American Timberlands

AMERICAN TIMBERLANDS COMPANY, is a vertically integrated holistic land investment management firm organized for the purpose of originating and managing forestland investments with diverse attributes and value-adding opportunities. ATC's clients, partners, and investors recognize that, with the right management expertise, low risk land investments c... an yield higher returns than ordinary timberland investments. The firm was founded in 2004, when the current principals, Thomas Rowland, Dan Stuckey and Doug McMillan formed American Timberlands Company, LLC to acquire and manage 1.3 million acres of International Paper Company land located in the Southeastern US. At that time, Tom Rowland was owner/manager of Palmetto Land Investment Company, Inc. ("PLIC"). Mr. Rowland formed PLIC to identify, develop, and manage forestland investments. PLIC's investment strategy was to acquire forestland with other value components that could be managed simultaneously and in addition to timber thereby providing additional return without increasing risk. Dan Stuckey was the owner/manager of Forestry Services, LLC, a traditional forestry consulting business, that's primary clients included large institutional land owners. Doug McMillan was the owner/manager of The McMillan Firm that provided financial and business administration advisory services to private equity backed early stage companies. In 2005, the co-founders of ATC merged their individual businesses to form the current company. ATC's original office was opened in 2005 in Columbia, SC, where the company's corporate business continues to be conducted. In 2007, the company's Operations office was opened in Pawleys Island, SC. The Pawleys Island location provides an efficient location for managing the company's field operations. In 2011, ATC opened an office in Buckhead, near Atlanta, GA, where one of the company's larger investors and several of the largest institutional forestland owners in the Southeastern US are headquartered. To complement its value-adding investment ...Read More