Wott Management

Wott Management is a mysterious corporation seeking to purchase land in Erie Harbor. The secrecy around their identity and true motives propels the Lisko family to investigate.

History
Wott Management was named after a man who lived in Erie Harbor in the 1800s. He was a founder of the town and purchased the forests in town so he could cut them down for profit.

Season 2
In "Not Giving Up", Hilde asks Junior if he thinks his transformer explosion was caused by a strike of lightning. He knows that’s what Wott Management wants him to think. He turned their offer down again last week and then, all of a sudden, they stopped calling. The next thing he knows they're flying helicopters low to scare his animals, he found dead animals on his farm, and now the transformer blows. They have some fancy legal jargon they’re trying to pull on him now. He asks if she knows a good lawyer, so she refers him to her mother.

Junior meets with Bridget about Wott and tells her about the multiple letters and purchase offers. Bridget is impressed by the amount of money Wott is willing to purchase the land for, citing that it's well above market value. But Junior doesn't care about the money and he likes his farm. The Johnson’s have already sent a letter rejecting their offer, but now Wott Management is threatening eminent domain. Bridget asks if they are a government agency and if they know anything about the company. Junior doesn’t know much as he couldn’t find anything online. Bridget confirms that it is possible for Wott to pay them pinnace and throw them off the land, but she won’t let that happen. Later, she tries repeatedly to contact Wott Management but no one answers the phone when she calls.

Meanwhile, Hilde, Donny, and Spoon investigate Wott Management but can't find anything online. They turn to their school library instead. The land itself isn’t anything special, but Donny explains that the Catherine Woodruff Mansion is next to he Johnson Farm. Hilde wonders if Wott is trying to buy the mansion.

In "I Believe You", Hilde reveals to her family that Wott Management was named after one of the founders of Erie Harbor. He bought all the forests around the town so he could chop them down. Later, Matt tells a persistent Hilde that he found some financial records regarding Wott Management, but doesn't disclose any additional information. The next day, Matt tells Bridget that he found an address for Wott Management. They visit that afternoon but something doesn’t feel right to her. The front doors are locked and the building seems empty. A side door for authorized personnel is unlocked so they enter. They walk through the building but it seems empty as no one responds to their shouts. She decides to call Wott Management and they hear a phone ringing. They follow the sound to a single landline rotary phone.

In "Fighting His Ghost", Bridget and Junior decide to file an injunction against Wott Management - a restraining order to cease the letters and contact.