The Chicago Private Markets Meeting attracts more than 150 senior institutional investors, family offices, and alternative investment professionals to discuss the latest trends, opportunities, and challenges in the private markets.
BGL Managing Director Jason Sutherland will be attending the conference and available to discuss the trends and opportunities across the private markets landscape.
BGL’s Capital Markets Group has experience raising capital across a variety of client types, industries, structures, and uses. With deep relationships spanning thousands of institutions across an expanding private capital landscape, we provide customized solutions to ensure clients’ capital structures are best suited to meet their objectives.
The 18th Annual Independent Sponsors Summit attracts independent sponsors and capital providers to connect, network and share insights on structuring, sourcing, financing, and executing transactions.
BGL Managing Director Jason Sutherland will be leading a panel discussion entitled, “Unlocking Alternative Sources of Debt for Independent Sponsors,” on Wednesday, March 5th at 11:45 a.m. ET.
BGL’s Debt Capital Markets Group has experience raising capital across a variety of client types, industries, structures, and uses. With deep relationships spanning thousands of institutions across an expanding private capital landscape, we provide customized solutions to ensure clients’ capital structures are best suited to meet their objectives.
Client Description
DiGeronimo Companies is a leading developer, capital provider, and construction management firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. For over 60 years, DiGeronimo Companies has combined integrity with unparalleled company principles and a diverse portfolio of services to be the integrated partner for all project needs. DiGeronimo Companies is a full-scope developer with projects in retail, industrial, student housing, and mixed-use developments. Their development capabilities evolved from their roots in site work, which expanded into demolition, environmental remediation, construction, and finally, to full-scale development.
Client Description
DiGeronimo Companies is a leading developer, capital provider, and construction management firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. For over 60 years, DiGeronimo Companies has combined integrity with unparalleled company principles and a diverse portfolio of services to be the integrated partner for all project needs. DiGeronimo Companies is a full-scope developer with projects in retail, industrial, student housing, and mixed-use developments. Their development capabilities evolved from their roots in site work, which expanded into demolition, environmental remediation, construction, and finally, to full-scale development.
Target Description
The Erieview Tower conversion will feature 227 W branded by Marriott luxury residential apartment units, enabling residents to enjoy the same high-end living experience that Marriott’s award-winning W brand offers its hotel customers. These include access to concierge, housekeeping, doorman, bellman, and butler services, in addition to all hospitality and experiential amenities, and to the connected retail Galleria.
BGL Executive Committee member Effram E. Kaplan recently appeared on Yahoo! Finance TV to share the firm’s outlook for M&A in 2025.
Effram, who also leads two of BGL’s industry verticals – Services and Infrastructure – discussed how a new presidency could shape dealmaking in the year ahead.
Watch the clip on the Yahoo! Finance website.
In the full interview (linked here), Effram highlights the sectors showing increased optimism for M&A, the tailwinds that are supporting an improved market, and his view on the private markets in 2025.
BGL Managing Director and Head of the firm’s Services and Infrastructure verticals Effram Kaplan is quoted in an article by Chief Executive Magazine entitled, “The Outlook for M&A in 2025.”
In the article, Effram shares his outlook on dealmaking in 2025, which includes the role private investment is expected to play in capturing a growing share of capital markets activity.
For all of Effram’s insights, read the complete article on the Chief Executive Magazine website.
Client Description
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world’s largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with approximately 9,200 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of nearly 885,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 25 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. The Company’s award-winning Wyndham Rewards loyalty program offers approximately 110 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally.
