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•|||Kennedy
Wilson to acquire Toll Brothers’ interests in a portfolio of stabilized
and in-development apartment and student housing properties for $347 million
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•|||Transaction
will bring over $5 billion of assets under Kennedy Wilson management, including
$2.2 billion of AUM in 18 apartment and student housing properties that
Kennedy Wilson will acquire as part of the transaction, and $3.0 billion
of AUM in 20 apartment and student housing properties that Kennedy Wilson
will manage on behalf of Toll Brothers
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•|||Kennedy
Wilson to acquire a pipeline of 29 development sites which, if completed,
would total approximately $3.6 billion in capitalization
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Beverly
Hills, CA & Fort Washington, PA – September 2025 / NewsmakerAlert:
Global
real estate investment company Kennedy
Wilson (NYSE: KW) and Toll
Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury
homes, announce that Kennedy Wilson has agreed to acquire Toll
Brothers’ Apartment Living platform, including its in-house development
team and its interests in a portfolio of completed properties and assets
under development, for a total purchase price of $347 million. The transaction
will provide immediate scale to Kennedy Wilson’s investment management
platform and its rental housing capabilities, while monetizing a significant
portion of Toll Brothers’ investments in rental properties. The transaction
is expected to close in October 2025 and is subject to certain closing
conditions.
As
part of the transaction, Kennedy Wilson will acquire Toll Brothers’ general
partner interests in 18 apartment and student housing properties with AUM
of $2.2 billion. Kennedy Wilson will also acquire a pipeline of 29 sites
in various stages of development which, if completed, would total approximately
$3.6 billion of invested capital, with Kennedy Wilson to assume construction
management responsibilities for these properties. As part of the transaction,
Kennedy Wilson will also manage 20 apartment and student housing properties
that will remain with Toll Brothers following closing, representing another
$3.0 billion of AUM for Kennedy Wilson. It is Toll Brothers’ intention
to dispose of these remaining assets over time and exit the multifamily
development business.
Kennedy
Wilson will also acquire the expertise of the Toll Brothers Apartment Living
management team. It expects to make offers to all employees of Toll Brothers
Apartment Living and anticipates the entire Apartment Living executive
team will join Kennedy Wilson to oversee the existing portfolio and further
grow the development platform.
In
addition, the transaction is expected to create a new long-term relationship
between the two companies that paves the way for future investment opportunities
across rental and for-sale housing. Under this arrangement, Kennedy Wilson
will refer prospective for-sale housing opportunities to Toll Brothers,
and Toll Brothers will reciprocate with rental housing opportunities, creating
a mutually beneficial pipeline of shared deal flow.
Kennedy
Wilson expects to make an initial investment of approximately $90 million
in the acquired interests and will assume Toll Brothers’ general partner
role in such acquired assets. The balance of the purchase price will be
funded from existing Kennedy Wilson partners. The transaction will immediately
enhance the scale of Kennedy Wilson’s world-class investment management
platform.
“We
are thrilled to welcome the best-in-class team at Toll Brothers Apartment
Living to Kennedy Wilson and to further accelerate the growth of our investment
management business and multifamily development capabilities at a time
when the country is in true need of new, high-quality housing,” said William
McMorrow, Chairman and CEO of Kennedy
Wilson. “This purchase helps create an unparalleled national platform
within the rental housing space that totals over 80,000 units we own, finance
or manage, and solidifies Kennedy Wilson’s fully integrated capabilities
across real estate development, acquisitions, and asset management along
with a market-leading housing-focused credit platform.”
“We
are proud of the value that has been created by our Toll Brothers Apartment
Living business, and we are excited for the future of this team with Kennedy
Wilson,” said Douglas
C. Yearley, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Toll
Brothers. “This transaction will unlock significant capital for our
stockholders, while allowing us to focus on our core homebuilding business
and continue our transformation to a more asset-light homebuilder. We are
pleased that our Toll Brothers Apartment Living employees have found a
new home at Kennedy Wilson.”
J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC acted as Kennedy Wilson’s exclusive financial advisor.
Latham & Watkins served as Kennedy Wilson’s legal counsel. Goldman
Sachs & Co. LLC and Vestra Advisors acted as Toll Brothers’ financial
advisors, and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP served as
Toll Brothers’ legal counsel.
About
Kennedy Wilson
Kennedy
Wilson (NYSE: KW) is a leading real estate investment company with
$30 billion of assets under management in high growth markets across the
United States, the UK and Ireland. Drawing on decades of experience, its
relationship-oriented team excels at identifying opportunities and building
value through market cycles, closing more than $60 billion in total transactions
across the property spectrum since going public in 2009. Kennedy Wilson
owns, operates, and builds real estate within its high-quality, core real
estate portfolio and through its investment management platform, where
the company targets opportunistic equity and debt investments alongside
partners. For further information, please visit KennedyWilson.com.
About
Toll Brothers
Toll
Brothers, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company, is the nation’s leading builder
of luxury homes. The Company was founded 58 years ago in 1967 and became
a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” The Company serves first-time, move-up,
empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and
suburban renters. Toll Brothers builds in over 60 markets in 24 states:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, as well as in the District of Columbia.
The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title,
land development, smart home technology, and landscape subsidiaries. The
Company also develops master-planned and golf course communities as well
as operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and
manufacturing operations.
Toll
Brothers has been one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired
Companies™ for 10+ years in a row, and in 2024 the Company’s Chairman and
CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. was named one of 25 Top CEOs by Barron’s
magazine. Toll Brothers has also been named Builder of the Year by Builder
magazine and is the first two-time recipient of Builder of the Year from
Professional Builder magazine. For more information visit TollBrothers.com.
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About
Toll Brothers Apartment Living®
Toll
Brothers Apartment Living is the apartment development division of
Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), an award-winning Fortune 500 Company,
and the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. Toll Brothers Apartment
Living brings the same quality, luxury, and service for which Toll Brothers
is known to its exceptional rental and mixed-use communities in select
markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, and Washington, DC. Toll Brothers Apartment Living communities
combine the energy of vibrant locations with unparalleled amenities, resident
services, and the design and expertise of America’s Luxury Home Builder®.
In 2024, Toll Brothers Apartment Living was named to the National Multifamily
Housing Council’s Top 25 Largest Developers list, the fifth year it has
been so recognized. The firm has completed over 10,000 units nationally,
with more than 18,000 units in production.
For
more information visit TollBrothersApartmentLiving.com.
Special
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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in this press release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. These forward-looking
statements are estimates that reflect our management’s current expectations,
are based on our current estimates, expectations, forecasts, projections
and assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate and involve known and unknown
risks. Accordingly, our actual results, performance or achievement, or
industry results, may differ materially and adversely from the results,
performance or achievement, or industry results, expressed or implied by
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These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a
number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We assume no duty to update
the forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.
Kennedy
Wilson Contacts:
Investors
Daven
Bhavsar, CFA
Head
of Investor Relations
310-887-3431
Media
Emily
Heidt
Managing
Director, Communications
310-887-3499
Toll
Brothers Contacts:
Investors
Gregg
Ziegler
Senior
Vice President, Investor Relations & Treasurer
215-478-3820
Media
Heather
Reeves
Vice
President, Public Relations & Social Media
215-328-7634 |