TEJON RANCH, CA-Robert A. Stine will retire as president and CEO of the Tejon Ranch Co. at the end of this year. The announcement came today at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. Tejon Ranch is a 270,000-acre working ranch and … Continue reading →

By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIANTejon Ranch Company is donating $250,000 to the Houchin Community Blood Bank for its new facility in southwest Bakersfield and for its gift-giving will have the lobby named for it. It ties for the single largest donation to … Continue reading →

Jan 12, 2013 (The Bakersfield Californian – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX News Network) — Kern County received what may have been the ideal corporate endorsement Friday as Caterpillar Inc. — no small player in the farms and mining operations … Continue reading →

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Is it too late to sign up? I’m over 50, but I think I could run through a field of mud if I had a full head of steam and a tailwind, and I’m from Bakersfield so I know I … Continue reading →

A decade ago, many in real estate circles scoffed at the notion that a significant portion of  Southern California largest, most historic and environmentally sensitive tracts of open space could fall under the bulldozer for homes, resorts and distribution facilities. … Continue reading →

Product diversification is something the Tejon Ranch Co. truly believes in: Farming, ranching, hunting, land development, oil, gas and mineral extraction activities, filming and, most recently, men’s fashions. Download PDF

TEJON RANCH, CA.—Construction is moving forward on a 350,000-sf warehouse-distribution facility at the 1,450-acre Tejon Industrial Complex that will house Famous Footwear, a retail division of Brown Shoe Co. Located within a new 177- acre Foreign Trade Zone, the facility … Continue reading →

Thoughts of Tejon Ranch bring up images of everything from ranching to farming along with mining, oil and even the fi lming of movies and television shows – pretty much everything that could be expected from this fully-functional ranch located … Continue reading →

A coalition of environmental groups and a developer have agreed on a landmark plan to conserve 90% of the largest chunk of privately owned wilderness remaining in Southern California. The agreement ends years of debate over the fate of an … Continue reading →

The U.S. Department of Commerce has designated 177 acres at Kern’s Tejon Industrial Complex as a foreign trade zone, ending a three-year application process to secure the federal status that grants certain customs benefits attractive to many companies, such as … Continue reading →

LEBEC, Calif. — Anyone who has traveled between Los Angeles and San Francisco along Interstate 5 has driven along the western flank of Tejon Ranch, a vast expanse of luminous oak-studded hills that divides the southern and central portions of … Continue reading →

You can’t open a real estate trade journal or attend a industry conference without being barraged with the word “green.”  The green train has even left the industrial station, and the question now is: Is it headed in the right … Continue reading →

A hundred years ago, it would take fence riders eight days to complete the swing around the lands of Tejon Ranch, a distance of 198 miles. On September 21 – 23, 2007, a total of 200 riders had the distinction … Continue reading →

The advent of the global economy and the dramatic increase of imports to the United States have forever changed the site selection process of the modern industrial space user. Today, most products sold and consumed in our country no longer … Continue reading →

When Tejon Ranch Co. applied for permission to expand its ware-complex north of Los Angeles to 20 million square feet, a key consideration was air pollution. Download PDF

The end is nigh! The end of 2006, that is. Time for gurus from Wall Street to Mumbai to pick their 10 best stocks for 2007. Now it’s time for my anti-end-of-the-year piece. Call it “10 stock picks for investors … Continue reading →

Every now and then my columns are rewarded with feedback so virulent I’m compelled to share some of the more colorful comments. My recent column on Tejon Ranch Co.’s right to develop its land in any environmentally sound way it … Continue reading →

It’s the gift that keeps on giving — hopefully. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital announced Monday that it has received one of its first large gifts in its capital campaign to help build the hospital’s new tower. Tejon Ranch Co., the large … Continue reading →

A coalition of California’s leading environmentalists has come up with an ambitious plan to turn sprawling Tejon Ranch into a vast natural preserve and is ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. This is merely a minor … Continue reading →

Award winning producer/host Huell Howser takes a tour of beautiful Tejon Ranch in a special hour-long edition of his television series California’s Gold. The program focuses on the rich history of Tejon Ranch, its natural beauty and legacy of good … Continue reading →

I recently had the privilege of attending the U.S. Department of Defense’s annual Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. This conference has run continuously at least once and sometimes twice a year since 1948. The purpose of the conference is for interested … Continue reading →

Retailers with distribution needs that encompass the vast California market have traditionally had to choose whether to locate their import facilities near the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex to serve Southern California or closer to Oakland to serve the San … Continue reading →

Dropping north from Liebra Mountain in Southern California, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) strikes north across the heart of the Antelope Valley, the western arm of the infamous Mojave Desert. Download PDF

TEJON RANCH Tejon Ranch has ever been a point of convergence, a place where the desert climes of the Mojave bumpr up against the rolling fertility of the Sierras and the humid coast. Somehow the three achieve balance. With the … Continue reading →

A proposal to create a 100,000-acre nature preserve on the sprawling Tejon Ranch holds great promise for ranch owners and allCalifornians. The 270,000-acre ranch is considered a “national treasure” by those of us who live in its shadows and drive … Continue reading →

In the case of northern Los A n g e l e s C o u n t y a n d southeastern Kern County, if we don’t build planned communities in coming years, w e w i l l … Continue reading →

The new town of Centennial is still just an idea on an open landscape of barren hills and fields stripped of vegetation by 100 years of cattle grazing. Located a few mile away from traffic on Interstate 5 at the … Continue reading →

The company that developed New York’s famed Rockefeller Center is teaming with Tejon Ranch Co. to build a warehouse and distribution center on 500 acres just north of the Grapevine, a site the partners intend to designate a Foreign Trade … Continue reading →

After a year of study, a top Defense Department official has concluded that development of three large projects on Tejon Ranch would not interfere with training flights over the Tehachapi Mountains or diminish the nation’s military readiness. Download PDF

A proposed community on Tejon Ranch land new Gorman will not interfere with military flight routes as once thought, military officials have determined. Download PDF

The Kern County Fire Department’s fire fighting fleet got a big boost yesterday with the unveiling of it newest weapon — a state of the art ladder truck with a boom that can reach 100 feet. Download PDF

As we observe Verterans Dat today, we must ask federal bureaucrats to do a better job of cutting through red tape and build a national veterans cemetery near Bakersfield before 2008. That’s the date set by National Cemetery officials who … Continue reading →

Dr. Kenneth Hurst with students Caitlin Kennedy, Asa Hurst and Ryan Dixon from the FMHS Robotics Club received three checks Friday night at the football game. Barry Zoeller of Tejon Ranch presented the first check for $5,000. A second check … Continue reading →

Tejon Ranch dates back to 1843, 23 years before Kern County was formed.  While many in the community understand the historic connection between Kern County and Tejon Ranch, few people are aware of Tejon’s ties to the city of Bakersfield. … Continue reading →

Large landowner Tejon Ranch Corp. is preparing it’s warehouse complex to tap into the booming Pacific port trade.  ”We”re laying the groundwork for more international business,” said Barry Hibbard, vice president of commercial industrial real estate for Tejon Ranch. Download … Continue reading →

When Sears Logistics sought a site for a 1 million-square-foot western regional distribution center, it ended up with what its logistics manager called a goose egg. Download PDF

There are more than 400 cities in the Golden State, but only 25 made our list of the Best Cities for Business. California is the most dynamic state in the nation, with nearly 35 million residents, and the state’s economy … Continue reading →

Developers of the vast Tejon Ranch north of Los Angeles have agreed to sell more than one-third of their 270,000 acres to a land trust, in an effort to establish a wildlife corridor of public land stretching from the Sierra … Continue reading →

The Tejon Ranch Company has announced the recent promotion of two of its employees to the position of Vice President.  Andrew Daymude has been named vice president of Planning and Entitlements in the Real Estate Division of the company, and … Continue reading →

With its canyons, lakes and mountain views, Tejon Ranch, in California’s Kern and Los Angeles Counties, has served as the backdrop for such picturesque films as “Braveheart.” Download PDF

Shelter on the Hill Humane Society held its annual fundraiser at Tait Ranch in Frqzier Park on Saturday.  The 501c3 non-profit is working to raise funds to build and operate a local animal shelter. Download PDF

As companies in the global marketplace continue to raise the standard to having the right product in the right place at the right time, they increasingly are basing decisions regarding their warehouse networks on how their choices help them to … Continue reading →