Peritus Childcare Sales specialises in both freehold and leasehold childcare centre sales, specialising in portfolio transactions,  achieving optimal results for clients through multi-disciplinary capabilities, decades of institutional commercial real estate experience, a property economics advisory background and lateral thinking to complex transactions.

From the largest institutional national operator to individual private freehold investors, we have the collective intelligence, deep relationships, cutting-edge proprietary research and in-house capability to achieve the best result for our clients. Confidentiality, integrity and transparency combined with lateral thinking are our guiding principles.

In March 2021 Peritus Childcare Sales as the exclusive brokers completed the sale of 6 high performing childcare centres for $43m. The six centres, located in Marsden Park, Riverstone, Schofields, Woodcroft (2) and Box Hill provide a total 452 childcare places. The $42.95m total transaction was brokered exclusively by Peter Fanous of Peritus Childcare Sales following an international expression of interest campaign, attracting significant interest from across Asia and Australia including major national operators, global private equity firms and family offices. Peritus has settled over $150m of completed sales in 2019/2020 and $380m of completed childcare due diligence and transaction advisory services In 2019/2020 Peritus Childcare Sales as exclusive brokers and advisors successfully negotiated the sale of a portfolio of 8 childcare centres to a Singapore listed group  for $40.84m. Peritus Childcare Sales exclusively ran the competitive auction and bid process involving local and offshore groups and negotiated the complex transaction over a nine-month period.


Peritus Childcare Sales is the only childcare brokerage and advisory firm offering real value to clients through its in-house proprietary wholesale intelligence.

Childcare market rent is established through a deep understanding of the specific trade area fundamentals served by each specific childcare centre. The optimal occupancy cost ratio is established by national operational benchmarking and trade area research support with over 18 interdependent trade area KPIs overlaid to establish the full sustainable market rent.

To achieve the firmest equivalent yields (capitalisation rates) and leasehold EBITDA multiples, we handle each listing in the same manner with respect to the level of detail and analysis completed.

4,802

Childcare Centres
Analysed & Geo-Coded

316,112

Long Day Care Places
Analysed, Geo-Coded and layered with specific childcare trade area fundamentals

18

Trade Area Layers
Proprietary interdependent trade area KPI layers


Peritus Childcare Sales has developed an extensive database of 4,802 childcare centres covering 316,112 long day care places.

Each childcare centre has been analysed and geo-coded and overlaid with 18 proprietary childcare specific trade area layers such as demand: supply imbalance ratios, number of new development applications, number and percentage of women aged 18-40, average household income levels and estimated resident population statistics.

The key theme in 2022 is a much greater analysis of the trade area fundamentals and resultant sustainability of the lease terms, tenant profile, stabilised market EBITDA potential and resultant asset values."

Peritus Childcare Sales Investment Review & Outlook

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