{"id":1004118068,"date":"2015-04-23T06:42:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004118068"},"modified":"2022-12-08T20:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T04:06:42","slug":"brookfield-affiliate-to-acquire-associated-estates-for-a-big-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brookfield-affiliate-to-acquire-associated-estates-for-a-big-sum\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookfield Affiliate to Acquire Associated Estates for a Big Sum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004118214\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/04\/Jeffrey-Friedman-CEO-Associated-Estates-Realty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004118214\" data-attachment-id=\"1004118214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brookfield-affiliate-to-acquire-associated-estates-for-a-big-sum\/jeffrey-friedman-ceo-associated-estates-realty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/04\/Jeffrey-Friedman-CEO-Associated-Estates-Realty.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"448,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1402411244&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jeffrey Friedman CEO Associated Estates Realty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jeffrey Friedman, Associated Estates Realty&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/04\/Jeffrey-Friedman-CEO-Associated-Estates-Realty.jpg?w=448\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1004118214\" alt=\"Jeffrey Friedman, Associated Estates Realty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/04\/Jeffrey-Friedman-CEO-Associated-Estates-Realty.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004118214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey Friedman, Associated Estates Realty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t typically garner the attention that AvalonBay or Equity Residential or other big-ticket multi-family REITs get, but Associated Estates Realty Corp. is undeniably turning heads this week. The apartment owner, developer and manager just announced that its Board of Directors has signed off on a definitive merger agreement that calls for the company to be acquired by a real estate fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management for $2.5 billion&#8211;in cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Associated Estates. The transaction will deliver compelling, immediate and certain value to all Associated Estates shareholders while also positioning our company to take advantage of exciting growth opportunities,\u201d Jeffrey Friedman, chairman &amp; CEO of\u00a0 Associated Estates, wrote in a letter to employees dated April 22.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are notable. Brookfield will pay $28.75 per share for all outstanding shares of Associated Estates common stock, marking a 17 percent premium to the closing price the day before the agreement. The global alternative asset manager also included the assumption of existing debt in the offer.<\/p>\n<p>News of the pending merger comes four months after Associated Estates announced that it had called on Citigroup\u00a0Global Markets Inc. to serve as a financial advisor as the company commenced a review of its business for the purpose of pursuing opportunities to further maximize shareholder value. Associated Estates\u2019 Board arrived at the decision to merge with Brookfield following a comprehensive analysis of its strategy and assets, as well as the consideration of a list of potential buyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BAM offer today really validates the value in this firm that simply wasn\u2019t being accounted for in the public markets,\u201d John R. Benda, senior equity research analyst with broker-dealer National Securities Corp., told <i>Commercial Property Executive<\/i>. \u201cIt was a combination of not valuing the embedded equity in the real estate&#8211;and by that I\u2019m speaking about the purchase price of the assets at acquisition date&#8211;and what the assets are worth today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Associated Estates has been actively repositioning its portfolio into a pure Class A collection over the last several years, an effort that is in its final stages. The REIT\u2019s group of apartment communities, which contains only one property from its holdings at the time of its 1993 IPO, encompasses more than 15,000 residential units at 56 properties in 10 states. The total includes two pending acquisitions and five under-development communities, one of which is the $220 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/regions\/west\/aig-associated-estates-enter-jv-to-build-m-u-development-in-san-francisco\/1004093268.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">project at 350 8th St. in San Francisco<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deal with Brookfield, however, has implications beyond Associated Estates\u2019 doors. It\u2019s indicative of a realization that is afoot in the industry: more young professionals are renting, not just because homeownership is not easily tangible these days, but because they simply prefer to rent. They have their reasons.<\/p>\n<p>As Benda pointed out, more and more Americans are going through the university system, and in terms of residential accommodations, they like what they\u2019re getting. \u201cUniversities offer students gyms, they offer them lounges, they offer them pools in some instances. They offer them the community lifestyle, and what these guys like AEC, Preferred Apartment Communities and others offer to residents is a lifestyle,\u201d he said. Benda added that today\u2019s graduates also favor the urban, walkable, green living that apartment communities typically provide. And then there\u2019s the freedom of easy relocation that comes with renting. \u201cThe population is saying we are choosing multifamily housing as a lifestyle choice. The stigma of renting versus owning is gone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And with the understanding that renting is increasingly becoming a preferred residential option for an important sector of the population, Benda predicts that more offers like the one Brookfield made Associated Estates will soon follow. \u201cThis premium, in my view, is just one of many to come, and investors are soon going to realize the value of other names in the space like Preferred Apartment Communities, like BlueRock Residential Growth, like Independence Realty Trust and all the smaller REITs that are under-covered by analysts,\u201d he said. \u201cThe value in names with a market capitalization of $5 billion or less is tremendous. And this premium AEC received totally reflects the value of these portfolios and the value that a lot of people are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Associated Estates must obtain the approval of shareholders to move forward with the deal but if all goes as planned, the transaction will likely close in the second half of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn\u2019t typically garner the attention that AvalonBay or Equity Residential or other big-ticket multi-family REITs get, but Associated Estates Realty Corp. is undeniably turning heads this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":969,"featured_media":1004118214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21783,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004118068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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