Dream Finders Homes Closes Acquisition Forming New Partnership with Liberty Communities in Atlanta
23 Janeiro 2025 - 6:35PM
Business Wire
Dream Finders Homes, Inc. (the “Company”, “Dream Finders” or
“DFH”) (NYSE: DFH) today announced that it has completed the
acquisition of the core homebuilding operations and assets of
privately-held homebuilder, Liberty Communities, LLC, in the
Atlanta, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina markets, in
addition to its captive pre-engineered panel and truss and building
component import businesses (collectively, “Liberty Communities” or
“Liberty”).
This transaction enables Dream Finders’ expansion to the Atlanta
homebuilding market, one of the largest and fastest-growing in the
United States, and increases its community count and future land
supply in Greenville. In addition, the acquisition of Liberty’s
offsite manufacturing and component import businesses provide cost
and operating efficiencies in Liberty’s existing markets and
position DFH with a potential platform for expansion to other
active markets in the future.
Patrick Zalupski, Dream Finders’ Chairman and CEO, said: “We are
excited to partner with Liberty, led by its dynamic founder and
CEO, Neil Koelbl, and his exceptional leadership team. Atlanta –
the sixth largest homebuilding market in the U.S. and the largest
in the Southeast – has been one of our highest-priority expansion
markets. Atlanta had over 27,000 estimated single-family permits in
2024, and was, effectively, the only Southeastern market where we
were not active. This transaction gives us a running start to build
Atlanta into one of the top markets for DFH. In addition, Liberty’s
offsite manufacturing operations provide us with a unique and
differentiated opportunity to explore incremental cost and
production efficiencies for our homebuilding operations.”
Said Koelbl, “This partnership with Dream Finders is a
significant milestone for Liberty and a unique opportunity to
pursue aggressive and sustainable growth with one of the leading
national builders in our industry. Dream Finders is an outstanding
organization that shares our core values and our commitment to
customer service and product quality. I am grateful to our many
talented team members at Liberty who have made this possible, with
special thanks to Chris Cox, Chrissy Marler, and Dolores Allen, who
truly embody our ‘hungry, humble, and smart’ professional ethos.
This is a unique opportunity to do something extraordinary –
combining our local market knowledge, operational excellence, and
desire to win with Dream Finders’ growth objectives and access to
the public capital markets ideally positions us for long-term
success.”
DFH funded the transaction with cash on hand and borrowings
under its existing senior unsecured revolving credit facility.
Simultaneously with the acquisition closing, DFH paid off Liberty’s
vertical lines of credit associated with the assets acquired.
Zelman, a Walker & Dunlop Company (NYSE: WD), served as the
exclusive sell-side financial advisor to Liberty Communities on the
transaction.
About Dream Finders Homes, Inc.
Dream Finders Homes (NYSE: DFH) is a homebuilder based in
Jacksonville, Florida. Dream Finders Homes builds single-family
homes throughout the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, including
Florida, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Colorado, Arizona, and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area,
which comprises Northern Virginia and Maryland. Through its wholly
owned subsidiaries, DFH also provides mortgage financing and title
services to homebuyers. Dream Finders Homes achieves its
industry-leading growth and returns by maintaining an asset-light
homebuilding model. For more information, please visit
www.dreamfindershomes.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding
future events which include, but are not limited to, market
conditions, possible or assumed future results of operations,
expected benefits of the Liberty Communities acquisition and
statements regarding the Company’s strategies and expectations as
they relate to market opportunities and growth. All forward-looking
statements are based on managements’ beliefs as well as assumptions
made by and information currently available to management. These
statements reflect managements’ current views with respect to
future events and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, which are discussed in Dream Finders Homes’ Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023,
subsequently filed Form 10-Qs and other filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. Dream Finders Homes undertakes
no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement
except as may be required by applicable law.
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