Vanguard Land weighs risk vs. rewards when investing

Sarasota company bought properties with seemingly little upside coming out of the recession. Several have had impressive turnarounds.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. March 6, 2020
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Lori Sax. John Peshkin, former CEO of British homebuilder Taylor Woodrow N.A., formed Vanguard Land in 2008.
Lori Sax. John Peshkin, former CEO of British homebuilder Taylor Woodrow N.A., formed Vanguard Land in 2008.
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Vanguard Land Co. bet big on properties coming out of the last decade’s economic recession that many believed were unsalvageable, boom-time pipe dreams best left alone.

 

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