Summerset annual sales climb 33 percent, beating IPO forecast

Summerset annual sales climb 33 percent, beating IPO forecast
By Paul McBeth Jan. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Summerset Group, the retirement village operator and developer which joined the NZX 50 index last month, has beaten its annual forecast for sales of occupation rights, which climbed 33 percent from 2011. The Wellington-based group sold 331 occupation rights for more than $100 million to village residents in the 2012 calendar year, from 231 sales and resales a year earlier. That means it beat its initial public offer forecast by 28 percent, the company said in a statement. Of that, 167 sales were new oc...