Farm and Ranch
At U.S. Trust, our professionals directly coordinate the management of over two million acres1 of farm and ranch land. We can help enhance the value of farms and ranches held outright or in a trust.
Real Estate
With specialized investment and property management services spanning all aspects of real estate ownership, we work to meet your objectives for office, retail, industrial, multifamily and single-family properties, as well as development acreage you may hold directly or in trust.
Our real estate specialists help enhance potential returns by providing:
- Strategic guidance and due diligence for acquisitions
- Comprehensive asset management and administration
- Highest and best use analysis
- Property marketing and sales services
Thought Leadership:
For our insights on Real Estate, please visit
Commercial Real Estate: Time to Invest?
Timberland
U.S. Trust provides professional forestry and land management as well as advisory services for timberland investments held in trust or via direct ownership. Customized to meet your goals, these services range from intensive investment return management to recreational, preservation and amenity management.
Our timberland professionals provide:
- Timber inventory and asset analysis
- Acquisition and disposition services
- Land enhancement
- Advanced silvicultural techniques
- Conservation and environmental management
- Identification of alternative sources of income
Thought Leadership:
For our insights on Timberland, please visit Another Reason to Hug Trees, or Timberland Commentary
Oil and Gas
We provide a full range of management and consulting services across all types of oil, gas and mineral interests held in trusts. The team focuses on enhancing revenues, reducing expenses and improving the property.
We help optimize the value of these assets by providing:
- Customized property management services
- Lease negotiations and monitoring
- Farm-out, unitization agreement and other contract negotiation
- Evaluation of and participation in workovers and wildcat and development wells
- Environmental inspections
- Petroleum engineering experience
- Comprehensive oil and gas accounting
Thought Leadership:
For our insights on Oil and Gas, please visit Underground, Out of Mind
Private Business
U.S. Trust provides support to owners and heirs in the management of closely held business interests (nonmarketable equity securities), including C and S corporations, LLCs and FLPs.
Our private business professionals provide:
- Strategic planning and oversight
- Risk monitoring
- Estate plan implementation
- Corporate governance oversight
- Business succession planning
Thought Leadership:
For our insights on Private Business, please visit Succession Planning or Business Succession
1 As of March 31, 2011
ARX6N712 | 10/2011