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Mr. Greene, who has been CEO of St. Joe, a land-development company based in the Florida Panhandle, since 2008, capitulated in the wake of a hard-fought control battle between St. Joe's board of directors and management and its largest shareholder, Miami-based Fairholme Funds Inc. He stepped down as a director on Friday and will resign as CEO later this week.

A Pricey Departure as CEO Leaves St. Joe Robbie Whelan 2011

The settlement, which has the backing of trustee Cynthia Nelson , is expected to form the basis of a Chapter 11 exit plan for South Edge, an off-balance-sheet company created by a handful of home builders and an affiliate of John Ritter 's Focus Property Group, a Nevada-based land-development company.

Inspirada Owner OK'd to Tap Loan From Builders Patrick Fitzgerald 2011

Inspirada, a sprawling "new urbanist" housing development, was conceived in 2004 as a joint venture between several national builders, including Meritage, KB Home , Toll Brothers Inc. and Beazer Homes USA Inc. The builders banded together with a Nevada land-development company to form a joint venture known as South Edge LLC, and borrowed $535 million from a syndicate of lenders led by J.P. Morgan.

J.P. Morgan Sues Meritage in Nevada Land Spat Robbie Whelan 2011

The fund's website states that it still sees Florida as ripe with land-development opportunities despite the housing crisis.

Developer Lassos Patience Maura Webber Sadovi 2011

But the builder group, which also included Meritage Homes Corp., a Nevada-based land-development company and several smaller private builders, defaulted on the loan.

Home Builders to Settle Las Vegas Land Dispute Robbie Whelan 2011

But the builder group, which also included Meritage Homes Corp., a Nevada-based land-development company and several smaller private builders, defaulted on the loan.

Home Builders to Settle Las Vegas Land Dispute Robbie Whelan 2011

Commerce One, a San Francisco business-to-business software company, filed for bankruptcy in 2004; Mr. Gonzales is in the land-development business these days.

$49.9 Million Lake Tahoe Compound Being Offered as Individual Parcels 2011

The amount of construction and land-development loans outstanding plunged 24% year over year to about $452 billion at the end of 2009, according to Foresight Analytics, compared with close to $630 billion at the market's peak in 2007.

Can Simon Close the GGP Deal? 2010

The bank failed because of significant losses within its construction and land-development loan portfolio, which grew rapidly from 2004 through 2006, largely due to 400-percent growth in construction loans.

Reports on failed banks show shoddy oversight 2009

The bank failed because of significant losses within its construction and land-development loan portfolio, which grew rapidly from 2004 through 2006, largely due to 400-percent growth in construction loans.

Reports on failed banks show shoddy oversight 2009