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12,000 Acres of SC Forestland Sold
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American Timberlands Co., a land investment management firm, has purchased approximately 12,000 acres of forestland in three S.C. counties. The purchase, made on behalf of the company’s American Timberlands Fund II LP, comprises three tracts in Edgefield, Jasper and Kershaw counties.
The company manages approximately 60,000 acres of forestland in South Carolina, including 20,000 acres in Horry County purchased in 2008. It has offices in Columbia and Pawleys Island.
The recent transactions are the first acquisitions for American Timberlands Fund II LP, which closed in December 2011 and expects to invest as much as $100 million in forestland in South Carolina and adjoining states, the company said.
Smaller Port Suggested For Jasper County
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Bumper stickers in this small town at the southern tip of South Carolina proclaim “Jasper Port Now!” but it likely will take decades to develop a major container port in Jasper County on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River.
In the meantime, one state lawmaker suggested that a smaller “niche” port could provide jobs much more quickly.
State Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, said a port focusing on barge traffic, smaller shippers and refrigerated foods could jump-start the port in as little as three years.
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Developers Ask Jasper County to Buy 181 Acres for Lower-Cost Housing
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Developers want Jasper County to buy 181 acres at the Point South exit on Interstate 95 to help build a mixed-use development featuring affordable housing.
The development near Exit 33 would include 400 to 500 units in a mix of single-family housing for sale and rent, apartments and senior housing, county officials and developers say. The development also would include shops, offices and restaurants.
The land, known as the Frampton Tract, is listed for sale for $4 million on the Zinn Asset Management Corp. website.
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