The Bundoran Farm project will continue as planned, says new Qroe CEO Robert Baldwin Jr., son of former CEO Robert Baldwin, who died June 14 in an Albemarle plane crash while he and Regional Director David Brown tried to land on the Bundoran property that Qroe has been developing.
Baldwin acknowledges the heavy blow from the loss of Baldwin Sr. and Brown, but says his father’s vision is already on paper. “It’s an extremely solid organization down there and we look to make zero changes to that,” says Baldwin. “It’s in very good shape. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Baldwin has been in real estate and development his entire adult life, including about nine years working directly for his father. Two of those years were spent working almost exclusively for Qroe Farms, planning projects, creating easements and scouting new properties.
With the exception of Bundoran—which he has never visited—Baldwin has walked the land on all of his father’s other 10 projects. Baldwin is confident of his familiarity with his father’s concept and philosophy of preservation and land-development technique.
According to spokesperson Anne Hooff, there are no investment changes to the project, financed jointly by Qroe Farm Preservation Development and Celebration Associates.
That team is developing in a limited, eco-friendly fashion the 2,301 acre property formerly owned by Fred Scott. Charles Adams of Celebration Associates says in a press release, “Our financial partners, talented staff members and team of experts all are looking forward to continuing the vision and honoring the legacy of Bob and David as we continue progress on this project.”
Baldwin says there are no current plans to hire a new regional director. “We believe that [Project Manager David] Hamilton with Adams can handle the day-to-day operations. I’ll make sure that the Qroe principles are seen through.”
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