Land Ownership Milestone: Kroenke Tops US Landowners

Massive Ranchland Acquisition

According to The Land Reports, Stan Kroenke has completed the largest US land purchase in over a decade, acquiring more than 937,000 deeded acres of Singleton Ranches in New Mexico. The deal, handled off-market, positions Kroenke at the top of the Land Report 100, surpassing prominent families and investors like the Emmersons, John Malone, and Ted Turner.

Expanding Land Portfolio

This Singleton Ranches deal is nearly twice the size of Kroenke’s 2016 acquisition of the 535,000-acre Waggoner Ranch in Texas. Kroenke now controls over 2.44M acres of grazing land, with holdings stretching across the American West and into Canada. Previous purchases include the Q Creek Ranch in Wyoming, Broken O Ranch in Montana, Winecup Gamble Ranch in Nevada, and British Columbia’s Douglas Lake Ranch. Beyond rural holdings, Kroenke has also been active in large-scale real estate transformations in urban markets, signaling a broader strategy that spans both undeveloped and redeveloped land assets.

Why It Matters

Land ownership has strategic value for ranching, agriculture, and resource management. Kroenke’s growing landholdings highlight continued investment momentum in large-scale US ranch assets and the role of private investors in shaping the rural real estate landscape.