Oil businessman T. More than three years after Boone Pickens’ death, his 65,000-acre Texas ranch has been sold at a steep discount, the Post can confirm.
Initially listed for $250 million in 2017, Mesa Vista Ranch, located 85 miles northeast of Amarillo, saw its price drop by $80 million to $170 million in February 2022.
While the Post can’t confirm the final price it sold for, sources revealed the ranch “sold within 10% of the $170 million list price.”
That means the ranch sold for a figure between $153 million and $187 million.
Bill Kent, CEO of the Kent Companies, led a group of buyers that in December bought 36,000 acres on the west side of the ranch, which includes a 25,000-square-foot lodge. MRT.
“He built a wonderful estate,” Kent told The Reporter-Telegram in a telephone interview. “It’s so beautiful, all kinds of water. He has created a paradise. “
“My perspective is that it’s not so much a private property, but something like a membership resort,” Kent added. “Something that revolves around hunting and the facilities there.”
“I want to respect the property, be a good steward of the land and do what’s in its DNA.”
Several months ago, in September, rancher Travis Chester bought the 27,700-acre eastern section of the ranch.
Pickens, who earned his billionaire title through oil and natural gas, initially bought Mesa Vista’s first 2,900 acres in 1971, first building a small corrugated metal cattle feed house.
“In the 25 years before his death, Pickens transformed the ranch into a “model of conservation and habitat management,” the previous listing says.
The Mesa Vista compound includes a five-bedroom family home, a three-bedroom 11,500-square-foot lake house and a three-bedroom 2,300-square-foot gate house. There’s also a private airport with two-bedroom apartments for pilots, a chapel, a pub, a golf course, a tennis court, a 400-square-foot gun room and — yes — that 25,000-square-foot lodge and There is a conference center. .
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It also has an 11,000-square-foot dog kennel that comes with a veterinary lab.
Pickens rebuilt his childhood home on land in Oklahoma.
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Pickens died on September 11, 2019 at the age of 90.
He was married five different times and left behind five children.
