RF’s “Maximizing the Transformational Potential of M&A”
Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Underperform
September 2019 | Orange County – RealFoundations practitioners Barry Faulkner and Dylan Rhea authored an article titled “Maximizing the Transformational Potential of M&A”, that has been published in the September 2019 issue of The Institute for Real Estate Operating Companies (iREOC) Connect. This publication focuses on the interests of Institutional Investors, their investment managers and real estate operating companies who seek to access and serve institutional capital through structures deemed most suitable to investor needs.
This article examines why most mergers and acquisitions underperform and how you can manage the challenges that arise to secure more successful outcomes for your real estate company. Click the button below to read the full article.
“Real estate firms involved in M&A deals must be realistic about the complexity and challenges of these transactions as well as the expertise, time, resources and effort required for successful post-transaction integration.”
— Barry Faulkner and Dylan Rhea, RealFoundations
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About the Authors
Barry Faulkner, a Senior Managing Consultant at RealFoundations, has more than two-and-a-half decades of institutional investment management and consulting experience in the real estate industry. Dylan Rhea, an Enterprise Managing Consultant with the firm, is a 20-plus-year industry veteran who leads RealFoundations’ homebuilding practice.
About Institute for Real Estate Operating Companies
Institute for Real Estate Operating Companies (iREOC) is a for-profit, exclusive membership organization and division of IREI. iREOC’s mission is to accelerate the development and adoption of workflow best practices in capital raising and operational guidelines for REOC partnership investments that enable investors, investment managers, and real estate operating companies to maximize returns, lower costs, and reduce risk.
About RealFoundations
RealFoundations is a professional services firm dedicated exclusively to helping companies that develop, build, own, operate, service, occupy or invest in real estate make smarter, more profitable decisions. Over the last few years, RealFoundations has managed complex integrations for the three largest U.S. real estate merger transactions to date. These include a comprehensive, 18-month technology transformation project for Mid-America Apartments (MAA) following its 2016 merger with Post Properties. The firm also worked with Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) to restructure technology and operating models after its 2017 merger with Starwood Waypoint Homes. Additionally, for the biggest homebuilding merger transaction ever, RealFoundations revamped the new entity’s technology and operating models which resulted in more than $350 million in direct cost savings. We Make Real Estate Run Better.
