Thanks for the link.
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Awesome link Kelvin. Thanks for posting it. I have visited most of those sites , sometimes twice , the most recent was a walk through Green gables (Nelson) construction site last week. With a guide and all the PPE -just for the record.
After seeing a few you can clearly see the pattern OCA is all about which is what Earl clearly articulates.
Make no mistake that OCA are not offering a social service to house ALL our seniors. They are precisely targeting the local high end guys, offering an expensive product at sites centered in the premium areas.
Greengables for example have competing ARV and SUM building the usual one story villas over the hill in Stoke, nothing wrong with that formula either , but OCA is a 3 story build(= views + density efficiency)200 m from the Nelson CBD/ city gardens. Now that's a serious point of difference.$$$.
I might normally have lost a bit of confidence in this company with its current low / frozen share price but knowing the sites, seeing OCAs execution and vision I'm very confident they have a winning formula. It will take time , perhaps more time than most"traders" seem prepared to give it, but as an "investor" they are well underway with their ducks all in a row.
If anyone is out for a Sunday drive up there, because I'm sure Aucklanders just love going back onto the motorways in their weekends, recommend seeing Sands, Meadow bank and Awatere, (Hamilton- A more regular sized rebuild). You will get a clear feel for what they are about. You can even order a meal/ coffee etc from their community centres . I always felt welcome.
While I personally got in a little too early, shareprice wise, I would rather have risked that than missing the boat for the sake of a few cents.
Suppose the seaside resort Oceania has near Auckland would have paid for itself by 2050
This in Nature says that we've been underestimating the effects of climate-change-related flooding, and that major cities across the globe will be inundated and essentially unlivable by 2050.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z
Obviously - in some places the coast will erode - and in other places you will find it is even gaining additional land. Even these endangered Pacific Islands seem to grow (https://www.bbc.com/news/10222679 or https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-...owing/10627318).
I guess we will need to wait and see whether the sea comes closer to this specific property, or whether it moves away. Will depend on the local rips ...