Boone Pickens

The Impossible Dream: T. Boone Pickens’ Mesa Vista Ranch in The Texas Panhandle is Sold

By Candy Evans / December 5, 2022 /

So many in the farm and ranch world of real estate said this would never happen: T. Boone Pickens’ estate was asking a whopping $250 million for his sprawling, 64,672-acre Mesa Vista Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. The ranch had been on the market since 2017. Mesa Vista Ranch: A Rare Buy They were right…

Love & Real Estate: Toni Brinker Heads Back to Alva Court! Why T. Boone Pickens Took His Home Off The Market

By Candy Evans / December 4, 2013 /

About two months ago, T. Boone Pickens took his stunning Old Preston Hollow $7 million dollar mansion off the market. You can link to my original story here, or if you are lazy (like me) I will re-post it for you. Anyhoo, seems Mr. P. was in love!  Over the weekend Alan Peppard reported that…

T. Boone Picken’s Most Romantic Home in Dallas Would Make a Great Empty Nest Texas Retreat. But No Windmills…

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2013 /

T. Boone Pickens may be a legendary Texas oil and gas executive, and a huge force behind wind energy, but there are no windmills on his Preston Hollow estate in Dallas, Texas. There are gardens, sculpted and manicured French gardens that will make you think you are in Versailles so much that “mais oui” will roll right off your tongue! He is now selling his Dallas estate in the heart of Preston Hollow for $7 million. And it is not listed in MLS. The home was built in 1996, but then when T. Boone and his wife, Madeleine bought it in July, 2005 for about five million, it was redone to the max. And I do mean the max. From a four bedroom home with a master on the first floor, it was taken to a three bedroom home with an expanded second floor master. In fact, the new master bathroom is so large it features a writing desk — what a splendid idea! The new master closet is larger than most starter homes.