Chuck Kuhn’s holdings group purchases historic Leesburg farm for $19 million

Among the transactions is the 222-acre O’Connor estate, Dry Hollow Farm, in Leesburg. According to Loudoun County land records, members of the O’Connor family sold to Dry Holdings LLC on May 1 for $19 million.

The estate includes four parcels of land adjacent to Balls Bluff Battlefield Park as well as Morven Park and Ida Lee Park.

The farm was owned by the late Nancy Harrison O’Connor – a historian, author and descendant of Richard Henry Lee, who presented the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress. O’Connor died in 2011. 

“With deep roots, the O’Connor family and their land are part of the fabric that makes our county unique,” Kuhn, the CEO of Sterling-based JK Moving, said in a prepared statement. “We bought their remaining land and the other farms with the intent of putting these properties in conservation easement to help preserve the beauty, history and environment of Loudoun County. We will start the easement process once the county’s Prime Ag zoning rules get amended to ensure that this land remains protected forever.”

The other Loudoun properties Kuhn recently purchased include:

• The 265-acre Snickersville Farm in Purcellville, characterized by pastureland, woods, waterfront along the North Fork Beaverdam Creek and a 1770 farmhouse

• The 88-acre Fairview Farm on Snickersville Turnpike in Middleburg

• The 78-acre Brown Farm in Round Hill 

Kuhn said he intends to place all the properties in conservation easements, which are private legal agreements between a landowner and a land trust that permanently protects land and its conservation values regardless of whether the land is eventually sold.

According to Kuhn representatives, JK Land Holdings has conserved over 22,000 acres of land – more than a third in Loudoun County – including: 128-acre Loudoun riverfront property that was donated to NOVA Parks; 135-acre Westpark golf course in Leesburg that is being transformed into a park; 87-acre JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary; 150-acres in Purcellville used to start the JK Community Farm, a charitable effort that combats hunger by growing chemical free crops and livestock and donating them to local foodbanks; and 42 acres in St. Louis, one of Loudoun’s first African American townships.

In addition to his conservation efforts, Kuhn has been involved in numerous industrial park and data center deals throughout the region. Earlier this year, he purchased Redstone Industrial Park in Manassas for $90 million, which is adjacent to industrial property he already owns and is developing for data centers. In 2025, he sold 91 acres in Leesburg for $615 million for data centers, the Washington Business Journal reported.

Kuhn is also the owner of Middleburg Training Center, which is expected to be sold to the U.S. Army for its Caisson Detachment, or “Old Guard,” the unit that provides horse-drawn caisson funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery.

Kuhn’s JK Moving is among the largest moving companies in the eastern U.S. He started the company in 1982 when he was just 16 years old.