeefe

Market Watch: Chesapeake Sells $2.16B Eagle Ford Stake

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Land Report Editors

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has purchased a 33.3% undivided interest in Chesapeake Energy’s 600,000 net oil and natural gas leasehold acres in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. The deal was CNOOC’s first to close in the…

Albany to Pay $30 Million to Preserve Adirondacks

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Land Report Editors

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has sold conservation easements covering 89,000 acres in New York’s Adirondack Mountains to the State of New York. The deal is the most recent transaction related to the conservancy’s 2007 purchase of 161,000 acres of Finch…

Posted in Feature, News Desk, Northeast, Regional News, Stephen OKeefe

Market Watch: Tejon Ranch Sells Easements for $15.8M

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Tejon Ranch (TRC) will sell five conservation easements covering some 62,000 acres of the 270,000-acre property to the California Wildlife Conservation Board for $15.8 million. The transaction is yet another step by California’s largest private landowner to monetize remote areas…

Shuttered Texas Silver Mine to Reopen?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Land Report Editors

First it was ethanol and the price per acre in the Corn Belt. Then oil and gas began propping up land values in mineral-rich areas such as the huge shales found coast to coast. Now other commodities are driving other…

How to Invest in Land (Without Living on It)

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

Whether you own a quarter-acre urban lot or a 40,000-acre ranch, your love of the land comes from the moment you pick up a handful of ground and watch the dirt fall through your fingers, knowing that it’s yours—all yours.…