Chris Sears, founder of A&C Development, has over 20 years of industry experience in the Atlanta market and holds a Commercial General Contractor’s license (unlimited tier). Chris is also a Registered Landscape Architect, and owner of Sears, Smith and Associates, Inc., a full-service, Atlanta-based Landscape Architecture firm. He has a passion for building client relationships, and strives to build unique and memorable places across Atlanta.
His earliest industry experiences include humble beginnings working on landscape construction crews, as a nurseryman, working in forestry and even as a survey technician. Chris began his career in Atlanta with a small firm where he gained experience working on projects for developers, homebuilders, and large residential estates. In 2001, Chris moved to a Project Management role for ValleyCrest, the largest landscape contractor in the nation. This move allowed him to gain valuable management and construction experience on large multimillion-dollar commercial projects. With continued success at the firm, he was promoted to a business development role, then ultimately went on to create and lead their Design-Build Department. While exceeding all corporate goals and expectations, Chris had a vision to provide superior service to his clients and decided to devote all of his efforts to establishing a company that would do just that.
In 2005, Chris established Sears, Smith and Associates, Inc. (SS&A), which has since provided clients across the metro Atlanta area with analysis, planning, design, management and stewardship of the natural and built environments. SS&A has created memorable designs for its clients’ outdoor spaces ranging from mixed-use and commercial landscaping, to stunning private, residential backyard makeovers and golf course communities.
Understanding the need for a seamless option for the implementation and installation of these designs, Chris and his wife, Amy, then established A&C Development, Inc., as a general landscape contractor in 2005. Since then, A&C has delivered many visions into realities. We continue to strive to build memorable places, whether designed by SS&A or in partnership with any of the other great Landscape Architecture firms, General Contractors, Developers, or Property Owners in Atlanta!
