The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Babcock & Brown Gates Parking Investments LLC (BBGPI), which includes Imperial Parking Corporation (Impark), one of the largest parking management companies in North America. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. Impark, headquartered in

Subsidiaries of Funds advised by Apax Partners (Apax) have completed the acquisition of the Golden Jaguar restaurant chain in the People’s Republic of China. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shanghai, Golden Jaguar has grown rapidly in recent years and now has multiple locations in Shanghai and Beijing as well

Rutland Partners, the turnaround and restructuring investor, has made the simultaneous acquisitions of Laidlaw and the interiors manufacturing division of SIG plc (SIGIM). Rutland is investing alongside John Jefferies, CEO of Laidlaw.   Laidlaw is the UK’s leading supplier of architectural ironmongery, doorsets, handrail and balustrading systems into the UK construction

Venture capital investment is having a direct impact on job growth, which in turn is spurring strong demand for commercial properties, according to a new whitepaper, entitled Insights: Commercial Grows Where the Venture Capital Flows, just published by Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider.   During the

Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interest in Bojangles’ Restaurants to Advent International, a global private equity firm based in Boston. The transaction, which is expected to close later this summer, comes nearly four years after Falfurrias acquired the Southeast-based

Dalkia Polska, the Polish district heating business owned by global investment manager IFM, has signed an agreement following the privatisation of an 85% stake from the City of Warsaw in Przedsiębiorstwo Stołeczne Energetyki Cieplnej (SPEC SA) – the largest district heating network in the European Union. This privatisation falls on the

OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, has partnered with existing management to purchase Accelerated Holdings, LLC (together with its affiliates, Accelerated" from affiliates of private equity firm Gryphon Investors. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. Founded in 1989 and headquartered

Hotbed, a leading UK private investor syndicator, has completed its second investment in renewable energy specialist Burcote Wind, reaching its target of GBP5.7 million.  Burcote Wind’s management team has a proven track record in identifying and acquiring suitable sites for wind farms, and developing them to planning permission stage. The