Feb 20, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Potlatch Corporation has hired Mark Bice as Real Estate and Acquisition Manager effective March 2nd. Bice will be responsible for all Real Estate activity including timberland acquisitions and small parcel sales for the company in Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi. Bice will be located in Birmingham, Alabama, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

"Potlatch is pleased to bring someone on board with such deep knowledge and experience in land transactions in the US Southeast," said Mike Covey, chairman and CEO for Potlatch Corporation. "Timberland acquisition in the US Southeast is a key part of our growth strategy, especially where opportunities exist to 'bolt on' to our recent Alabama and Mississippi acquisitions," added Covey.

Bice comes to Potlatch from BTG Pactual Timberland Investment group (formerly Regions Timberland Group), a Timberland Investment Management Organization headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Bice is a recognized 30-year plus industry veteran having negotiated and closed over $1 billion in timberland transactions, in the US south as well as other regions in the country.

Potlatch is a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with approximately 1.6 million acres of timberland in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho Minnesota and Mississippi.