Well-known Langley berry grower Driediger Farms is for sale.
“I’ve been looking at different options for selling for the past couple of years. But I just decided this is the time,” says owner Rhonda Driediger. “I have some other projects I want to do and I can’t really do them and live where I want to live while I’m still this involved in the industry.”
Driediger is retaining the operating company and branding behind the farm, pursuing instead an asset sale that will see the equipment sold separately from the land.
“Selling it as parcels, and as an asset sale, is really the best option overall,” she explains. “It gives me far more flexibility. There’s a lot more people that can afford the individual parcels than the whole thing.”
The land is being sold via three listings totaling 157.5 acres. The list price for all three properties is $39 million. Pricing for the individual listings begins at $6 million.
There is no timeline for the sale, but BC Farm and Ranch Realty Corp. agent Rajin Gill says there has been strong interest.
Gill says prospective buyers had been inquiring after the farm for a couple of years, prior to the listings going live last week.
Driediger is planning for limited operations this summer, pending a transaction. But as she looks to the future, she hopes the farm finds a good home.
“I’m hoping the people who end up buying the parcels enjoy it as much as we have for six decades,” she says.
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