Harvest your land value now without sacrificing the rural character of your property or its agricultural heritage. The Qroe Farm Preservation Development program consistently uses less than 20% of the property’s acreage for home sites or other appropriate uses, creating significant value without destroying the character and function of rural farm land. In addition, this program creates a unique combination of permanent easements that protect the natural spaces and ability to farm the land - generating long-term investment value that can be sold to home buyers looking for privacy and a natural environment. These easements legally require that a large portion of the land, more than 80%, remain in natural or productive uses.
How a Qroe Farm Preservation Development Project Works for Landowners:
- Your land is rigorously studied to determine what areas to set aside for farming and/or natural habitat conservation and where to place the homesites
- The conservation land is permanently protected by a deeded easement system.
- Most of the land is kept in natural or agricultural use.
- Through the ultimate sale of the homesites and possible application of tax benefits, land value is realized at or near full “development” market rate.
Three Ways to Work with Qroe:
Direct Sale
Qroe Farm may purchase the property from you outright and carry out the Qroe Farm program itself. Seller may elect to maintain life estates, or stay involved in farming and land management, or simply turn these functions over to Qroe. While this approach is the simplest way to ensure the future of your productive land, it introduces finance costs which generally require higher densities than joint ventures. Even in the case of a simple, direct sale, Qroe Farm Preservation Development, strongly prefers to maintain a close relationship and public support from the seller, from planning, through approvals and sales.
Development Participation
A variety of co-development scenarios are possible that enable the land-owner to participate in the project’s profits and direction by deferring portions of the land acquisition proceeds. Generally, as lots are sold, the land owner receives in cash the full market value of the property as agreed upon at the beginning of the project. Once all project costs are repaid, the land owner also shares in the profit. A joint venture approach typically results in the most significant reductions in overall density and impacts.
Consulting
In some circumstances, Qroe Farm will study, entitle and develop the land and market it for you for a fee. You continue to own the land and reap the profit from the endeavor. You incur the expenses of development.
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