TowneBank Announces Sale of Resort Property Management Segment
Rhea-AI Summary
TowneBank (Nasdaq: TOWN) completed the sale of its Resort Property Management segment, Towne Vacations, to Belcrest Vacations Acquisitions, LLC for $250 million on April 6, 2026. The company said the divestiture aligns with its strategy to create shareholder value and will place the business with a partner positioned to support future growth.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz served as lead legal counsel with Williams Mullen as local counsel to TowneBank in the transaction.
Positive
- $250 million sale proceeds from Towne Vacations
- Divestiture aligned with stated shareholder-value strategy
- Buyer positioned to support future growth of the business
Negative
- None.
News Market Reaction – TOWN
In the Apr 6 session, TOWN gained 1.71%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | Dividend declaration | Positive | +1.7% | Quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per common share announced. |
| 2026-02-02 | Board & M&A update | Positive | +1.9% | New director appointed and Dogwood State Bank acquisition closed. |
| 2026-01-28 | Full-year earnings | Positive | -1.5% | Reported 2025 earnings with higher revenue, loans, and deposits. |
| 2026-01-12 | Merger completion | Positive | -1.2% | Completed merger with Dogwood State Bank, expanding footprint. |
| 2025-12-10 | Merger approval | Positive | +2.5% | Dogwood shareholders approved merger into TowneBank. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Recent news often received positively, but some major strategic/earnings updates have seen negative price reactions.
This announcement continues a period of active strategic moves for TowneBank. In late 2025 and early 2026, the company completed and advanced the Dogwood State Bank merger, with shareholders approving the deal on December 3, 2025 and closing on January 12, 2026. TowneBank also reported 2025 earnings with revenue growth and higher loans and deposits, and it declared a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share payable on April 10, 2026. The current divestiture of Towne Vacations fits within this broader portfolio repositioning.
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SUFFOLK, Va., April 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TowneBank (Nasdaq: TOWN) today announced it has completed a transaction to sell its Resort Property Management segment, Towne Vacations, to Belcrest Vacations Acquisitions, LLC for a transaction value of
“The sale of Towne Vacations marks yet another opportunity for creating shareholder value through TowneBank’s unique strategy of investing and building companies outside of traditional banking activities,” said G. Robert Aston, Jr., Executive Chairman.
“The transaction is financially compelling and provides the business with a partner who is well positioned to support its future growth. I would like to personally thank the dedicated teams that worked hard to complete the deal,” said William T. Morrison, President and CEO Towne Financial Services Group.
“As we look to the future, we will continue to seek new opportunities in the marketplace that have the potential to create intrinsic value for our shareholders,” added William I. Foster III, President and CEO.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz served as lead legal counsel with Williams Mullen as local counsel to TowneBank in the transaction.
About TowneBank:
Founded in 1999, TowneBank is a company built on relationships, offering a full range of banking and other financial services, with a focus on serving others and enriching lives. Dedicated to a culture of caring, Towne values all employees and members by embracing their diverse talents, perspectives, and experiences.
Today, TowneBank operates over 70 banking offices throughout Hampton Roads and Central Virginia, Eastern and Central North Carolina, the Greenville and upstate region of South Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina – serving as a local leader in promoting the social, cultural, and economic growth in each community. Towne offers a competitive array of business and personal banking solutions, delivered with only the highest ethical standards. Experienced local bankers providing a higher level of expertise and personal attention with local decision-making are key to the TowneBank strategy. TowneBank has grown its capabilities beyond banking to provide expertise through its affiliated companies that include Towne Wealth Management, Towne Insurance Agency, Towne Benefits, TowneBank Mortgage, TowneBank Commercial Mortgage, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty, Towne 1031 Exchange, LLC, and Towne Trust Company, N.A. With the closing of its acquisition of Dogwood State Bank on January 12, 2026, TowneBank would have had total pro forma assets of approximately
Media contact:
G. Robert Aston, Jr., Executive Chairman of TowneBank, 757-638-6780
William I. Foster III, President and Chief Executive Officer of TowneBank, 757-417-6482
Investor contact:
William B. Littreal, Chief Financial Officer of TowneBank, 757-638-6813
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only the beliefs, expectations, or opinions of TowneBank and its management regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as: "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan,” "estimate," or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional terms, such as "will," "would," "should," "could," "may," "likely," "probably," or "possibly." These statements may address issues that involve significant risks, uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions made by management. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include among others, competitive pressures in the banking industry that may increase significantly; changes in the interest rate environment that may reduce margins and/or the volumes and values of loans made or held as well as the value of other financial assets held; an unforeseen outflow of cash or deposits or an inability to access the capital markets, which could jeopardize our overall liquidity or capitalization; changes in the creditworthiness of customers and the possible impairment of the collectability of loans; insufficiency of our allowance for credit losses due to market conditions, inflation, changing interest rates or other factors; adverse developments in the financial industry generally, such as the 2023 bank failures, responsive measures to mitigate and manage such developments, related supervisory and regulatory actions and costs, and related impacts on customer and client behavior; general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally, that may be less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality and/or a reduced demand for credit or other services; geopolitical instability, including wars, conflicts, trade restrictions and tariffs, civil unrest, and terrorist attacks and the potential impact, directly or indirectly, on our business; the effects of weather-related or natural disasters, which may negatively affect our operations and/or our loan portfolio and increase our cost of conducting business; public health events (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) and governmental and societal responses to them; changes in the legislative or regulatory environment, including changes in accounting standards and tax laws and changes impacting the rulemaking, supervision, examination and enforcement priorities of the federal banking agencies, that may adversely affect our business; our ability to successfully integrate the businesses from past and future acquisitions, including our recent mergers with Old Point Financial Corporation and Dogwood State Bank, to the extent that that process may take longer or be more difficult, time-consuming, or costly to accomplish than expected; deposit attrition, operating costs, customer losses, and business disruption associated with recently completed acquisitions, including reputational risk and adverse effects on relationships with employees, customers or other business partners, that may be greater than expected; costs or difficulties related to the integration of the businesses that we have acquired that may be greater than expected; expected growth opportunities or cost savings associated with recently completed acquisitions that may not be fully realized or realized within the expected time frame; the diversion of management's attention and time from ongoing business operations and opportunities on merger and integration related matters; the introduction of new lines of business or new products and services; cybersecurity threats or attacks, whether directed at us or at vendors or other third parties with which we interact, the implementation of new technologies, and the ability to develop and maintain reliable electronic systems; competitors that may have greater financial resources and develop products that enable them to compete more successfully; changes in business conditions; and changes in the securities market; and changes in our local economy with regard to our market area, including any adverse impact of actual and proposed cuts to federal spending, including defense, security and military spending, on the economy. Any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf speak only as of the date they are made or as of the date indicated, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. For additional information on factors that could materially influence forward-looking statements included in this report, see the "Risk Factors" in TowneBank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and related disclosures in other filings that have been, or will be, filed by TowneBank with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
