CURRENT M+A OPPORTUNITIES
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FIRMS FOR SALE (Merger or Acquisition) (Partial List. For others that match your criteria, call Michael Strogoff, FAIA, at 415.383.7011.) • 75+ person architecture, urban and regional master planning and interior design firm with multiple California locations with an exceptionally strong portfolio of education facilities. This firm has a strong backlog and is well positioned to capitalize on the recent passage of California’s Proposition 51 with $9 billion in funding for education facilities in the State of California as well as more than $8 billion in bonds passed at the local level. Next generation of leadership in place. • Thriving 50+ person architecture, planning, and interior design firm strategically located in the Bay Area focuses on commercial interiors and works with high-profile clients that have facilities nationwide and worldwide. The leaders of this firm attribute their success to a loyal following of repeat clients, to their highly experienced senior staff, and to their ability to negotiate high fees and closely manage risks • Mid-sized Northern California environmental consulting, planning and landscape architecture firm works on a variety of habitat restoration, parks and recreations facilities, trails, public spaces, , streetscapes, resource assessment and regulatory permitting projects. The firm’s interdisciplinary staff includes regulatory specialists, biologists, botanists, wetland scientists, planners, landscape architects, certified arborists, GIS specialists, and graphic designers. • 10+ person landscape architecture and environmental planning firm practices throughout Central and Northern California. Firm has an exceptionally strong design portfolio of public and private projects. Expertise includes civic and urban plazas, parks and trail systems, streetscapes, corporate campuses, K-12 educational facilities, health care facilities, urban revitalization, and environmental and habit restoration. Extremely talented staff, ongoing profitability and significant backlog. • Mid-sized California architecture and planning firm with specialty in transportation facilities is distinctly positioned to benefit from the ongoing funding for California’s rail, light rail, high speed rail and other transit projects. Its reach extends throughout the Bay Area, Southern California and mid-sized communities throughout California. Excellent opportunity for a buyer to obtain a significant share of California’s transportation projects, leverage an award-winning portfolio of transportation projects, gain access to a desirable client base and to expand its management and project leadership team. FIRMS LOOKING FOR OTHER FIRMS TO ACQUIRE (Partial List. For others that match your criteria, call Michael Strogoff, FAIA, at 415.383.7011.) • Large, national firm that specializes in housing (single-family, multi-family, senior living, student housing) wants to acquire a firm(s) in southern California (San Diego, Orange County, Inland Empire and/or Los Angeles region). This firm has garnered numerous awards, completed projects in all 50 states, and worked with many of the nation’s largest and most well respected housing developers. The firm understands that California has long been known for setting national housing trends and that a greater presence in southern California will strengthen its approach and offerings to housing developers. Excellent opportunity for a firm with strong residential and entitlement experience to gain access to the depth, resources and marketing expertise of a leading national practice, and to secure larger housing projects with some of the nation’s leading production housing clientele and developers. • Leading Education, Civic, Student Housing and Healthcare firm wants to acquire 20 – 50 person firms with focus on K-12, higher education, student and affordable housing and/or healthcare expertise. Focusing on California, Colorado, Texas and major metropolitan areas. • Global A/E firm wants to acquire mid-size and large firms with expertise in healthcare, financial institutions, workplace, data centers, infrastructure, water and environmental planning. Great opportunity for distinctive seller to become part of international firm with offices throughout the U.S. • Large, Mid-West engineering firm wants to acquire 10 – 30 person Southern California engineering (mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, and/or transportation engineering) firm. Preference for civil/transportation services and large backlog of work. Opportunity for selling firm to tap into resources of larger firm and position itself to be viable for larger, more complex projects. • Large national firm offering engineering, architectural, planning, environmental and construction management services interested in acquiring a 20 - 50 person architecture firm or civil engineering firm with municipal experience in both Northern and Southern California. • Leading West Coast architecture firm with award-winning national portfolio and expertise in high-performance buildings wants to acquire 20 – 40 person firm(s) with strong design portfolio and leadership in urban housing, affordable housing, higher education and/or corporate interiors. Preference for Seattle, Bay Area or Los Angeles firms. • Large, West Coast multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering firm with strong focus on sustainability and award-winning portfolio wants to acquire firm(s) with student housing or healthcare experience. Opportunity for seller to leverage portfolio while capitalizing on larger firm’s marketing, project delivery and operational resources. • Large national architectural interiors firm with established workplace, corporate, healthcare and institutional portfolio to acquire successful mid-size firms in Washington, D.C., Southeast and Southwest regions as part of ongoing expansion plan. Preferred firm would have established architectural interior practice, history of profitability and leaders in place wanting to remain with firm. |
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