FBi Buildings Acquires Eastern Iowa Building

CBRE Group Acquires Buildingi

January 5, 2022

Engineering Services

CBRE Group has acquired Buildingi, a provider of occupancy planning, CAD and BIM services, to strengthen CBRE's occupancy management and workplace technology capabilities. Buildingi will integrate into CBRE's Occupancy Management team and bring a shared service center in Costa Rica to expand around-the-clock planning and technical drawing services.

Pelican Energy Partners Acquires Electrical Builders Industries

August 9, 2024

Industrial Services

Pelican Energy Partners, a Houston-based private equity firm, has acquired Electrical Builders Industries (EBI), a St. Cloud, Minnesota-based industrial electrical and welding services provider that specializes in bus duct installation, replacement and repair for power generation facilities. The deal positions Pelican to expand its capabilities in the nuclear energy services supply chain and support increased baseload power needs for customers including datacenter facilities.

Southeast Building Supply Interests (SBSI) Acquires Buettner Brothers Lumber Company

August 31, 2022

Building Products

Southeast Building Supply Interests (SBSI), a platform company sponsored by Building Industry Partners (BIP), has acquired Buettner Brothers Lumber Company, expanding SBSI's footprint into Alabama and growing the platform to 11 LBM locations across the Southeast. The acquisition adds truss manufacturing capability and transitions Buettner employees into SBSI's employee equity ownership program.

Building Products Inc. Acquires Heartland Millwork

January 17, 2025

Building Products

Building Products Inc. (BPI), a Watertown, South Dakota–based building materials distributor, has acquired Heartland Millwork, a custom millwork manufacturer in Larchwood, Iowa. The acquisition expands BPI’s custom millwork manufacturing capabilities and production capacity, enabling broader product offerings, operational efficiencies, and an expanded reach in its Midwest markets.

GreenbergFarrow Acquires DBI Architects

March 5, 2024

Engineering Services

Atlanta-based GreenbergFarrow (GF) has acquired DBI Architects, a Reston, Virginia architecture and interior design firm founded in 1973. DBI — which has 34 employees and provides architecture, interior design, master planning, construction administration, furniture and move/facility management services — will join GF's platform; the transaction closed in March 2024 and Blackcastle served as exclusive advisor to DBI. Financial terms were not disclosed.

TIBCO Software Acquires Information Builders (ibi)

January 5, 2021

Software

TIBCO Software Inc. has completed its acquisition of Information Builders, Inc. (ibi), adding ibi’s data management and analytics capabilities — including the WebFOCUS platform — to TIBCO’s Connected Intelligence portfolio. The deal, announced in October 2020 and closed in early January 2021, is intended to broaden TIBCO’s analytics and data integration offerings and accelerate customers' data-driven transformation.