Over 600,000 acres of timberland managed by Timberland Investment Resources, LLC (TIR) have been certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) standard. TIR’s investment footprint spans 14 states, with a significant presence in the southeastern U.S.
The parcel includes prime timber property in South Carolina’s Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw and Lancaster Counties.
The timberland investment sector is showing increasing strength after a stagnant period following the global financial crisis and the collapse of the domestic housing market.
Dr Chung-Hong Fu, Managing Director of Timberland Investment Resources Europe, predicted: “The overhang of properties from 2007/2008 has been eliminated and we expect a recovery in the US property market in the next three years.
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