Private

Mergers & Acquisitions

Home care provider Kinyara Health expands into SA with Accept Care acquisition

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Caroline Egan

09 Jul 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Three years after $1B+ valuation, RetireAustralia faces $850M sale

Infratil and NZ Super put its jointly owned business RetireAustralia on the market in March 2022 with a reported price tag of over $1 billion. With its profits soring, the joint owners announced it was off the market in December 2023. In April last...

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Ian Horswill

08 Jul 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

“Aveo is a fantastic business, run by a fantastic management team”: Scape CEO Stephen Gaitanos backs landmark $3.85B acquisition

Scape Australia CEO Stephen Gaitanos has praised the leadership of retirement living operator Aveo, following its acquisition by The Living Company – Scape’s parent – for $3.85 billion, in what is now the largest direct real estate transaction...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jun 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Brookfield sells retirement village operator Aveo for $3.85B

Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York with over US$1 trillion of assets under management, has agreed to sell its retirement living platform, Aveo, to The Living Company for A$3.85 billion...

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Ian Horswill

26 Jun 2025

Chris Baynes

Aveo transformation masterclass: turning $1.27B into $3.85B in 55 months

Today’s confirmation of the sale of Aveo is dated 26 June 2025. Brookfield took the keys to Aveo in November 2019, or four years and seven months ago. On first blush they made $2.58 billion profit in those 55 months, or did they make a lot more?...

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Chris Baynes

26 Jun 2025

Technology

Health Metrics acquired by US private equity firm Accel-KKR

“We’ve delivered strong growth under Tanarra’s guidance, and I believe Accel-KKR will help take that to the next level,” Paul told The Weekly SOURCE

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Caroline Egan

19 Jun 2025

Aged Care

Pacific Equity Partners finalises 50% stake in Opal HealthCare

On 30 May 2025, Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), one of Australia’s oldest and most successful private equity firms, finalised its acquisition of a 50% stake in Opal HealthCare – Australia’s largest residential aged care provider – after securing shareholder and regulatory approvals.

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Caroline Egan

18 Jun 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Banks said to be ready to bankroll Scape’s $3B bid for retirement village operator Aveo

Australia’s largest student accommodation provider is reported to be close to announcing its purchase of the second largest retirement village operator, which was put for sale by its owner Brookfield Asset Management in June last year. The buyer...

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Ian Horswill

09 Jun 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Eureka acquires its fourth all-age rental community with promise of more to come

In February, the nation’s only pure-play over-50s rental community provider announced its expansion into the all-ages rental market with the acquisition of Kin Kora, a mixed-use residential village and caravan park in Gladstone, 517km northwest of Brisbane.

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Ian Horswill

02 Jun 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lendlease may have nibble for its 25% stake in village operator Keyton

The builder and developer, which has been under shareholder pressure to sell its remaining 25.1% stake in the retirement village operator for at least three years, is reported to have received a handful of approaches to buy it, according to The Australian.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Parties interested in buying Keyton’s Western Australian retirement villages in due diligence

The leading retirement village operator’s decision to sell its entire portfolio of 10 retirement villages in Western Australia was made in September last year. “They are still on the market with interested parties doing due diligence. That’s all we can say at this point,“ said Keyton spokesperson.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Legal & General acquires 75% stake in owner of land lease operator Vantage

Vantage is AVID Property Group’s land lease community brand, which has marked its first year in the burgeoning sector. AVID spent $284.5 million to buy eight Living Gems communities to announce the brand in March last year, adding it had earmarked...

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aveo’s preferred buyer Scape reveals new senior housing business Living Co

Stephen Gaitanos, the Co-Founder, Managing Director and Group CEO of Scape Australia, the country’s leading residential-to-rent owner and operator, has told Mingtiandi’s Singapore Forum that the group will provide accommodation for seniors.

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025