OLD Media Moves

Forbes sells ranch, close to selling HQ

November 30, 2007

Posted by Chris Roush

Keith Kelly of The New York Post reports Friday that Forbes has sold its Colorado ranch and has found a buyer for its lower Manhattan headquarters as it pares its assets to focus on its publishing operations.

Forbes magazineKelly wrote, “It’s the largest ranch in the state and traces it roots to the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant of 1843. Malcolm Forbes, the late patriarch of the current generation of Forbes family members who run the company, took over the ranch in 1969.

“Insiders say the family has also found a buyer for its Greenwich Village headquarters.

“Our source said that the buyer is a developer who will allow Forbes Media LLC to stay put as a renter for two years while it searches for a new headquarters.

“Calls to Forbes Media officials and to Cushman & Wakefield real estate broker Scott Latham were not returned.”

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