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For immediate release
Hallmark Holdings Obtains $55 Million Funding Commitment from
Five Arrows
St. Louis, MO,
April 3, 2007 - Hallmark Holdings, LLC (Hallmark), a
Missouri-based company formed to own, manage, acquire and
develop senior housing properties, announced today that it has
entered into an agreement with Five Arrows Realty Securities IV,
L.P. (Five Arrows) under which Five Arrows has committed to
invest $55 million in Hallmark.
The new Hallmark
entity is the successor to senior housing businesses created by
its principals, Laurence A. Schiffer and Andrew S. Love, and has
been formed to consolidate the ownership of senior living
holdings of Hallmark Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of
Love Savings Holding Company, the parent company of Heartland
Bank, and Love Investment Company. As a result of the
consolidation, Hallmark will initially own six operating
properties with a total of 685 units, primarily located in
Florida. The capital that Five Arrows has agreed to provide
will be primarily used to fund future acquisitions and
development.
Five Arrows is an
investment vehicle managed by New York-based Rothschild Realty,
Inc. (Rothschild Realty). Rothschild Realty is a leading
provider of growth capital to public and private real estate
companies. As part of the transaction with Five Arrows, Matthew
W. Kaplan and John D. McGurk, who are principals with Five
Arrows, have joined the Hallmark board.
Laurence A.
Schiffer, Hallmark's Chairman and Chief Executive Office, noted,
"We are pleased to have Rothschild Realty and Five Arrows as our
partners. This transaction allows us to bring together the
right people in the right platform with the capital necessary to
turn our vision into a reality. Upon the completion of the
consolidation process, we will have the financial capacity to
increase the size of our portfolio to over $300 million in
assets." Matthew Kaplan of Rothschild Realty added, "The
Hallmark team has demonstrated their exceptional ability to
develop, acquire and operate senior housing for the benefit of
their senior citizen residents as well as their investors, and
we are excited about being a part of their team going forward."
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Laurence A.
Schiffer |
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Matthew Kaplan |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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Managing
Director |
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Hallmark
Holdings, LLC |
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Rothschild
Realty, Inc. |
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212 South
Central Avenue |
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1251 Avenue of
the Americas |
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St. Louis, MO
63105 |
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New York, NY
10020 |
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314.512.8600 |
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212.403.3515 |
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