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Published 12/1/2008 in Florida Trend
Nature Conservancy Picking Up Land at Bargains
Real estate slump allows it to beef up inventory.
More Florida land that would otherwise be facing heavy development pressure has the potential to wind up in conservation instead ? compliments of the real estate slump.
?We get calls every day from land owners large and small wanting to sell tracts that they had planned for housing developments that don?t look feasible for that in the near term,? says Richard Hilsenbeck, the Nature Conservancy?s associate director of land protection. ?There are a lot of large real estate developers who have holdings that they would like to sell right now. And there are other land owners who are considering selling who weren?t considering selling before.?
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Nature Conservancy Picking Up Land at Bargains
Real estate slump allows it to beef up inventory.
More Florida land that would otherwise be facing heavy development pressure has the potential to wind up in conservation instead ? compliments of the real estate slump.
?We get calls every day from land owners large and small wanting to sell tracts that they had planned for housing developments that don?t look feasible for that in the near term,? says Richard Hilsenbeck, the Nature Conservancy?s associate director of land protection. ?There are a lot of large real estate developers who have holdings that they would like to sell right now. And there are other land owners who are considering selling who weren?t considering selling before.?
Read the full article here
