1,296 +/- ACRES ASSEMBLED BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THAT WAS NOT BUILT. THE NUCLEAR PLANT WAS BUILT IN SALEM TWP, PA. THE PROPERTY IS ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, UNDEVELOPED, PRIVATE, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR MIXED-USE PROPERTY. NO LOCAL ZONING EQUALS MULTIPLE POTENTIAL USES. LOCATED NEAR MAJOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINES. COMES WITH 3.6 +/- MILES OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FRONTAGE, 1.32 +/- MILES OF RAILROAD FRONTAGE, 4.6 +/- MILES OF ROAD FRONTAGE AND LOCATED IN WINDHAM, MEHOOPANY AND MESHOPPEN TOWNSHIPS, NORTHWEST WYOMING COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA (the "PROPERTY").
Highlights
LAND: Surface land ideal for Data Center Campus, Energy Intensive Manufacturers, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant, Gas-to-Liquids Processing Plant, Conservation, utility scale solar farms, a theme park, a retirement village, or multiple other uses. Approximately two miles from huge Proctor &...
LAND: Surface land ideal for Data Center Campus, Energy Intensive Manufacturers, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant, Gas-to-Liquids Processing Plant, Conservation, utility scale solar farms, a theme park, a retirement village, or multiple other uses. Approximately two miles from huge Proctor & Gamble Mehoopany, Pennsylvania Paper Products Plant.
NATURAL GAS PIPELINES: Located near major pipelines: May be approximately Two Miles from The Auburn Gathering System, approximately 6-7 miles from the Tennessee Pipeline, approximately 30 miles from the Transco pipeline, and approximately 10-12 miles from the Williams Springville Gathering line. Buyer to confirm any of these pipeline locations as Seller does not represent or warranty the location or existence of these pipelines.
PJM ELECTRICAL GRID: Two nearby PJM Interconnection Paths Potentially Available for Power Distribution (Buyer to confirm).
Property: was originally assembled by a major utility for a nuclear power plant that was eventually built in Salem Township, Pennsylvania.
WIND & SOLAR RIGHTS: Comes with all Wind and Solar Rights.
WATER RIGHTS: Subsurface Groundwater Reserves Potentially Available Plus Potential Possible Direct Withdrawal of Water (with permits) from miles of Susquehanna Riverfront.
MINING RIGHTS: Potential Sand, Gravel, Shale, and Bluestone Reserves. Timber Reserves. Farmland. Buyer to confirm presence or absence of these reserves as Seller makes no representations or warranties as to the size or quality of existing reserves.
Also potential for a small scale hydroelectric power plant (with permits) as land on both sides of the Susquehanna River is owned.
Leases: Has annual revenues from Timber and Hunting Leases with a potential Farm Lease available.
SELLER TO RETAIN RIGHTS TO SUBSURFACE NATURAL GAS, OIL, AND ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBONS.
NATURAL GAS: The Property is in a sweet spot of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Marcellus Natural Gas Field according to several industry sources. Several good producing natural gas wells in Wyoming County are within a few miles of the Property. NOTE: Property does not come with natural gas, oil, and associated hydrocarbon rights and easements for subsurface pipelines will be kept by Seller. A deed restriction on the separate sale of the subsurface gas, oil, and associated hydrocarbons will require that any drilling will be subsurface only and will prohibit any drilling or drilling related appurtenances from being located on the surface of the Property. Any drilling rigs for natural gas, oil, or associated hydrocarbons will not be located on the Property but underground laterals will extend under the Property as needed to allow for natural gas fracking. Note: Subsurface gas, oil, and associated hydrocarbons may also be purchased. Seller to reserve for itself easements on the Property to Susquehanna River for potential future water withdrawal from the River. By deed, no blasting will be allowed on the Property near proposed pipeline routes.
NOTE: Posted against trespassing. Any visits to the property must be by appointment and accompanied by a representative of the Seller and a liability waiver must be signed. Trespassers will be prosecuted.
Financial prequalification will be required as well as company prequalification information on any potential Buyer before additional information provided or before Property will be shown.
PROPERTY WAS ASSEMBLED UNDER THE THREAT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN THE 1970S and would be nearly impossible to replicate today. The Property encompasses most of the former farming village of Scottsville, Pennsylvania. After the utility company assembled and acquired the site, Scottsville was mostly demolished leaving only foundations of homes hidden today by forest. Scottsville was originally known as Hemlock Bottom and was first inhabited in the late 1700s by settlers from Connecticut. Farming was the major occupation. The land remained vacant and unimproved from the 1970s and was purchased from a utility in 2004 by one of the conservancies we manage.
SURVEY: The Property has been surveyed per ALTA/ACSM standards in 2004.
ZONING: There is no local zoning (this can change at any time) in the three townships where the Property is located: Windham, Mehoopany, and Meshoppen Townships, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. The subdivision and land development in those townships is regulated by Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
POTENTIAL SAND, GRAVEL, SHALE AND PENNSYLVANIA BLUESTONE. Property comes with all sand, gravel, shale, and bluestone (flagstone) rights and contains potential deposits of sand, gravel, shale, and bluestone, however, no mineral assay was performed. The Property contains an old, non-operating, small bluestone (flagstone) quarry North of the Susquehanna River and is contiguous to an existing operating bluestone quarry South of the Susquehanna River. Several sand and gravel mines are located in Wyoming County. Seller makes no representations or warranties as to quality or quantity of these reserves.
TIMBER: The Property is selectively timbered and managed for timber and produces annual timber revenue. Seller makes no representations or warranties on quantity or quality of timber.
ANNUAL LEASES ON PROPERTY: Property is presently leased for hunting on an annual basis. Approximately 80 +/- acres of farmland exist and can potentially be annually leased. Some of the farmland is Wyoming County River flats" which are considered by some Wyoming County farmers to be good farmland in Wyoming County. Several additional areas of the Property have been previously farmed and can potentially be put back into working farmland. All leases terminate annually.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER ("RIVER") FRONTAGE. The Property, as per a 2004 survey, has a riparian meander distance of 7,185 +/- feet of frontage along the northeasterly side of the Susquehanna River and a riparian meander distance of 9,672 +/- feet of frontage along the southwesterly side of the Susquehanna River. Riparian meander distance may or may not include Susquehanna riverfront around the island.
ISLAND: The Property comes with its own island in the Susquehanna River approximately 40 +/- acres.
RAILROAD: There is no rail service on the Property South of the Susquehanna River. The Property on the North side of the River contains Blue Mountain Reading and Northern Railroad track lines with approximately 7,185 +/- feet of railroad frontage.
WIND AND SOLAR: The Property has not been leased for wind and solar. Property comes with all solar and wind rights. BP has or had a wind farm located partially in Mehoopany Township (part of the Property is located in Mehoopany Township).
Hunting: The wooded forest, with excellent habitats and varieties of habitats (mature forest, new growth, mixed forest, field, river, ponds, farmlands, etc.) provide for an excellent hunting experience. The land is mostly or fully leased each year by hunting clubs. The site may have deer, bear, turkey, grouse, geese, ducks, plus squirrels, coyote, doves, and rabbit.
Fishing: The Susquehanna River is known in Northeast Pa. for its Small Mouth Bass, Walleye, and Muskie fisheries.
Taxes: $4,689.25 (2023); property is enrolled in Wyoming County Clean & Green, a preferential tax assessment program that bases property taxes on use values rather than fair market values. This ordinarily results in a tax savings for landowners. A change in use of the property will trigger Rollback Clean & Green Taxes due by the Buyer upon the change of use.
Note on Maps: The Property boundary lines as shown on the maps do not accurately depict the property boundaries at the following three roads: 1) US Route 6 North of the Susquehanna River, 2) Cemetery Road South of the Susquehanna River, and 3) Scottsville Road South of the Susquehanna River. The Lot Boundary lines typically go to the centerline of each of these three roadways. Note: Also all maps are approximate, Seller makes no representations or warranties as to accuracy or scale.
IMPORTANT PROPERTY INFORMATION, TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND DISCLAIMERS (REV. 5/23/2022)
Negotiation and Purchase and Sale Agreement. Any sale of the property described herein (the Property) is subject to a mutually agreeable purchase and sale agreement (an AOS) drafted by Seller which shall not be legally binding upon Seller unless and until it is fully executed and accepted in writing by both Buyer and Seller (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Parties) with original signatures by the Parties. Until a fully executed AOS is exchanged, Seller is under no obligation to continue any negotiations with a prospective Buyer, and Seller reserves the right to discontinue all negotiations at any time up to the point an agreement is fully executed and exchanged unless otherwise agreed to in writing with original signatures by the Parties. Buyer may do likewise at any time up to the point an agreement containing the original signatures of the Parties is exchanged unless otherwise agreed to in writing. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing with original signatures by the Parties, Seller and Buyer shall bear its respective costs, including but not limited to due diligence and attorneys fees incurred during the negotiation process and under no circumstances may Seller be held liable as a consequence of its termination for any reason or no reason of negotiations prior to the execution and exchange of a mutually acceptable purchase and sale agreement.
No Real Estate Brokers Agreements will be accepted.
Transfer Tax. Buyer shall be responsible to pay all Pennsylvania real estate transfer taxes due at the time of closing.
Sales Price. The sales price for the Property shall be payable in United States dollars in certified bank funds or via a wire transfer(s) before or at the closing of any transaction and no other currencies or virtual currencies will be accepted. The Seller shall not accept any portion of the Sales Price in the form of Seller financing or in land trades.
Property Taken As Is. Except as may be specifically provided to the contrary in any AOS signed by Buyer and Seller, the Property is being sold by Seller in an "as is" condition with all faults and Seller makes no representations or warranties with respect to the condition of the Property or for its actual or potential usage by the Buyer or for any particular purpose, nor does Seller make any representations and warranties as to the reserves or amount of timber, farmland, water reserves, sand, shale, gravel, or bluestone on the Property or represent that Property is suitable for wind or solar farms.
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Dispute Resolution Policy/Non-Arbitration. Seller reserves right in its sole and absolute discretion to forgo and not enter into arbitration and to proceed directly to litigation to resolve any disputes.
Dispute Resolution/Arbitration Policy if Arbitration is Chosen to be Used in Sole Discretion of Seller. In the event of any dispute that arises out of your use of this website or the Information contained herein, such dispute may be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules for commercial arbitration of the American Arbitration Association in effect at the time such arbitration is initiated. Seller and Buyer shall appoint an individual as arbitrator and the two so appointed shall then appoint a third arbitrator. If either such party refuses or neglects to appoint an arbitrator within thirty (30) business days, the other party may appoint the second arbitrator. If the two arbitrators do not agree on the third arbitrator within thirty (30) business days of their appointment, each of the arbitrators shall nominate three individuals. Each arbitrator shall then decline two of the nominations presented by the other arbitrator. The third arbitrator shall then be chosen from the remaining two nominations by drawing lots. The arbitration hearing shall be held in a place chosen by the Seller in the Sellers sole and absolute discretion.
The arbitrators shall follow judicial formalities or the rules of evidence required by governing law. The law of Pennsylvania shall govern this arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law, and all proceedings conducted by the arbitrators shall be held in Wyoming or Luzerne counties of Pennsylvania in the Sellers sole and absolute discretion.
The decision rendered by a majority of the arbitrators shall be final and binding on all parties involved in the arbitration. Such decision shall be a condition precedent to any right of legal action arising out of the arbitrated dispute which either party may have against the other. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Each party involved in the arbitration shall pay its own costs and attorneys fees, the fee and expenses of its own arbitrator, and one-half of the fee and expenses of the third arbitrator. All other expenses of the arbitration shall be equally divided between the said parties. Any action filed in order to enforce this Agreement, including an arbitration award will be filed solely in the courts located in Wyoming or Luzerne counties of Pennsylvania in the Sellers sole and absolute discretion.
The parties to any such arbitration agree, and the appointed arbitrators shall agree, as part of acceptance of nomination, to keep confidential and not disclose to persons not connected with the arbitration the details of the arbitration proceeding and all information received by them as may be required by process of law.
Responses to Contacts/Inquiries. LH Properties Inc. will make reasonable efforts to respond to all contacts, inquiries and requests for additional information from potential buyers who have reviewed the Information on the Property, however under no circumstance may Seller be held accountable for any inability or failure to do so. If after repeated attempts you are unable to make contact with LH Properties Inc. via e-mail or telephone, or if requests for preliminary non-confidential information on the potential Buyer are requested by Seller and potential Buyer fails to provide that information, Seller may in Sellers sole discretion cease all contact with potential Buyer.
It is the intention of LH Properties, Inc., and its affiliated companies to comply with the Federal Fair Housing Act, which prohibits any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make such preference, limitation or discrimination. LH Properties, Inc., and/or the companies it manages or owns does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its business activities or operations. As such, neither LH Properties, Inc. nor the companies it manages or owns will apply criteria more burdensome to a qualified interested Buyer of a protected class; or refuse to negotiate with, or sell to, a qualified interested Buyer in violation of applicable federal and state fair housing and anti-discrimination laws. State and local laws often provide broader coverage and prohibit discrimination based on additional classes not covered by federal law. It is our intention to comply with all applicable state and local fair housing laws.
Note: Preliminary Financial and other non-confidential buyer prequalification including information on Buyers company, a history of litigation and regulatory violations, and information on the individual or entity representing the Buyer may be required as well as confidential information once a confidentiality agreement is signed by Seller and Buyer before certain property information may be released. Any listed for sale prices for the Property are subject to change at any time prior to the execution and exchange of a mutually acceptable purchase and sale agreement.
All Potential Buyers may be required to secure and provide a financial prequalification letter before Seller will negotiate. Potential Buyers may also be asked to provide a letter from a bank or other financial institution stating that funds are available for the intended purchase of property listed by Seller.
Seller has sole discretion:
to determine whether or not a Buyer can financially potentially complete the transaction.
to refuse to negotiate with any Buyer with whom Seller does not believe has the financial ability to complete the purchase.
whether or not to negotiate with any Buyer who will require bank or other financing.
to refuse to negotiate with Buyers who have a history of litigation and/or involvement with regulatory authorities or are unregistered foreign entities per any federal laws.
Seller does not pay commissions to real estate brokers, although Seller has no objection if a Buyer wishes to engage a real estate broker. Seller uses its own Agreement of Sale (AOS) and does not use a realtor or Buyer-provided AOS. Seller may or may not require a deposit at any time. Seller relies on third-party independent contractors (Contractors) to show its properties. These Contractors are not agents of the Seller and therefore do not have the authority to negotiate price or other terms and conditions and the information provided by them is not to be considered a representation and/or warranty of Seller and all such information must be independently verified by Buyer. Potential Buyer is not to rely on any oral or other information provided by Seller. Buyers AOS may potentially allow either party to void a purchase agreement once signed for any reason or no reason whether deposit monies have been provided, however in the event of a Seller withdrawal or cancellation of AOS once signed, the language in the AOS can be potentially structured to provide a full or partial refund of any deposit monies paid by potential Buyer under a signed AOS.