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Los Angeles Times
30-06-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Irvine's Five Point Holdings Acquires Hearthstone Residential for $59.25 Million
Irvine-based Five Point Holdings agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Hearthstone Residential Holdings LLC from Hearthstone Inc. and The Mark and Lynn Porath 2000 Trust for $59.25 million. Five Point agreed to pay $56.25 million in cash and up to $3 million in stock. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the third quarter. 'Hearthstone has built an impressive track record over more than three decades, consistently delivering value through changing market conditions, and we are very excited to bring this exceptional platform and talented team into Five Point,' said Dan Hedigan, chief executive and president of Five Point, in a statement. Hearthstone was founded in 1992 and is focused on managing institutional capital in residential for-sale housing. Its business consists of a land banking program that provides capital to public homebuilders, a joint venture financing program, and advisory services for real estate investors and financial institutions. It has over $2.6 billion in assets under management and has funded more than 173,000 homes and lots, totaling approximately $21 billion in investments in connection with approximately 750 transactions. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP acted as legal advisor for Five Point Holdings. Alston & Bird LLP acted as legal advisor for Hearthstone Inc. and Hearthstone Residential Holdings LLC. Information for this article was sourced from Five Point Holdings.
Business Wire
20-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Five Point Holdings, LLC to Acquire Controlling Interest in New Landbank Venture With Hearthstone, Inc.
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Five Point Holdings, LLC ('Five Point' or the 'Company') (NYSE:FPH), an owner and developer of large mixed-use planned communities in California, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in a newly formed entity that will include substantially all of the business and operations of Hearthstone, Inc. ('Hearthstone'), a provider of capital solutions to the U.S. homebuilding industry. The new entity, Hearthstone Residential Holdings, LLC (the 'Hearthstone Venture'), represents a strategic partnership between Five Point and Hearthstone designed to expand access to flexible, off-balance sheet capital for homebuilders pursuing land-light strategies. This marks a significant expansion of Five Point's capabilities, positioning it as a more active manager of capital solutions for the homebuilding sector through investment funds. The Hearthstone Venture will benefit from Five Point's deep development expertise, valuable long-term relationships with the homebuilding industry, and strong capital base, while leveraging Hearthstone's respected platform and experienced leadership. As part of the transaction, Hearthstone will contribute substantially all of its assets into the new venture, of which Five Point will own 75%, with the remaining 25% retained by entities affiliated with Mark Porath, Hearthstone's Founder and Chief Executive Officer. The Hearthstone Venture will continue to be led by its existing management team. Hearthstone was founded in 1992 and is focused on managing institutional capital in residential for-sale housing in select target markets across the country. Hearthstone's business consists of a land banking (or lot option) program that provides capital to public homebuilders, a joint venture financing program, and advisory services for real estate investors and financial institutions. With over $2.6 billion in assets under management, the firm has funded over 173,000 homes and lots, totaling approximately $21 billion in investments in connection with approximately 750 transactions. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions. 'Hearthstone has built an impressive track record over more than three decades, consistently delivering value through changing market conditions, and we are very excited to bring this exceptional platform and talented team into Five Point,' said Dan Hedigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Five Point. 'We've had the opportunity to partner with Hearthstone on several transactions and have great respect for their disciplined execution and deep relationships across the homebuilding industry. This acquisition will create new revenue streams for Five Point, while connecting us to a broader network of capital providers and strengthening our relationships with builder partners. Hearthstone's market insight, innovative approach, and operational excellence are a strong complement to our land development platform, and both companies have established trust with their homebuilder partners. Together, we're positioned to scale Hearthstone's land banking business, while further supporting Five Point's asset-light growth strategy.' 'Partnering with Five Point is a strategic step forward for Hearthstone,' said Mark Porath, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hearthstone. 'This venture will allow us to scale our platform and broaden our impact while aligning with an industry leader that shares our long-term vision. We're entering this partnership to leverage the respective strengths of both companies, and my continued ownership stake reflects my confidence in the future of the business. Our builder clients will experience continuity in service—with the added advantage of expanded resources, enhanced capital solutions, and increased capacity to support their growth strategies.' About Five Point Holdings, LLC Five Point Holdings, LLC (NYSE: FPH) designs and develops large mixed-use planned communities in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Francisco County that combine residential, commercial, retail, educational, and recreational elements with public amenities, including civic areas for parks and open space. Five Point's communities include the Great Park Neighborhoods® in Irvine, Valencia® in Los Angeles County, and Candlestick® and The San Francisco Shipyard® in the City of San Francisco. About Hearthstone, Inc. Hearthstone, Inc. is a leading private investment partner in for-sale housing in the United States, with an uncompromising commitment to excellence, innovation, and integrity. Hearthstone's primary business is managing institutional capital in their investment in residential housing in select target markets. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements concern expectations, beliefs, projections, plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. When used, the words 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'expect,' 'intend,' 'may,' 'might,' 'plan,' 'estimate,' 'project,' 'should,' 'will,' 'would,' 'result' and similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements that refer to: our expectations of future home sales and/or builder sales; our future revenues, costs and financial performance, including with respect to cash generation and profitability; the expected timing, completion, and effects of the proposed transaction; the ability of the parties to consummate the transaction on the anticipated timeline or at all; anticipated benefits, synergies, or strategic advantages; and other statements that are not historical in nature. We caution you that any forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on our current views and information currently available to us. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, trends, uncertainties and factors that are beyond our control. Some of these risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in Five Point's filings with the SEC, including Five Point's Annual Report on Form 10-K, under the heading 'Risk Factors.' Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. We caution you therefore against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. While forward-looking statements reflect our good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. They are based on estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes, except as required by applicable law.
Business Journals
25-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
FivePoint says next wave of infrastructure work at Candlestick Point could begin in 2026
The timeline comes after the Irvine-based developer said it would seek to proceed with Candlestick as a standalone development. FivePoint Holdings plans to begin building out infrastructure to support the next wave of development at Candlestick Point in 2026, the company (NYSE: FPH) said during a first quarter earnings call Thursday. CEO Dan Hedigan told analysts FivePoint is working on engineering for the infrastructure 'with the expectation of starting construction early next year.' The infrastructure work, which includes the extension of Harney Way and Arelious Walker Drive, would allow for approximately 700 housing units as well as future commercial development, FivePoint Senior Vice President Suheil Totah said Friday in a statement provided to the Business Times. FivePoint is working to secure permits to begin the infrastructure work, Totah added. The updated timeline for infrastructure buildout is among the most concrete FivePoint has put to Candlestick in recent years. It comes approximately six months after the developer secured city approvals to amend the development agreement that governs the future of both Candlestick and the nearby Hunters Point Shipyard. Those amendments implemented a host of changes meant to help advance work at Candlestick. That included granting FivePoint permission to transfer 2 million square feet of commercial uses from the nearly 500-acre Hunters Point, which was approved in 2010 for 3,500 homes and 5.4 million square feet of commercial use, to the 280-acre Candlestick, which simultaneously received approvals for 7,200 homes and just more than 1 million square feet of commercial use. Those approvals, operating under the assumption that the Shipyard and Candlestick would be developed in tandem with one another, intertwined the economics of the two sites, positioning the commercial footprint at the Shipyard as a way to balance out more residential units and affordable homes at Candlestick. But failed remediation efforts at Hunters Point, once home to a lab used by the U.S. Navy to study radiation and nuclear weapons, have held up its redevelopment, even as Candlestick remained shovel-ready. The Navy retains possession of approximately 408 acres at Hunters Point, FivePoint said in public filings, and has repeatedly pushed back its timeline for that property, most recently to 2038. FivePoint said the amendments to the development agreement approved last fall would make it possible to proceed with Candlestick as a standalone project. The developer has yet to secure either a capital partner or a tenant commitment for the project, two things it has said would be catalysts for vertical development at Candlestick. But the buildout of new infrastructure there would open the door for the first new development at Candlestick since the 337-unit, 100% affordable Alice Griffith community was delivered there in 2018, and could help attract new interest. Hedigan told analysts Thursday FivePoint is continuing to explore opportunities to bring on a partner at Candlestick. The CEO said last year any future venture could look something like the one FivePoint established with various capital partners at its Great Park mixed-use project in Irvine, which also spans thousand of units and millions of square feet worth of commercial development. There, FivePoint works closely with its partners and maintains an equity interest in the project. Nearly every large-scale redevelopment effort in San Francisco is on pause amid current, unfavorable economic conditions. But Candlestick specifically caught the eye of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who toured the site early this year in the weeks after he took office. Lurie, speaking to the crowd at the Business Times' 2025 Mayors' Economic Forecast event in February, said he wanted to know how the city could enable FivePoint to move faster at Candlestick. 'The bureaucracy wants to slow us down,' Lurie said then. 'We are going to be rock solid in our push to make things go faster.' Shares of FivePoint stock were trading at $5.68 per share at market close Friday and are up more than 50% since the beginning of the year.
