South Carolina Hunting
Plantation for Lease
1500 Acres
Charleston and Georgetown Counties, South CarolinaPlantation Services has
been selected to represent the University of South Carolina in
procuring a lessee for The Wedge Plantaton, a 1500 acre
historic plantation located on the Santee River in Charleston
and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina.
Situation
The University of South Carolina is the fee
simple owner of approximately 1503 acres of property in the
coastal area of Charleson and Georgetown Counties known as the
Wedge Plantation. The property is a historic riverfront
plantation that contains a large plantation home of 8,665 sq.
ft., a caretakerʹs cottage of 2,546 sq. ft. and miscellaneous
additional out buildings. The tract contains approximately 970
acres of uncontrolled marshland on the north bank of the
South Santee River in Georgetow County. The remaining 533
acres are located in Charleston County and is the site of
the plantation home and associated buildings. Site improvements
include an unpaved road and driveway, beautiful grounds, and a
series of freshwater and saltwater ponds and waterfowl
impoundments. The property has been used for the past 10
years as a hunting retreat by a private leaseholder. That
lease expired on January 30, 2007, and the University is
interested in entering another 10‐year lease for the property
under the following terms and conditions.
The University will lease the property subject
to any and all conditions, restrictions, or easements affecting
the property, including that certain easement crossing the
property from the Santee Public Road to Harrietta Plantation,
which is depicted as "Seven Mile Road" on a plat of J. A.
Schmidt, dated May 1966 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston
County in Plat Book U at page
164. The use of the property will be limited to hunting,
fishing or other wildlife‐related activities not inconsistent
with the University’s desire to maintain the property in a
natural wilderness condition.
The University will reserve the
right to continue to use the property for educational,
research, and scientific purposes and to allow non‐profit
organizations to make limited use of the property with advance
notice to the Lessee. The University prefers to have the
property leased in the name of a single individual who will
not sub‐lease or otherwise authorize others to use or possess
the property other than as guests of the Lessee. However,
the University will consider other proposals provided there are
adequate provisions in the Lease document to fully protect the property
and environment. The University will look to the Lessee to
be solely liable for the safety, condition, and maintenance of
the property during the term of the Lease. The Lessee will
be responsible for payment of all utilities and insurance on
the property and for maintaining the property according to an
annual maintenance schedule that will be approved by the
University. The University has estimated annual maintenance
costs that will be borne by the Lessee to be $120,000.
Therefore, annual lease amounts offered will need to be at
least that amount. Any unexpended amounts from that offered
as annual lease payments, or any amounts exceeding the
$120,000 annual maintenance requirement that is offered by the
Lessee in exchange for the 10 year Lease, will be remitted
to the University as Lease payments.
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Interested parties should contact
Plantation Services in Charleston, SC
843.958.0222
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