The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) has acquired The Crosspoint building on Liverpool Street in London from Amsprop in an off-market transaction. This investment adds to the Uncommon flexible office and co-working business that Carlyle and the Adir Group launched in June 2017.  Capital for this investment came from investment funds

Manna Development Group (Manna) has acquired 38 Panera Bread cafés in Colorado, expanding its operating footprint to over 130 Panera Bread outlets across seven states. CapitalSpring, a leading private investment firm focused exclusively on the branded restaurant industry, structured and led the acquisition financing and recapitalisation, while Owl Rock Capital

Law firm CMS is acting for main market listed ITE Group (ITE) on its proposed GBP300 million acquisition of Ascential’s Exhibitions Business.   The consideration for the acquisition (including estimated costs) is intended to be funded through a GBP315 million rights issue, which has been fully underwritten on a standby basis

Investcorp has established a platform to enter the highly fragmented German dental sector. As its initial investment, Investcorp has acquired Privatzahnarztklinik Schloss Schellenstein GmbH (PSS), one of the leading centres for implantology and dental surgery, which attracts both domestic and international patients and is based in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. PSS

Lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital’s aftermarket car accessories and restoration parts platform Drake Automotive Group has acquired Boulder, Colorado-based Proforged, a designer and distributor of chassis parts. The deal marks the fourth add-on acquisition for the Drake platform investment in less than two and a half years. Since 2016, Drake

International private equity firm, Cinven, is to acquire JLA, a leading critical asset supply and services business for laundry, catering and heating in the UK, for an undisclosed consideration. Headquartered in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, JLA provides commercial laundry, catering and heating solutions to more than 25,000 small and medium-sized enterprise

Green Arrow Capital, an independent asset management platform specialised in alternative investments, has completed the acquisition of of Quadrivio Capital SGR. Luisa Todini, Partner of Green Arrow Capital and appointed Chair of the asset management company, says: “We are very satisfied because today’s closing represents the last step in a

Paediatric home healthcare company Aveanna Healthcare is to acquire Premier Healthcare Services. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in mid to late June, have not been disclosed. Rod Windley, Executive Chairman of Aveanna, says: “Premier Healthcare Services is the largest and most respected provider of hourly

ZyroFisher, the leading cycling parts and accessories distributor in the UK and Ireland, has acquired Royal Velo France (RVF), a distributor of leading cycling parts and accessories in France, from the Exxem group. ZyroFisher, formed in 2016 through the combination of cycling parts and accessories distributors Zyro and Fisher Outdoor

OMERS Private Equity is to acquire Alexander Mann Solutions, a provider of talent acquisition and management services, from New Mountain Capital for an enterprise value of GBP820 million (USD 1.1 billion). Alexander Mann Solutions is a leading global provider of talent acquisition and management solutions delivering value to clients through a