Landmark Apartment Trust of America to Acquire Management Operations of Elco Landmark Residential Holdings

– Transaction fully internalizes property management operations and eliminates certain payments for management services –

RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Landmark Apartment Trust of America, Inc. (the “Company” or “LATA“), a multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT) with assets located in select metropolitan areas throughout the Southern United States, today announced the acquisition of the management operations, including certain property management contracts, of Elco Landmark Residential Holdings LLC and its affiliates (“ELRH“) for approximately $30 million and the assumption of certain liabilities, subject to certain earn-outs and clawback rights as described below. The assets LATA is acquiring from ELRH include the following:

• The elimination of property management services on 22 assets consisting of 6,433 units either owned by or soon to-be-owned by LATA , which were contributed to LATA as part of the $536.5 million recapitalization transaction it completed with ELRH on August 6, 2012;
• Property management contracts on additional assets that are currently owned and managed by ELRH; and
• Property management contracts on a to-be-determined number of assets related to ELRH‘s private label arrangement with Timbercreek Asset Management as manager of the Timbercreek U.S. Multi-Residential Opportunity Fund, which Fund was formed to acquire and operate assets identified for purchase by ELRH that may be contributed to LATA in the future. The consideration for this portion of the transaction is variable and structured as an earn-out based on the ultimate size of the fund.

Commenting on the transaction, Joseph Lubeck, Executive Chairman, commented, “This transaction is the next step in our overall business plan to grow the Company, which began with our recapitalization transaction last August, while creating increased shareholder value.”

Stanley Olander, CEO said “The strategic acquisition of ELRH‘s management operations fully internalizes LATA‘s property management operations, allowing it to eliminate the management services currently provided by ELRH associated with the properties currently owned by LATA, resulting in an increase in each property’s net operating income (NOI) and enhancing the Company’s overall value.”

Consideration for the transaction will be a combination of LATA operating partnership units and notes payable to ELRH, subject to certain adjustments and clawbacks, including in the event that any of the ELRH-owned assets are not contributed to LATA in the future. Additionally, there is …read more
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