Joe's acreage is easily developable, with the rest too remote or simply more valuable as timberland.

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It also owns 1.4 million square meters of industrial buildings that generate rent, and enough developable land for 21, 000 homes.

FORBES: Acreage plays

It also owns 15 million square feet of industrial buildings that generate rent, and enough developable land for 21, 000 homes.

FORBES: Acreage plays

But Albuquerque stood out for its cheap housing, low taxes and labor costs and lots of developable land that lay idle.

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For the 1996-2006 cycle in America Messrs Glaeser, Gyourko and Saiz find that places with more developable land did have shorter booms.

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The former papermaker, with headquarters in Jacksonville, owns 586, 000 acres, 90% of it developable and most within a few minutes of Florida Panhandle beachfront.

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He said the region's high-performing K-12 schools and proximity to New York City, along with developable former industrial space, makes the region ripe for growth.

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After 24 million square feet of new development was added between 1997 and 2010, only about five million square feet of developable area remain, according to the Downtown D.

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At least 10% of Tejon's acreage is developable.

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