Rayonier Inc. is an American timberland real estate investment trust headquartered in Wildlight, Florida, one of the largest private timberland owners in the United States. It traces its origins to 1926 as ITT Rayonier, a producer of rayon and cellulose fiber products, and it gradually shifted its business over the following decades from chemical cellulose manufacturing toward owning and managing timberland, formally becoming a real estate investment trust in 2004 after separating its performance fibers manufacturing business into a standalone company. Rayonier owns and manages several million acres of timberland across the American South, the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, generating revenue primarily from selling harvested timber and, increasingly, from leasing land for carbon capture, mitigation banking and other emerging non-timber uses.
Facts
Company TypePublic company, timberland real estate investment trust 1 Founded Year HeadquartersWildlight, Florida, United States 1 In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Rayonier, Wikipedia
History section, founding
Rayonier was founded in 1926 as the Rainier Pulp and Paper Company in Shelton, Washington, with a headquarters office in San Francisco, California.
History section, REIT conversion
Rayonier converted to a real estate investment trust (REIT) on January 1, 2004.
History section, 2017 headquarters consolidation
In August 2017, Rayonier consolidated its corporate headquarters, real estate, and forest resources offices into a newly constructed, state-of-the-art building in Wildlight, Florida.
Infobox, Founded field
Founded 1926; 100 years ago (1926)
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