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Drake Star Partners has hired Robert Ennis as a partner. His work background includes a stint at Houlihan Lokey’s technology, media, telecom group in New York.
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has acquired a portfolio of 15 self-storage properties located in California, Arizona, Colorado and Minnesota. No financial terms were disclosed.
ThoughtFocus, a portfolio company of Blackstone, has named John Campanella as vice president of sales. ThoughtFocus is a global IT consulting, product engineering and business process management company.
Alameda, California-based Penumbra, a healthcare company focused on interventional therapies, has named Bridget O'Rourke, executive director of O'Rourke & Associates, to its board of directors. O'Rourke is the former head of human resources at Passport Capital.
Blackford Capital has made an undisclosed investment in Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Ellison Bakery Inc, a maker of cookie, snack bar, crunch and inclusion products. Generational Capital Markets provided financial advice to Ellison on the transaction. Comerica Bank provided the debt financing.
Greystar Real Estate Partners has named Adam Pillay as senior managing director to lead the global investor relations team. Joining him are Claudius Weissbarth as managing director, responsible for European investor strategy and development and European and Middle Eastern institutional investor relationships; Michael Winiarski as senior director, and Jennifer Ciullo, director, responsible for North American institutional investor relationships.
Terra Firma and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed to sell AWAS, a Dublin-based aircraft lessor to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. No financial terms were disclosed. Goldman Sachs is serving as financial adviser to the sellers while Milbank is legal adviser. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
Quantum Partners, a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, has closed its acquisition of Violin Memory Inc. No financial terms were disclosed. Santa Clara, California-based Violin Memory Inc is a provider of memory storage solutions.
Oscar Munoz
First Read starts the new week with news that United Airlines' CEO will not be taking the chairman position as previously planned, Theranos says it has been mischaracterized in claims the company faked tests, and British luxury retailer Jimmy Choo has put itself up for sale.
Bebe shutdown
Second Opinion closes out the week with news that struggling retailer Bebe is planning to close its stores, Q&A app Quora has raised $85 million in funding, putting it at a valuation around $1.8 billion and a new study finds that diet soda can increase risk of dementia and stroke. Yikes!
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