The financial press has been alive this week with the failure of the big private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope, with a turnover of $900 million, in its proposed purchase of Victorian-based aged care operator Arcare, with 14 facilities and over 1000 staff. The professional investor institutions claim Healthscope, a public company, was paying up to 100% more than it should for Arcare. If it had gone ahead, the owners, John Russell, Graham Knowles and Ian Ball, would have made a killing. This would have been on top of the $329 million they received from Stockland when they sold their ARC group of villages exactly 2 years ago this week.
Healthscope CEO Bruce Dixon states they are ready to start construction of 400 beds immediately [given government approval].
Legal Issues
VCAT rules Lifestyle Communities’ DMF model illegal
Lifestyle Communities’ business model is under serious threat after a ruling by VCAT President Justice Ted Woodward found its exit fee structure to be illegal. The ASX-listed land lease operator, which was valued at $861.9 million and placed in...
